Cedarock Park | Simone & Miles' Engagement Pictures | A Burlington, NC Wedding Photographer

I had so much fun shooting Simone and Miles' engagement session just before Christmas! It was FREEZING outside but they were troopers and had a great attitude throughout their entire shoot. Here's a few of my favorite pictures:

My Goals for 2017

Photo by Sammi Evans Photography

I always love the start of a new year because it gives me time to reflect and to plan. I absolutely LOVE setting goals and I love reading what other people's goals are (I find it so inspiring!). Last year I shared my goals for 2016 and I am so happy to share that I accomplished most of them (at least most of the business goals!). A few of my favorite memories and goals accomplished from 2016 include: 
-A trip to England
-A trip to Charlottesville
-Photographing 14 weddings
-Being published in Budget Savvy Bride & Fab You Bliss
-Being featured on Kleinfeld's Instagram!
-Getting to know many new wedding planners, photographers, and other vendors

2017 is going to be a year of BIG changes. For starters, I'm SO excited to announce that we bought a house!!! I have been holding off on sharing this publicly until it was more certain. We still have not closed yet but our closing date is in 10 days and so I feel more comfortable sharing now. I can't WAIT to move in, decorate, and slowly make it our own. Be on the lookout for more home-related blog posts in 2017! In addition, my husband and I will be moving to Winston-Salem and planting a church (read more about that here). There are a lot of unknowns, but I trust the Lord and I could not be more thankful to experience all of them by Alex's side. Without further ado, here are my goals:

My business goals for 2017:

1. Photograph 20 weddings (including one international wedding!).

2. Re-brand and get a new website and new collateral items designed. In addition, I'd love to get a promo video made.

3. Do 2-3 styled shoots.

4. Get at least 2 weddings and 2 styled shoots published.

5. Invest in more gear.

6. Attend a workshop.

7. Start offering business mentoring and coaching and design and teach a class for beginner photographers.

8. Serve my clients well and find ways to bless each of them individually!

9.  Blog at least 3 times a week every week.

10. Establish my business in Winston-Salem and get to know new vendors and creatives in the area. 

11. Launch a branding photography package. 
I've had a few opportunities to take branding pictures and headshots for creative small businesses this year and I have LOVED it! I really want to do this type of commercial photography more often for creative small businesses and so I want to start thinking through a photography package to offer. Please let me know if you or a business owner you know would be interested in this!

My personal goals for 2017:

1. Spend time in the Word and in prayer daily.

2. Memorize a book of the Bible.

3. Work out at least 30 minutes 3x per week.

4.. Get to know my neighbors and other women in Winston-Salem.

5. Make our new house a HOME and show regular hospitality.

6. Grow in loving my husband better, encouraging him more frequently, and exercising more self control by withholding mean or unhelpful words.

7. Serve our new church plant faithfully.

8. Read 10 books.

9. Take more personal pictures.

10. Grow and maintain a garden. Also learn more about flowers and landscaping (yay for having a yard!).

Best of 2016 Weddings

It has been an AMAZING year in the life of my little business and I could not be more thankful! Last year I shared my Top 10 Wedding Moments of 2015, 2015 Behind the Scenes, and the Best of 2015 Engagement Pictures. I plan to do the same this year so be on the lookout for each of those blog posts over the next few weeks!

It was a joy to look back through pictures of all my 2016 weddings. I was SO blessed with amazing couples this year and I could not be more thankful for all of the weddings I was able to shoot. Here are a few of my favorite wedding pictures from the whole year (man was it ever hard to decide!):

March:

April:

May:

June:

July:

August:

September:

November:

December:

Pinewood Country Club | Kathryn & David's Wedding | An Asheboro, NC Wedding Photographer

I have really enjoyed getting to know Kathryn and David! I knew I was going to like Kathryn from the moment she emailed me. When explaining more about their relationship, Kathryn said: "David loves bike riding and the outdoors and I love Netflix and shopping so naturally we are perfect for each other. ;)" I loved the sarcasm! :) After our initial contact I really enjoyed getting to know them during their engagement pictures and Kathryn's bridal portraits. 

Their wedding day was STUNNING! I loved how classic it was! It was filled with classic black, white, and red details and Christmas decorations.

Kathryn and David, thank you for giving me the privilege of capturing your special day. I hope you enjoy re-living it through these pictures!

The Vendors Who Made this Day Possible:
Dress- Kleinfeld Bridal
Florist- Burge Flower Shop
Catering- Pinewood Country Club
Photography- DiPrima Photography
Cake- Creative Cake Makers
Bridesmaid Dresses- David's Bridal
Groomsmen Attire- Men's Wearhouse
Reception Music- Phatt City
Ceremony Venue- Central United Methodist Church
Reception Venue- Pinewood Country Club
Second Shooter- Sammi Evans Photography

O.Henry Hotel | Kathryn's Bridal Portraits | A Greensboro, NC Wedding Photographer

I am SO excited to share Kathryn's bridal portraits with you! I say this every time, but it was SO hard to wait to share these pictures with you. Kathryn's portraits are some of my favorites I've taken! She was a stunning, classic bride and it doesn't get much better than having the O.Henry hotel as your backdrop! Here's some of my favorites from her portraits: