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we’re excited to show our first video engagement shoot!  meet steven & amy.

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Without a doubt, this was one of the coolest places we have ever done an engagement shoot. Lauren and Darin are both pilots and when she told me that she wanted to do their pictures on the base, we were so excited. I love the way that the pictures turned out. Their wedding is almost...

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Kevin and Carol are getting married this weekend! We cannot wait to be there to photograph the day when they will be come husband and wife. I had the best time with them on their engagement shoot last fall. I loved shooting at a new location and they totally put up with my over the...

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I am so happy to finally blog these pictures of Ashley and Thomas! I am once again awed by the chance to get to know such fun, interesting, kind people. I loved hearing the story of how they met, how they started dating and how all of that led to where they are now: preparing...

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it is hard to know whether to call it a summer flashback when it still sort of feels like summer. except that last week it felt like winter. and earlier this week it felt like fall. and every day for about the past two months, it has felt like the rainforest. i’ll go ahead and...

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We are so excited to show you the first ever Nolen Photography promotional video! We did not actually plan on featuring Grayben…Corey had done multiple takes when I took Grayben outside after his nap to see his Daddy. G ran straight to him between takes, Corey pushed record, I made silly faces behind the camera...

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Ashley and Brent were married this past Saturday in Decatur, Alabama. It was a beautiful wedding full of beautiful colors, flowers, and venues. However, the most beautiful thing about it was seeing how loved these two are. I met Ashley when she was a bridesmaid in Jenna and Garrett’s wedding last summer. I met with...

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Lisa Marie and Michael are getting married this week! In honor of the big day, I thought I’d finally post their engagement session.Aren’t they gorgeous? They booked us for their wedding forever ago but we didn’t actually meet until the day of this shoot. I had the best time getting to know them, hearing their...

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“Every spring is the only spring–a perpetual astonishment.” –Ellis Peters
Isn’t it so true? This spring has been so full of beauty and wonder. I feel like I could put other words into this quote and feel the same way. Our job of photographing these particular seasons of life, these moments in time feels like perpetual...

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It always makes me sad when I don’t get to meet the bride AND the groom before the wedding day. To me, doing an engagement shoot is one of the best ways to really get to know a couple. As I usually tell people when we begin an engagement shoot, there is really no way...

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