Max Patch Couples Session - Asheville Wedding Photographer | Welles and Jeremy

Welles and Jeremy’s Max Patch Mountain Asheville Couples Session

As creatives, creating can be exhausting. It's our job to create, to make something out of nothing all. the. time.

But sometimes we need a break.

Okay, often, we need a break.

We, as creatives, as artists, as photographers, need the opportunity to create for ourselves. Not for a client, not for a blog or for the industry but purely for the sake of creating. And these times are so, so essential that later on, when we're ready, we can produce the best work we can for our clients.

So when I was up in Asheville for a wedding recently, I was connected to Welles and Jeremy who were trustworthy enough to meet up with a stranger to take some pictures on Max Patch.

We hiked up the hill in the insanely strong wind and I got to hear stories about marriage, kids, moves in career and homes, stopping here and there to take portraits.

And the portraits the three of us made...I love them. So. Much.

Photographing someone for the sake of photographing was needed. And worth it.

These are some of my favorite photos I've ever made.

Welles and Jeremy, thank you for reigniting that spark within me.

Modern Legare Waring House Engagement Session - Charleston Engagement Photographer | Cait and Mike

Cait and Mike’s Charlestowne Landing engagment session

My wedding planner friend Ali emailed me a while back about working with Cait and Mike and told me how much I'd love them. Building up to meeting in person, we chatted on the phone and emailed back and forth and I started realizing that Ali may be right-I liked these two before even putting faces to the email addresses and voices I heard. So on a hot afternoon, the three of us met for drinks and then wandered through the beautiful oaks of Charlestowne Landing and the streets of downtown Charleston. Cait and Mike, thank you for letting down your walls in front of my camera, playing into my weird antics and being okay with sweating up a storm. October...you can't come soon enough.

Downtown Charleston and Folly Beach Engagement Session - charleston engagement photographer | tricia and taylor

Tricia and taylor’s downtown charleston and folly beach engagement session

I always tell my couples that I want to know all the details; I want to be involved in their wedding planning process as much as they'll let me and Tricia and Taylor have fully let me in. I always tell my couples, that there is absolutely a direct connection between how much I'm let into their lives and the quality of my work. And I think the ease, joy and spirit of these photos shows how much these two have welcomed me into this season of their life and their story.

Gosh, I can't wait for their wedding in February at Boone Hall.

Charleston Anniversary Session - Charleston Wedding Photographer | Katie and Scott

Katie and Scott’s charleston anniversary session

I met Katie not too long ago and yet feel so, so close and understood by her. After only meeting a handful of times in person, we traveled to Togo together to do work with Francis+Benedict this past November. As we spent two 22-hour flights and seven days being together 24/7 in a foreign and developing country, I knew we'd be (and stay) good friends. And anyone that you can be with for that long without going crazy almost immediately becomes one of your people.

So of course, I insisted on photographing Katie and her husband, Scott. They've been married almost 16 years, having met in third grade and reconnected over email in early adulthood. A few months later, after not having seen each other in years, they were engaged.

16 years, 4 kids, so many moves, numerous houses and a pair of killer overalls later...we're here.

I love you guys.

Downtown Charleston and Folly Beach Engagement Session - Charleston Engagement Photographer | Julia and Will

julia and will’s downtown Charleston and folly beach engagement session

Most people know that I do my engagement sessions a little bit differently, so often they end up feeling less like work and more like play. Julia and Will were no exception: Drinks, followed by downtown Charleston exploring, and ending with a long walk to the end of Folly Beach. I know that I click with a couple when we never stop talking: about everything from dogs to family to the most random of stories.

December 3: we're so excited for you to be here!