Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Bridget & Keith's Classy Downtown Asheville Engagement Session by Asheville, NC Portrait Photographer

Bridget and Keith drove in several weekends ago from Chapel Hill, North Carolina for me to do their engagement session in Downtown Asheville and Biltmore Village.  They are both avid microbrewery fans and The Asheville Brewing Co. off of Coxe Ave. is one of their favorite places to visit when they're in Asheville, so we started their session off with some fun shots there and then moved on to the charming walkway outside of The Grove Arcade.  I wrapped up their session by taking them to one of my favorite bridges in Biltmore Village that overlooks the gorgeous Blueridge Mountains.  Everytime I am with these two I have so much fun talking with them and I know that their October 6th wedding this year is going to be a blast!!





































Friday, August 24, 2012

Miranda & Zach's Downtown Maternity Session by Asheville, NC Portrait Photographer

Miranda is one of the most stunning mom to be's that I have had the pleasure of getting in front of my camera! I had so much fun with her and Zach during their maternity session several weeks ago.  We started the session out at the beautiful Beaver Lake, one of my favorite places to have a picnic ;) and then we went to Downtown Asheville and captured some images at some of my favorite spots.  I loved all the sweet props Miranda brought for me to incorporate into the session: one of Stella Grace's onesies, Stella Grace's shoes, and the "S," that is going up in Stella Grace's nursery. I wrapped up the session just as the clouds rolled in and it started raining.  Can't wait for Miranda and Zach's, sweet Stella Grace to get here, so I can do her newborn session!














Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Lily Kate's Little Owl Canton Newborn Session by Asheville, NC Portrait Photographer

Meet Lily Kate, the sweetest little owl that I got in front of my camera last week!!! I had so much fun doing her mom, Abigail's maternity session and her newborn session was no different.  The setting for Lily Kate's newborn session at her parent's house in the idyllic countryside of, Canton, was perfect.  Abigail had the most precious hand knit owl hat ordered from Etsy to use at Lily Kate's newborn session and their airy outdoor porch was the perfect spot for me to set up for her session.  I stopped in her nursery for just a few shots and I couldn't resist capturing some photos of all the love and thought Abigail put into decorating Lily's nursery, including the gallery wall that featured mostly handmade portraits that Abigail either drew or painted.  Feel free to ooh and ahh over Lily's beautiful little lips and her thick black hair, I know I certainly did!!














Saturday, August 4, 2012

Asher's Nautical Newborn Session by Asheville, NC Portrait Photographer

A couple weeks ago I finally had the pleasure of meeting sweet, Asher Ryan Valliere and I was so thrilled to be able to spend some time taking his newborn portraits.  Several months ago I did a maternity session with his mom and dad, Stephen and Jessica, at The Biltmore Estate, you can view that blogpost here: http://gvhphotographie.blogspot.com/2012/05/feature-wednesday-biltmore-estate.html Asher is such a beautiful baby and was the perfect little model for me! He slept for the vast majority of his close ups and then woke up for a bit to see what mommy and daddy were up too.  Stephen and Jessica are one of the most well dressed, coordinated couples that I know and they have carried on that trait to Asher.  I just had to take some time to photograph his adorable nautical inspired nursery and of course incoporate some of the decor from his room into his close up portraits! I hope you enjoy looking through Captain Asher's first portraits!