Neil Boyd Photography

Last week we got to shoot Ebony & Derek's wedding. We first met with them over a year ago and the big day finally came! The wedding had been organized to perfection by Barbara Clarke owner of An Elegant Affair. Ebony and her maids of honor got ready at the Sheraton RTP. There was quite a gathering in the hotel suite, but we managed to get some great shots of the woman of the hour!



The ceremony took place at Union Baptist in Durham and it was extremely well attended. After the service the couple ran to their car amidst a shower of bubbles! It was a very lucky escape as there was a storm of Tropical proportions during the ceremony itself, but luckily everyone was in the church at that time.



After the traditional family portrait shoot we then proceeded to my favorite part of the day, photographing some fun shots with the couple and their bridal party. Most of these shots took place at the reception venue, The Hilton RTP.



The Room layout at the Hilton was perfect and the supplemental lighting by Rick Brida really gave the room that Wow! factor. As always Mel Day (Dogwood Tree) did an awesome job with the floral arrangements this wedding is going to look great in Janet Blood's (Event Coordinator at the Hilton) portfolio.



After Dinner the party really took off as Greg Ramsey from the Bunn DJ Company really got the party rocking. we had a short interlude for speeches and to cut the beautiful cake provided by Donna from Sweet Memories. After that it was everyone back on the dance floor to finish off what was a great day!

As we've started into our new wedding season, I thought I'd take this opportunity to restart the blog. I've been really slack with this, but have been swamped with work over the last year.

Bridget and I had great fun last weekend shooting Courtney & Derek's wedding.

The event was at the Carolina Inn (one of our favorite venues), and was directed by Anne David from An Elegant Affair.

Courtney looked spectacular in her dress from Victorian Rose. After the nuptials, the whole wedding party were up for a fun photo shoot and we even stopped the Traffic on Franklin street!

At the reception, the party really kicked off as DJ Mel Manning from The Bunn DJ Company had everyone on the dance floor. I think they had to physically pull Derek away at closing time!

Julie McCay, Banquet Manager from the CI, as always, did an excellent job (I love eating there )

What a blast!

but still a great day for a wedding!

Last weekend Neil & Leah photographed Anna & Tim's wedding at Duke Chapel. Despite the downpours they were still able to get some beautifully lit shots outside of the happy couple.

Don't they say rain on the wedding day is good luck?

And another HOT one!

Neil and Bridget were busy shooting a Morgan & Brandon's wedding in Rocky Mount, (pictures coming soon!) while Leah and Katie were in Greensboro for Laura and Matt's wedding. Luckily none of the ceremonies were outside with the 100 degree weather but we did intermittently make it outside for some great fun pictures. Laura and Matt were such a blast to work with and their families were such a pleasure to be around.

Thanks guys for such an excellent time!

Yes, we know. It's been awhile, but we have been busy!

Some updates on us...
Katie has left the studio to pursue her own business back in Boston and we're very excited for her! Leah has taken her place in the studio helping with editing work, shooting children's portraits, as well as being busy photographing weddings.

This has been a busy season so far for us and we're really enjoying it! We're also trying to beat the North Carolina heat with all of our weddings and outdoor portraits. Neil was enjoying the weather this past weekend as it was his first weekend off in quite awhile, now he's nice and rested.

Leah photographed Carolyn & Brad at Duke Chapel on Saturday, the hottest day of the year so far, but that didn't stop them from creating some amazing images, here are a few of our favorites...

Check back in soon! We'll be updating our blog every Monday.