Nick and Amy were married at Last week. Here’s a preview while I’m still sorting through all the photos.

Last week Arielle and I headed up to New York City. Arielle was going for an audiobook conference and she wanted a new headshot. I was going to show my editorial portfolio to magazines and art buyers. Check out my photos from the trip.

My flight back to Phoenix was at 6:15am. Which meant I had to get up at 4:30am to make my flight. (50 minutes from Ray’s house to the terminal, including dropping off a rental car) I had enough time to grab a Cinnabon and relax for a couple minutes before they started boarding. I couldn’t have timed it better.

I got back to Phoenix in time to vote in the special election.

While In Raleigh I caught a ride down to Charlotte to attend, my good friend, Jak’s wedding. I’ve known Jak since before I started high school. My mom and his mom were very good friends. During high school we ran in different circles and started hanging out more when I we went to college. After college we roomed together for several years. Eventually Jak moved back home to help his family. Shortly afterwards, I moved out to New Mexico. We kept in touch and visited when I would back to North Carolina.

When I found out Jak was getting married, I made sure that I’d have that weekend free. Jak has always been a very nontraditional guy. His wedding was very much the same. It was great catching up with some people I haven’t seen in years. Congratulations Jak and Wendy, you are a great couple.

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Next week I’m heading up to New York to show my editorial portfolio to editors and art buyers. During all the craziness of getting everything together, I was able to sneak away to Raleigh to attend a friend’s wedding.

I was able to have hang to time with my good buddy Angelo. He was adopted by my old roommates shortly before I left North Carolina for New Mexico. He’s always enjoyed me around. It was nice to have doggy cuddle time.
While I was in town I was able to meetup with Chris and Jenna. We hung out for the evening while drinking a few of Chris’ home brew beers. I’ll be flying back to shoot their Outer Banks wedding with Ray in September.

My favorite North Carolina photographer and business partner Ray came to town to assist me with Jeremy + Nipa’s Wedding. While he was in town, we went up to South Mountain to go some location scouting. Ray was kind enough to stand in so I could take some test shots.
Just to let you know there’s a pretty steep drop off on the back side of that wall Ray’s on.

Arielle and I headed over to Aunt Toni’s house for Easter dinner. A lot of fun was head. Several bottles of bubbles were blown, poker was played, bottles of wine were consumed and a good time was had all around. It was a nice day of relaxation before the craziness of April hit.

We met our cousin Bella shortly after we moved to Phoenix 3 years ago. It’s really neat watching her grow from a baby into a little girl.