Wedding | Kristen & Dale | Part One | Waynesville, NC

Video by Charlotte wedding photographer Caroline Ghetes.
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So we shot Kristen & Dale’s wedding at a beautiful private mountain home in Waynesville. For that day, I felt as though I were in another country. The scenery was breathtaking. Like we were in some french countryside or something. There was a water wheel over a pond covered in water lilies and a wooden roped swing that hung lonely from a tree -I mean, truly storybook. And this story includes a bride & groom who are beautiful people inside and out. The ceremony had everyone in tears, even the groomsmen. When Dale looks at Kristen, it’s as though he’s thinking, “God, I am the luckiest man in the world.” And when Kristen looks up at Dale, you know she’s thinking, “God, I am the luckiest girl in the world.” When two people mutually love each other that much now, can you even imagine what their love will be like 50 years from now?

Anyhow, there was a little bit of downtime during the first part of the day and so Alin and I had decided to mess around with the HD video functions with our 5D Mark II’s. We are definitely not these guys, and nor do we intend to ever switch over to wedding cinematography (there’s just no time for it), but it’s something that we had a little bit of extra time to do on this day, and hopefully it’s a pleasant surprise for Kristen & Dale. Stay tuned tomorrow morning for the wedding pictures.


Song is “Falling Slowly” by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

Engagement Portraits | Saundra & Steven

I met Saundra & Steven at the reception of a recent wedding I shot, and soon scheduled their engagement session. They drove down from Raleigh to Charlotte for their session and when they got here, we experienced one of the scariest and most violent storms that I have ever encountered. And we just kept on shooting straight away through it. Even when we stood at the train station, and the wind was blowing the rain sideways, beating on Courtney while she struggled to maintain her balance and keep the umbrella to somewhat shield my equipment. I have never seen so much lighting or heard so much loud thunder in my life. Saundra remained calm. She reassured us that if anything happened, she was an E.R. doctor and that we’d be okay in the end. Thanks for that Dr. Jackson. Heehee. Anyhow, no matter how much sky to ground lightning there was around us, there was a lot more electricity in the way these two looked at each other. (You know I had to go there.) Saundra and Steven, thank you for having a wonderful attitude throughout our session together, despite the weather (see video at the bottom of this post to see what I mean). I cannot wait to fly down to Florida this spring for the wedding! I will be praying that all hurricanes will not be happening while I’m there.

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The Stand | Hillsong United

The Stand

You stood before creation
Eternity in Your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand

You stood before my failure
Carried the Cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand

So what could I say?
What could I do?
But offer this heart, oh God
Completely to You

So I’ll walk upon salvation
Your Spirit alive in me
This life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand

So what could I say?
What could I do?
But offer this heart, oh God
Completely to You

So I’ll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all

So I’ll stand
My soul, Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours