Boudoir Story: Referral and Spring Date
Posted in: boudoir, NC photography, referral
25 Jan 2012
Ladies! You are beautiful. You are. And I love celebrating that through a boudoir shoot! I am working on dates this spring to do some boudoir shoots… While I am still working on a couple of options, one date has come together! On Sunday, May 6th I will be holding an outdoor boudoir session! Many of you tell me that you would love to have time to plan for your shoot- here it is! I’ve already got lots of interest- email me asap to get your spot! storyphotographers(@)gmail.com
I had a saucy boudoir shoot at the beginning of January and the fabulous lady, seen above, saw her images and sent me this email:
“I had never heard of Boudoir Photos until I started stalking the Story Photographers blog years ago. Fast forward about 5 years and I just knew that these would be an awesome wedding gift for my husband-to-be! I went in with a little reservation about stripping down to my finest skivvies, but Ashely made me feel so comfortable. I have never considered myself a sexy person, so I was nervous about how to hide my “flaws” or how to make a “sexy face.” Ashley addressed my concerns from the very beginning, and assured me that she would make sure that I looked my very best. And she delivered! If you are on the fence about Boudoir Photography…take the plunge! It was so fun, empowering, and worth every penny! I went into the shoot with a little apprehension, and came out feeling like a sex pot ready to walk the Victoria’s Secret runway! And I got that same feeling after viewing my photos! I am so happy with how EVERY SINGLE shot turned out. The worst part about the whole thing was trying to narrow down all of my photos to create my “little black book” for my fiance!”
Leave a commentBaby Story: Brooke
Posted in: baby, family, NC photography
24 Jan 2012
Babies Babies every where! We have so many friends and client-friends that are pregnant and just having their babies right now- I love it! Babies are the best! Brooke was around 3 months old in these pictures, and her Aunt Kristen gave her parents this session as a Christmas gift. Brooke is SUCH a precious lil stinker- she gave me the best expressions through out the shoot. I loved having her sweet lil self in front of the camera… I would love to get the whole family in front of the camera next time 
Love Story: Angela and Scott
Posted in: Il photography, love
19 Jan 2012
Angela and Scott… everyone needs friends like these two. I mean it. We ADORE these two. We went to Campbell with these two but didn’t really get to know them until the year after we graduated when they flew us to Chicago to shoot their wedding. This was in 2007 before I had any idea our photography would turn into a business that could sustain us… so of course this was before our blog AND our website. Angela and Scott not only had faith in us from the very beginning of our business, but then after their wedding continued to refer us to all their family and friends for their weddings ever since then.
1 CommentPersonal Story: Pinterest Cooking
Posted in: NC photography, personal
16 Jan 2012
How much do I love pinterest? Um. A lot. I have several boards that I love to fill up, including a wedding inspiration board that I love sharing great wedding ideas on. I decided once I started getting involved in pinterest that if I was going to spend time on it, I needed to do it right…. I needed to actually make some of the stuff I am pinning on my boards! David’s parents are AWESOME and gave us a kitchen aid mixer for Christmas– we’ve been putting it to good use! Before pinterest I did not think that cooking was much fun (David loves cooking and does most of the cooking around here) but something about pinterest has gotten me excited about the possibilities! There are so many recipes out there and I wanted to share with you some that we’ve tried recently that we LOOOOOOOVE!
Last week David and I cooked the awesomest meal ever that I pulled off pinterest- Ginger and Cilantro Tilapia and Broccoli-Quinoa Casserole (you’ll have to excuse the photography in this post… I was WAY more interested in eating these dishes than in photographing them). BOTH OF THESE RECIPES ARE SO SUPER YUMMY. And good for you.
This weekend the weather got quite chilly so I thought it was a great time to try this beautiful Lasagna Soup (as seen below in that awful iphone picture- it was too yummy to stop and get my pro gear out). I did not want to stop eating it. I wanted to eat it for.ev.er. Our good friends Leah and Chad made us this Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette as part of our Christmas present. I am a huge fan or anything with that much cilantro in it.
So really my favorite things to make from pinterest are desserts. I am kind of hooked on it. So for my friend Leah’s shower I made Peanut Butter Pretzel Bites, S’mores Cookie Bars and Oreo Cheesecake Cupcakes (all three photographed below). All three were big hits. All three were fairly easy to pull together. (please excuse the penis shaped candy also seen in the picture… it was a lingerie/bachlorette party afterall)
And then… I made the Pioneer Woman’s super amazing Milky Way Cake (picture below is off the Pioneer Woman’s website). Ooooooommmmmggggggggg yall. This cake requires ELEVEN FULL SIZE MILKY WAY BARS. Eleven. It’s an ugly cake but oh man you know it is so stinking good.
I am wishing you inspiration from pinterest!!
Leave a commentWedding Story: Tasha and John
Posted in: chicago wedding, wedding
11 Jan 2012
Twas two nights before Christmas… ok nevermind. I was going to get all clever talking about Tasha and John’s wedding since it was two nights before Christmas but I am going to spare us all! :) David and I LOVE to travel to tell stories so when Tasha and John contacted us about their Chicago, Christmas wedding we were stoked! Had to go! I was envisioning snowy wedding pictures but all Chicago showed us as far as snow was a few flurries. Though Tasha was rooting for snow, that did not take away her wedding day smile!
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