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Remember these two? Jill and Chris were last seen
{ paddling around a lake }, and now they are all gussied up and getting married.
What a great couple. This wedding was pure delight for Traci and me to be part of and to shoot, evidenced by the fact that we were given permission by the wonderful people at
{ The Groome Inn } to drag their antique furniture out into the woods. The fastest way to a photographer's heart, surely!
In an effort to keep my posts from bogging down your computers, I am posting a longer slideshow at the bottom of this post, so these are just a teaser. Keep an eye out for the last shot on the slideshow, which is
Traci's -- it's amazing!
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Cake:
{ Maxie B's }
Flowers: The Farmer's Wife
Awesome cake shot by Traci:
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I found this and other great vintage custom-made signs on
ETSY:
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To see more photos from their engagement session and wedding
CLICK HERE for a slideshow!Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.
"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
So begins Michael Pollan's incredible book
{In Defense of Food}, which I highly recommend. It is a good counterpoint to what is seemingly our accepted manifesto of American eating now, which might be "Eat whatever, as much of it as you can, rarely plants." Listen, I'm not casting stones here -- my kids have eaten McDonald's more than I care to admit, I have a tremendous weakness for Edy's DIBS ice cream, and as a result I could stand to lose 10 lbs. My food pyramid is top-heavy with cheese and pasta, and sometimes I'll go days without eating plants.
But I recently had the privilege of listening to
{Alice Waters} speak when she came to town. (If you are not familiar with her, check out this
"60 Minutes" interview .) She was in Greensboro for the groundbreaking of our very own
{Edible Schoolyard} which will be at the
{Greensboro Children's Museum}. Our community's kids will learn how to grow their own food, how to harvest it, and how to cook it. The potential impact this has on how we eat is tremendous. Alice Waters' visit heightened my awareness about food, and how central it is to our well-being and yet how cavalierly we treat it.
When I first met Paul 12 years ago and visited his little apartment on Elm Street, I first wandered over to the bookcase to see what he was reading (Wendell Berry, Kathleen Norris, David McCullough, Calvin & Hobbs). And then when he wasn't looking, I opened his refrigerator. Yes, I was being rude and nosy, but I knew that it would tell me so much about him. I pretty much expected to see what most single people have in their fridges: perhaps a Chinese takeout container, half of a dessicated lemon, 3 beers and a carton of almost-out-of-date milk. If memory serves, Paul had a carton of grapefruit juice, Seven Stars Farms maple yogurt, and some fresh-looking apples. My single-girl fridge was pretty much the same, and while it's not the most romantic part about our lives, I think it's one of the main reasons we get along so well to this day. One of the things Alice Waters said which stuck for me was "whatever it is that we eat, we are eating the values behind it." Another way of saying, "you are what you eat."
If that's the case, I am one part Clean-Eating-Aspiring-Farmer's Market Locavore and one part Just-Give-Me-the-Carton-of-Ice-Cream-and-Nobody-Gets-Hurt.
Here she is talking to Maurice "Mo" Green, Guilford County School Superintendent:
Charlie Headington talking to Greensboro Mayor Yvonne Johnson. Check out Charlie's's blog
{ HERE }Alice talking to Steve Tate of
{ Goat Lady Dairy }Mini Session Sample Platter, Part II
A fun reunion with the K children, and some of you will remember Zoe's
{ first birthday } photos of her eating cupcakes. They continue to charm and delight:
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Mini Session Sample Platter, Part I
The best part of my fall so far this year has been photographing mini-sessions, which has allowed me a chance to catch up old friends with and meet new families. I'm going to post a few favorites every couple of days, starting with the awesome M. family below -- I hope Robert and Christy will forgive me for including my favorite outtake shot at the end. :)
Happy Friday!!
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A Fearrington Wedding: Katherine & Rob
This is a doozy, so please bear with me -- tons of images and romance, along with some sports trivia just for kicks. You'll remember this luscious pair from their
{ engagement session } which I posted a few weeks ago. Their connection is palpable, and every detail about their day was delicious:
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Regarding the shot above, Katherine has a particular love for the painter John Singer Sargent. Just for fun, we did our ode to
{ Madame X }, who, with all due respect to Mme. X., doesn't hold a candle to Katherine.
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Stunning florals by Mary Stevens at Fearrington, draped with Katherine's grandmothers' necklaces.
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They opted to see one another beforehand, and Wendy caught this nice shot of Rob:
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Katherine had these cufflinks custom-made for Rob as his groom's gift:
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Seeing her dad just before the ceremony:
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Both Katherine and Rob had only one person each in their wedding party -- their respective best friends. Here she is with Amy, whom she met on their first day of kindergarten. They've been best friends ever since:
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Katherine and Amy:
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Fearrington's barn looked even more stunning that usual:
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Katherine has a master's in Art History and is getting her J.D. so she can practice law in the field of the arts -- each table was named after a famous artist with descriptions of his or her style and philosophy:
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They lined the barn's hallway with framed photographs of both their families and friends -- a nice way for people to linger over the photos and learn more about them:
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First Dance:
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Her father made a special toast and started by screening some footage from the 1992 NCAA Basketball Tournament, where Duke played Kentucky. Katherine had been at that game, and apparently had a pretty serious crush on Duke player Christian Laettner. As you may or may not know, Laettner scored one of the most incredible winning points in basketball history that night, so much so that it is now just known as "the shot." (You can watch the clip of it
HERE. )
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There was lots of harmless teasing about the teenage Katherine...
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.....and then Katherine's dad's pulled back a canvas cover to reveal the actual FLOOR on which that famous game was played, and the very key from which the point was scored!!!
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What an incredible moment, and he invited her to their father-daughter dance on those very boards:
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And then she and Rob took a spin:
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It was quite magical for everyone there:
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Thank you, Katherine and Rob, for such a wonderful day! xoxox
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