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Engagement Photos On Wrightsville Beach, NC | Lauren and Chandler

November 20, 2024

It’s almost wedding day for Lauren and Chandler!!! From the very beginning of my business I had a goal of “playing the long game” with my clients. I celebrate big, once-in-a-lifetime moments so I don’t get to see my past clients very often…unless they are my seniors who turn into brides! I met Lauren a few years ago when she graduated from ECU and now she’s getting married!!

She and Chandler are quiet as a couple…until they get going and they are playing around with each other. They spend their free time grilling, hanging out with friends, kayaking, going to the beach, just laying on the couch watching sports or Food Network, and playing with their sweet pup, Newman (who I’m obsessed with). Chandler actually proposed while on a walk with Lauren and Newman at Cliffs of the Nuese!

For their engagements, it was a cloudy day on Wrightsville Beach but we went for it! We started in one of my favorite coastal neighborhoods underneath the palm trees and Spanish moss. Then we headed to the boat docks and south end of Wrightsville Beach where we brought Newman in his bowtie…so precious!!!

I can’t wait to get these two married at The Barn at Broadslab this weekend!

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