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I am a natural light lifestyle portrait photographer based in North Carolina. This is my photography blog, which is updated semi-daily with both personal posts as well as recent photo shoots. It serves as a sneak peek preview for my clients to see their photos shortly after their shoot!

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Archive for October, 2009

Marie; Anytime – Winston Salem, NC Photographer

October 24, 2009

Last week I got quite the email that made me chuckle. It was from a lovely young lady explaining that she was turning 30 and would love to have a personalized lifestyle/anytime shoot with me. She exclaimed that she wanted to get this shoot done before she got any older and fatter. It wasn’t until the second email that I found out she was actually coming over from the United Kingdom! She was coming to North Carolina to visit with her parents for her birthday, then flying to New York at the end of the week and then back home to the UK.

We met up Wednesday afternoon in down town Winston Salem. She was, by no means, as old or “fat” as she had mentioned. She was an absolute delight and just as silly and fun to be around as her emails made her out to be. We chatted just like we were old friends and I had a lot of fun hanging out with her on our shoot. My dear friend Sterling came along to assist and it was like we were all playing dress-up and laughing as little girls. This is just one of the many reasons I love what I do. Not to mention being able to meet and connect with people from all around the world.

The sun is setting fast here in the evenings, so I was so excited that she was accommodating enough to meet back up Thursday evening to do the second part of our shoot before she headed up to New York. After the shoot, I met her mother whom was just as lovely. What an amazing family – so down to earth and fun.

Happy Birthday, Marie. You are beyond beautiful and full of life for 30 years young. Thank you so much for contacting me and giving me so much of your time while you were visiting NC. These photos can only reflect so much of the amazing person you are, so classy and a beautiful soul – but I hope I did them justice.

This was seriously the first photo I took of Marie. How classy does she look?!

little black dress, 4th street, winston salem, north carolina

Yummy evening sunlight.

She called this her “Va-Va-Voom Dress”. I think it’s the perfect name.

These were taken the following evening in a more classy gown. I loved the purple!

Does she not look like she’s right out of a fairytale?

I love it when a client will trust me as the photographer, even when they feel silly. I love these next two captures. I feel like it really shows the spirit of the lovely woman I got to know for just two short days.

Tags: anytime portrait, birthday, Marie Bateson, north carolina, session, winston salem
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Autumn’s Song – Winston Salem, NC Photographer

October 20, 2009

Winston Salem, Triad, North Carolina, Portrait Photographer, autumn, family portraits, Reynolda Gardens

Tags: 2009, autumn, janelle, portrait
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Autumn in the South – Winston Salem, NC Photographer

October 20, 2009

north carolina photographer, portrait, reynolda gardens, reynolda village, NC, portrait photographer, stacey lynn, janelle, tree, roots, autumn, fall

Tags: 2009, autumn, fall, janelle, north carolina, portrait
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Vintage Rose Antiques – Winston Salem, NC Photographer

October 17, 2009

After waking up a little earlier than I like to on the weekend, I decided to make the best of my morning and drive to Virginia to photograph the turning of the leaves. The mountains are always a beautiful site in the fall, with their lush reds, oranges and yellows. I bundled up, filled my tank, turned on my folk/bluegrass music and drove up the mountain.

I was a little disappointed to see that either because of all the rain lately or perhaps because it’s still a little early in the season, the leaves weren’t nearly as crisp and bright as I had hoped for. I didn’t want the trip to be wasted though, so I decided to stop into my favorite antique shop in Cana, Virginia, called Vintage Rose Antiques. Sweet Kathy was inside with her little dog and let me walk around and photograph some of the amazing things around the shop. If I had an endless amount of money to decorate my house with anything I’d like, I’m sure that 99% of the things inside would come from this little store.

I am a sucker for wrought iron – and this sign pretty much illustrates everything about this antique shop. (If you saw this post before I edited it, you might have noticed that I spelled ‘wrought’ as ‘rod’ – just one of those words you never realize is wrong until you go to think about it and decide to look it up. Kinda like curve and curb!)

antique store, cana, virginia, vintage rose