Maternity Session / Durham NC Photographer

I have to admit I posted these images on our Facebook page and was Extremely disappointed when I received the email that facebook had to remove the images because someone had reported them as offensive. While I understand not everyone has great taste in art and possibly even viewed the images as provocative, but we are all entitled to our views. However I figured these images were just way to beautiful not to be seen. Tore' photographed beautifully and I have to say this was probably my favorite maternity sessions ever. She gave me full creative control and she was very happy with the outcome and to me that is all that matters.

So here they are I hope you can see the true beauty in these as I do.













xoxo

BEACH PORTRAIT SPECIAL

We are so excited about this. Every year we go to a NC Beach for a week and do Beach Portraits, we have so much fun and it has become a popular thing for us. If you are interested in bringing your family to the beach for the day and get some wonderful images while you're there you do not want to miss out on this special. Just shoot us an email or contact us via facebook and we will set you up an appointment.

Please keep in mind these sessions book up fast!!!!

Adam and Lisa Wedding / Durham NC Professional Wedding Photographer

There was nothing I did not love about this wedding. Well actually it did start to pour down rain just as we started to do outdoor images but we still rocked it no less!! Here are just a few of my Favorites.

Adam, Lisa you guys were amazing Thank you so much...

Elizabeth and Dave / Durham NC Wedding Photographer

I had a wonderful time photographing Elizabeth and Dave's wedding. The Church was simply amazing. I LOVED her dress and she looked so beautiful.

Baby Quinn's Newborn Session / Durham NC Baby Photographer

Little miss Quinn made her modeling debut. She was a sweet little model if I do say so myself. I was so excited to be able to use my brand new 1930's Shirley Temple Baby Carriage and miss Quinn made it look beautiful.

Jennifer and Andrew's Beaufort NC Wedding

If I could choose one place in the world to live it would be Beaufort NC so you can imagine my excitement when Jennifer contacted me about photographing her wedding. The Ceremony was held at her parent beach home right on the Marina. The sail boats in the background was breath taking.

Sara and Zach's North Carolina Mountain Wedding

This was probably one of my favorite wedding, first because I LOVE fall weather, its my absolute favorite time of the year. The colors are just breath taking and second because I LOVE the North Carolina Mountains. Sara and Zach's wedding was a small ceremony with just family which to me is so romantic. My second shooter/best friend Noelle spent the entire weekend in the mountains so we were able to capture not only the wedding but we had a fabulous day after session with just Sara and Zach. As some of you may know I am a huge facebook fan so some of you may already know how much fun it was for Noelle and I spending the weekend in the mountains. Some might say even a little too much fun. But, that's how we roll hehe.

Operation Blog Catch Up

Let me just start by saying I have been a really bad blogger lately! So I vowed to myself yesterday that I would get better at it. It's been such a busy year that it really has just gotten away from me. Please note that due to being such a bad blogger I will be playing catch up so some of these images you may recognize from previous sessions. So stay tuned for operation blog catch up!!

2011 Brides Choice Award

Wedding Wire Announces 2011 Brides Choice Awards...

Durham NC – Jan 31, 2011 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Melissa Smith Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Professional Wedding Photography Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Melissa Smith Photography stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Melissa Smith Photography for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Melissa Smith Photography is among the very best Professional Wedding Photographer within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

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