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Please visit new blog here for pictures 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.