I just love downtown Wilmington! I feel like it’s a photographer’s dream-come-true. So many historical buildings, beautiful architecture, the water, bridges, sunset over the North Carolina Battleship – it’s all just amazing.
We headed over to downtown Wilmington with this sweet military family to get some fine art pictures with Dad in his dress blues uniform before he officially left the Marine Corps. It’s such a privilege to serve these military families who spend months on end living apart in order to serve and protect our country.
It’s the least I can do to help them capture the beauty and magic of the military lifestyle (and yes, being a former military wife I can attest that in the midst of the hardship of military life, there truly is magic and beauty to be found).
This was our goal as we approached this fine art family portrait session – to capture the grandeur and beauty of this Marine interacting with his little girls whom he loves so dearly. And not to mention his gorgeous wife who has stood behind him through thick and thin! The love they share is obvious in everything they do, and it was so much fun to spend some time in downtown Wilmington with this beautiful family!
What is more precious than a sweet girl dancing with her Daddy? Sometimes, being the photographer at these family portrait sessions, I just have to take a moment and breathe because the beauty of what is unfolding before my lens is so incredible. While we were at it, we had to get some whimsical shots of just little Lexi in her beautiful dress. I love children’s photography because kids are so real and genuine and you can capture the most intense emotion on their little faces!
And of course, to top it all off, we had to get some sunset pictures with the USS North Carolina Battleship off in the background. Such beautiful love in such beautiful locations – you can’t beat it!
If you are looking for a custom family photographer in Wilmington, NC please let me know! I would love to create beautiful, timeless art for you, too!