Raleigh Wedding Photographer was looking forward to photographing Alicia and Joseph’s wedding, one because it gave me an opportunity to get out of Raleigh,NC and head south to Carthage, NC where the wedding ceremony was held. 2 the flower station was doing the flowers. Alicia’s bouquet of flowers were all peonies, and man were they beautiful. I arrived 30mins early at the church to get a feel for the place before the bride arrived, and to my surprise the ac was not on. It was over 85 outside. Needless to say it was set on a timer and 45 mins later it kicked on. Alicia and Joseph chose to break with tradition and see each other before the wedding ceremony and I thought I had experienced a powerful moment last year when Karen and Luis saw each other before their wedding, but this one topped it. Alicia and I were standing alone in the church when she begin to cry and tell me how much they had been through the past 5yrs and how special this day was for her. The hair on my arms was standing up and I too started to tear up. Moments like this are why I love being a photographer.
We did 90% of the formal portraits before the wedding ceremony to allow for more one on one time photographing the bride and groom after the ceremony. The wedding reception was held at another favorite venue of mine, Little River Golf Resort. When the sun goes down over the golf course its a beautiful site, however on this day we had clouds roll in so we worked with what we were given.
Thank you Alicia and Joseph for choosing me as your wedding photographer.
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Barbra Green - I am one of the sisters of the bride.I just want to say that I absolutely loved Alicia and Joseph’s pictures. They are beautiful. My favorites are the ones of them together. I think that they truly capture their personalities and really allowed for them to be alone and enjoy the day. Thank you! I also really enjoyed the ones that you captured of my little girls!
admin - Thank you Barbra for the kind words. I really enjoyed photographing everyone, especially the little girls
Nancy Meyer - Michelle, you did a fabulous job at Alicia and Joseph’s wedding! The pictures turned out so great! Like Barbra I especially like the ones of Mr/Mrs together, I was lucky you picked me to drive the golf cart
and i’m glad I got to see them in that moment, I know Alicia enjoyed that time! I can’t wait to see what they pick for their book!! You take AMAZING pictures and you were great with the wedding party, I commend you on organizing such a large group, and working with our family, sometimes it can get out of hand with everybody wanting to do this and that!! Thank you for capturing their moment, their day, I know they appreciate your work!!