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Happy Wedding Anniversary to our November couples

“Love is the answer”… and there are at least 2 comic endings to that sentence, but you’ll have to look ’em up.
I love a good sonnet as much as the next person, but this month – as I highlight the anniversaries of the couples we’ve photographed – I’m returning to humor. I don’t think we can ever get enough, do you? Just sayin.

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Rachel & Jeremy – 4 years on November 3rd

“Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet service to see who they really are.” – Will Ferrell

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Amy & Rex – 5 years on November 5th

“Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you’re in.” – Richard Jeni

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Jesse & Bobby – 6 years on November 6th

“Being a good husband is like being a stand-up comic. You need 10 years before you can call yourself a beginner.” – Jerry Seinfeld

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Katy & Josh – 4 years on November 10th

“My best birth control now is just to leave the lights on.” – Joan Rivers

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Betsy & Scott – 5 years on November 12th

“Obviously, if I was serious about having a relationship with someone long-term, the last people I would introduce him to would be my family.”- Chelsea Handler

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Lindsay & Scott – 6 years on November 20th

“Love is a lot like a backache, it doesn’t show up on X-rays, but you know it’s there.” – George Burns

We love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs, engagements and weddingsbrides, and special events and portraits  of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.

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southern belle bridal portraits ~ beauty among the botanicals

If you’re ever standing at a dinner party in, say, …….Prague… and someone asks you to describe a Southern Belle, Adrian Bridges Church should be your brain’s go-to reference point. We’re not talking the overdone, over-the-top caricature or the Ersatz Southern Lady one meets from time to time in the New South. Adrian is authentic – almost to the point of seeming as if she really is a belle from that era in the American South…….. minus of course, the strife and angst that comes from civil war and the fact that you can’t vote and whatnot.

Pixels On Paper wedding photographers. Outdoor garden bridal wedding portrait Winston Salem NC photo

Pixels On Paper wedding photographers. Outdoor garden bridal wedding portrait Winston Salem NC photo

Adrian’s belle comes out almost immediately in her sense of graciousness, sweetness and hospitality. She could have shown up for her bridal portraits in a hoop skirt and bonnet and we wouldn’t have blinked. Let’s just say she’d have given Melanie Wilkes a run for her money. When we were discussing her wedding photography (we’ll share soon!!), she mentioned that since her wedding was going to be more on the country/rustic side that she really wanted her bridal portraits to be more formal, elegant and in a blooming spring garden, filled with the lushness that comes with the season. There’s just one problem – the weather in the mountains of NC in the spring can be dodgy and sometimes it feels like late October. The solution? Head east toward warmth. And that’s what we did.

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The botanical gardens near Winston-Salem were in bloom and they were absolutely gorgeous, making a perfect setting for this bride. When we can bend to make our clients happy, we do it and this was the case with Adrian. When she emerged from the car for her session in early April (after hours of travel for hair and makeup and then more time to get to the gardens), she actually squealed. The combination of her gown and glow, the green of the gardens, purple wisteria, moss and sunshine made our job that day a breeze.

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Adrian told us that we’d made her dream of garden portraits come true by locating this spot. LOVE IT when that happens. This belle deserved a setting as genteel and elegant as she is, so we were thrilled to deliver.

Pixels On Paper wedding photographers. Outdoor garden bridal wedding portrait Winston Salem NC photoPixels On Paper wedding photographers. Outdoor garden bridal wedding portrait Winston Salem NC photoWe love family portraits whether they are set in the studio, the great outdoors, a specific location like the mountains or high country, or on our property in our outdoor portrait garden. Pixels on Paper photographs babies and kidsengagements and weddingsbrides and special events and portraits of all kinds in our Wilkesboro, NC studio. We would be honored to meet with you, learn about you and your family and be a part of taking special portraits that will become, we hope, family heirlooms.

the Spillman wedding at tanglewood park creates an epic southern event ~ hats and all

Dear Wedding Guest: We decided to buy a house.
So, we’re taking our big wedding plans and making some changes.
Thanks for understanding, for being present and for loving us.
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This is how it went down and this couple is nimble to say the least.
Elisabeth Bolick & Isaac Spillman were planning on a 2016 wedding. Elisabeth was a bride-to-be we met at the Wilkes Wedding Expo in March of 2015 and she was looking forward to her wedding: planning it, grabbing info, meeting vendors and extremely excited. Then just a few months later Pixels got a call. The couple found a house and were ready to invest in a home versus a big wedding. Big change of plans – and for a good reason. Now, they were talking about 50 guests, no attendants and a ceremony during the middle of the day on a Friday.

The reconfiguration of plans was seamless and the ceremony took place at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC and the reception at WinMock. The church on the Tanglewood property is rustic and old world. It was built in 1809 and is one room with open windows for a breeze, and it was perfectly decorated for them. Decorations included Southern magnolia garland branches from the Spillman’s new house property. Elisabeth Bolick and Isaac Spillman tanglewood wedding photoElisabeth Bolick and Isaac Spillman tanglewood wedding photo Even though they changed the ceremony, Elisabeth and Isaac are self-described “big softies,” and they paid attention to the little details. Lady guests were invited to wear Derby hats. Elisabeth’s shoes were a cross between Marie Antoinette and Annie Oakley and her bouquet was created from broaches, tie pins, cuff links, coins, and other important pieces that she requested from both sides of their family. She even had a sixpence in her shoe.Elisabeth Bolick and Isaac Spillman tanglewood wedding photoElisabeth Bolick and Isaac Spillman tanglewood wedding photoElisabeth Bolick and Isaac Spillman tanglewood wedding photosElisabeth Bolick and Isaac Spillman tanglewood wedding photo A change in plans can cause a change in emotions sometimes. This was not true for Elisabeth and Isaac. “Our favorite moments from the day were the special time of just us doing the post-wedding pictures before the reception, the looks on our faces as we recited our vows to one other and how much fun it was (and not stressful)”
Elisabeth Bolick and Isaac Spillman tanglewood wedding photoElisabeth Bolick and Isaac Spillman tanglewood wedding photoYes. That (above) is the Groom’s cake. Isaac loves to fish. And below – check out the Magnolia garlands.
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Congrats to Elisabeth and Isaac. Much love to you both. Your wedding was magic.