Tonya’s make up was done by Made up

Photography  Michelle Gunton

Ashlynn’s newborn photography session lasted 3hrs, yep that long, but most of the time was spent consoling her. I tell my clients that we go with the flow of the child. I dont ever want to force a baby to do something he/she doesnt want to do, we wait until they are ready. The photos below will lead you to believe she was asleep the whole time, haha not the case at all, but I waited for my shots and the end result was great. A big thank you to LiL Joey’s Children’s Resale store  for supplying the white tutu outfit, and also the red and black.

I would not be where I am at today if it weren’t for you, my client. I appreciate each and everyone one of you. I wish I could insert joke here, haha. Have I told you lately that blogging is the thing I do not like about my job, just being honest here. haha its a must, to stay up with the times though.

To my really close photographer friends Michelle, Nicole, and Tara, I’m really thankful you are in my life. I don’t think I have ever told you this but ya’ll inspire me to be a better photographer and a better person. I am soooo excited that I have 3 destination weddings this year and I get to share one with each of you.

With tradition  “WOOOOHOOOO” I got photographer of the year :-) and “WEEEEEEEEEEE” (Yes I love the pig commercial’s)

Here are the images that placed in the 4th quarter with judges comments below photo.

There are soooo many Raleigh Wedding photographers in NC, so why hire me? You should hire me for my creativity and ability to think out of the box. I go above and beyond what your being charged. You have a chance of having a nationally recognized wedding photo.  Another thing to consider is my photography studio is built onto my house so I am able to keep my cost lower than another high end wedding photographer who might be paying rent for their space. I am also able to keep my wedding package cost down because I do not out source my albums nor do I out source the processing of my images. If a photographer has these added cost they have to basically raise their prices to cover this cost. I dont know how many times I have heard ” Michelle you need to raise your prices, your worth more than you are charging.”  It makes me feel good to hear this from photographer’s who are charging 4000.00-6000.00 for services.  You are getting a GREAT deal when you hire me as your wedding photographer.

 Please enjoy Alex and Allison’s wedding, I sure did

Let me just say I love the photo of Melissa and Daniel photographed through the brick wall. I was laughed at b/c I honestly was in deep in the bushes, but thats what you get when you hire this Raleigh wedding Photographer, a creative, think out of the box type photographer.

Now onto the wedding florist, Gregg with Brides and Bouquets. Can I just say he is awesome and I love his work!!!! Please consider Brides and bouquets for your wedding or event.

The officiant was kayelily, whom I love working with!!!!

It was my first time at the Grand Marquise Ballroom and definitely a place I want to photograph again. Torri and I actually met after she booked with another wedding photographer so we were both sad, but at least I had the opportunity to photograph her maternity, newborn, and bridal photos.

The planning that went into this was deciding on hair, make-up, and any props. Big thanks to Molly for letting me choose the hairstyle and the make-up. I knew I wanted the photographs to be a little edgy with some sex appeal, so I told Molly I wanted her to braid her hair wet and let it dry. Having done my 9 yr old daughters hair like it I knew the result  would be crimpy and stringy. For her make-up I knew I wanted a lot of black eyeliner and a very dark lipstick. Let me give you some insight on what this will do for some photos. By going with a very dark lipstick when you turn the image to Black and white the lips will really pop if you go with a light colored lipstick the lips will blend in nicely with the face, making it less edgy. The hair was done by me, Molly and Deshield, who by the way was a great help to Molly and myself during the shoot. Make-up was done by Molly herself, way to rock it girl.

We were going to start photographing around 4:30 but man ole man was it raining, so we took our time getting ready, had a couple cocktails, and then decided to venture out and within 5 minutes the sun was out and then 10 minutes later there was a rainbow over the ocean, I mean really?  2 days in a row I had been blessed with the presence of a rainbow over the ocean, thank you God! I hope you enjoy the trash the dress pictures and I hope you find one particular picture to be a work of art  View Molly’s post here about the trash the dress