2013 Photo Year in Review

I love year in reviews because you get to see in one place all of the things you've accomplished, and how much you've grown.  I also keep an album on Facebook with all of my photo sessions in it for the same reason.  2013 year was my third full year of being a photographer & art teacher, and I had a blast!  I made a lot of big decisions this year including the decision to stop booking weddings.  I love weddings, and I had such a great time with all of my brides this year, but it was important for me to set some boundaries for the future.  Weddings + teaching full time = one crazy lady!  I am excited to capture my last "official" wedding in February with 2 of my closest photographer friends.  I will definitely try to go out with a bang!

With the announcement that I will no longer be booking weddings, I also announced my decision to concentrate on families and kids.  I've discovered that I love capturing sweet family moments, and I can't wait to do more shoots like this in the future!

I also shot more babies and newborns this year than ever before.  [Including my brand new niece :)]

I also re-branded my business, changed my business name, created a photo website, and worked hard on separating my teaching site from my photography site.   My most recent update is that I bought my first professional level camera!  It came in the mail on Thursday [just before Santa gave my whole family a stomach bug for Christmas], so I haven't been able to really play with it as I'm still recovering from the bug, but I'm so excited to get started again with shoots in January.   I thought I'd end my year in review with some of my favorite images from this year.  Have a happy new year and I can't wait to see what 2014 has in store for Ashley Blevins Photography!

Have a great rest of 2013!

K+J One Year Anniversary | Raleigh, NC Photographer

Last October I had the pleasure of shooting this awesome couple's absolutely GORGEOUS wedding at the Sutherland in Wake Forest.  For their first anniversary, we headed back there for some photos with their super cute puppy Porter.  Even though the skies were cloudy and it rained all day, we still managed to get some super fun first anniversary photos!

 1 year!

 Go Porter Go!

 This was one of my favorite photos from their wedding, so I was so happy when Jon go the twinkle lights to come on!

 They are so fun and silly :)

 Formal family portrait with Porter looking so sharp.

 Before they got married, they held hands around this door without actually seeing each other.

 Their sparkler exit was awesome, so they lit one for their anniversary too :).

 As soon as we were about to leave, the sun peaked through to make a beautiful sunset...

Happy first anniversary!

K + D One Year | Greensboro, NC Photographer

I love when my brides and grooms come back for a one year anniversary shoot [especially when they're my best friend!].  I had the pleasure of shooting my best friend's wedding last June, and it was so fun to go out and take some anniversary photos last week.  Their engagement shoot was super cold and windy, so I was happy that we got to take some photos in great weather.  They are so cute, it's ridiculous.  We played with kitties, trespassed, and got lots of bug bites.  I love you guys sooo much! Enjoy your peek :).

 Love you guys!