It's hard to believe that is has already been a year since we moved away from Durham. As a family we have done a little bit of vlogging (which is a lot of work to capture all the footage and compile it!) Anyway, we wanted to document our adventures across the country. Anyway, the North Carolina strawberry fields will always hold a place in my heart! Before we moved we made jam for friends with a cutesy little tag about always "preserving" our friendships.

The Spiel family are good friends of ours! It was such fun capturing families love for each other in these fun playful ways. It is mostly a mommy daughter outing and I just love to freeze those little one's in time because as we all know, they grow up too fast.

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Lauren and Mike are a charming couple.  Going to school in the Triangle, they crossed paths and quickly swooned over one another.  Lauren has that sweet shy yet giddy blush about her when Mike looks at her.  They easily make one another laugh.

Their wedding is a rustic upscale charm style, so this downtown vintage vibe was perfect for the two of them.  Those brick textures, old paint labels, a little cuteness at the Parlour (best ice cream seriously!) in downtown Durham where they shared a hot chocolate.
































I am a sucker for vintage, so naturally when I moved to North Carolina I saw the back of these buildings and instantly fell in love with their historic charm. There was a another large building in down town with several fish painted all over it, paint decaying over brick and since then it has been torn down for progress! NOOO, anyway, I suppose that is more of what makes these types of locations treasures, they either are treasured and preserved by the incoming tenants who want to maintain this vibe, like the many hipster vibe restaurants that have popped up in downtown Durham, or are torn down. Gotta catch them while you can! When I cam across this article about a 100 year old school chalkboard that was preserved when they just built over it leaving their lessons still on the boards, I was really intrigued. It is all about the stories really.



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This perfect fall engagement session had me swooned. And loved to capture some of the details of their love story and personal heritage. Like the quilt that Stephanie's grandmother let her use for the session. Umstead state park was one of those beautiful gems I loved to capture couples at in my time in North Carolina.


Love by the lake.




Pet pooches along for the ride.


Surprise kiss for Mike!


One of the cutest parts of these two's love story was the proposal story. Mike make this box himself for Stephanie... from scratch. What a perfect little detail. I love it.