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When Ashton and Nick reached out to me looking for a wedding photographer I was so excited! A family friend recommended me to them after I photographed their family in the fall. I am so glad that she reached out because if their engagement session is any indication – their wedding and their marriage are […]

Newly engaged? Well you are in the RIGHT place! Welcome to the Ultimate guide to Raleigh Engagement Photo Locations! I’m Amanda and I’m a Raleigh engagement and wedding photographer! I serve excited and enthusiastic couples with an elegant and elevated wedding photography experience! Today I’m sharing all the best engagement photo locations in Raleigh along […]

Raleigh Engagement Session I am so excited to introduce one of my June couples on the blog today! Veronica and Scott are getting married in June at the Angus Barn in Raleigh and I am stoked! The weather in North Carolina has been super favorable for the end of February. The 80 degree days have […]

Say hey to the latest and greatest AGP couple – Ashleigh and James! I am so so excited to share their engagement session on the blog! Their downtown Clayton NC engagement session is hands down one of my favorites! We got drinks, strolled around on a beautiful evening, and captured some really genuine laughs. Who […]

Jolene and Ben I am sooooo excited to share Jolene and Ben’s Dorothea Dix Park Engagement Session on the blog today! I have to admit I was not giving the Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh a fair shake. For the past couple of years I have only been up to the park in Raleigh for […]

Zebulon Engagement Session | Little River Park Rebecca and Brendan I am OBSESSED with this Zebulon Engagement Session. I stumbled upon Little River Park in Zebulon while scouting locations that were in between my location and Rebecca and Brendan’s and boy – did I SCORE. Rebecca told me she really wanted to embrace that romantic, […]

Michelle & Micah | Engagement Session Greensboro Arboretum Engagement Session I clearly have a thing for a Greensboro Arboretum Engagement Session. I am SO excited to share Michelle and Micah’s engagement session on the blog today! This session may be my current favorite gallery (okay you got me – every gallery is my current favorite […]

One of the biggest hurdles to planning any kind of photo session is figuring out what to wear. It feels like there is a lot of pressure to figure out what to wear for engagement photos especially! The majority of my couples are not models by trade (though they could be – am I right?). […]

Ciera & Justin | Engagement Session These two are getting married in October at Gray Stone Pines and I am SO excited that I get to photograph their big day! Ciera and Justin met at work and have been together for the better part of SIX years! I loved having the opportunity to meet them […]

Kaitlyn & James This shoot is so special to me because it was the first engagement portrait session I ever booked! Bass Lake Park in Holly Springs is one of my favorite Wake County engagement session spots! There is so much variety when you choose a Bass Lake Park engagement session! I spent the last […]