H. Family | Oak Island Photographer

This gorgeous extended family contacted me for updated portraits while they were all vacationing on Oak Island together. The H. family consisted of grandparents with their three adult children and their families, including five grandchildren under 10 years old. They were such a blast to work with and so photogenic! They also a wonderful job coordinating their outfits- I typically suggest choosing a few colors that complement each other, without being super matchy, and I think they nailed it!

As with all my extended family sessions, we got whole group photos as well as each individual family, grandparents with grandchildren, sibling shots, etc ❤️

B. Family | Bald Head Island Photographer

There’s not much cuter than three little girls and their baby brother all in matching outfits! The B. family spent a week on Bald Head Island and they took advantage of the gorgeous scenery for family portraits! We used a beach access with several beautiful locations, including being able to see Old Baldy Lighthouse in the background behind the dunes.

All of these kiddos were under six years old, so we had a fun time laughing and playing on the beach. As a mom of four myself, I know we usually have a limited window of time for short attention spans, so I try to get genuine smiles in a laid back environment.

Check out some of my favorites from my time with this sweet family!

C. Family | Holden Beach Family Photographer

The beautiful mother of this family was celebrating her 50th birthday at Holden Beach and her one request was a photo session with her adult children. They were one of the sweetest, most kind families I’ve met and I couldn’t wait to work with them! We had the best weather with gorgeous, golden hour light and we captured shots of everyone together, each couple, plus some fur babies!

T. Family | Kure Beach Family Photographer

This gorgeous family all met up in Kure Beach and wanted to capture this special time together. As you can probably tell, the sweet grandbabies stole the show! After we got a few “posed” portraits out of the way, I had the little ones play as everyone else interacted with them organically. The last photo of this session is one of my absolute favorites of all time!

T. Family | Ocean Isle Beach Photographer

This beautiful family traveled to Ocean Isle Beach for their beach vacation and I was honored to take some updated photos for them! The T. Family consisted of grandparents, three adult children/spouses, and three grandchildren (the little matching dresses were perfect!). I adore extended family sessions because of all of the connection I’m able to capture. I always try to get all the combos, such as the entire group, each individual family, grandparents with grandchildren, cousins together, adult siblings, etc.

Here are some of my favs from this sweet session: