08 December 2008

the millers


i had the privilege of photographing my brother's wedding this past weekend, and i don't think i've ever had so much fun at a wedding. of course it helped that my entire family was there to keep me on my toes and laughing a lot! i can't wait to update this with more photos when i finish, but until then... here is a sneak peek!

congratulations to johnny and meghan!

03 December 2008

lots to update!

have so many wonderful things to share and so little time! i have one more week of college (wooohooo!) so i am trying to scramble and finish all my final projects. i am also in much preparation for the upcoming wedding of johnny (my brother) and meghan! our whole family will be travelling to PA this weekend, and i will be travelling with all of my photo equipment in-tow as i am their photographer. i couldn't be more honored! i will definitely post pictures of their big day :).

a quick recap of my life : so much has been going on with nancy ray photography. it all started a few weeks ago in charleston, sc, when i went to azul photography's lighting the moment workshop. it was a trip that marked so much for me as a photographer. i learned from Christobal Perez, WPJA's 8th ranked wedding photojournalist in the world. he is an amazing photographer and teacher, willing to sit down and talk with you until you understand a concept, no matter how long it takes. i walked away from that weekend with a changed perspective on how i want to treat other photographers and how i want to take photographs. hopefully some of those changes will be evident in the months to come.

so that weekend was not only a huge step in my career as a photographer but also was a wonderful retreat for me and my husband. neither of us had ever been to charleston, and we fell in love with the architecture and beauty there. we enjoyed the historical carriage ride and loved the warm breeze from the ocean as we walked around the battery. that trip will always be so dear to me!

lighting the moment workshop

tim sayer and ken luallen


juliet elizabeth
marni rothschild




Chris Perez




out on the town!
this is me standing in front of the street where my mom lived when she was my age




the view from breakfast :)


i couldn't get enough of the beautiful trees

will couldn't resist trying to get as close as he could to the alligator :)


enchanting...



the best lasagna i've ever had: mercato !


my husband the photographer! in city lights coffee


typical of us: iphone + coffee

our historical tour... amazing

where george washington danced with 400 women in one night!






a tiny alley around a corner





where we stayed : the andrew pinckney inn


more updates to come!

21 November 2008

snow day!



fridays are my "sleep in days" because I don't have class. william is still working night shift, so he goes to work at 9pm and comes home from work at 8:30am. (it's been challenging, but we have settled into the groove of it now.)

so he came home from work this morning and woke me up with, "do you want to drink hot chocolate with me and watch the snow?"

um, YES PLEASE!!

i hadn't realized how MUCH it had snowed, because i obviously was sleeping. but when i sleepily stumbled into our living room and looked outside, everything was WHITE! the snow was coming down so much that we could barely see the trees just across the parking lot. so i plopped down on the couch and william made me hot chocolate with milk and marshmellows - just the way i like it.

and it was cozy perfection. i have the most wonderful husband ever.

happy snow day everyone!

18 November 2008

Portrait Party | November 2008

the stones



the prices




the parkers



the minguez's





the welch family


the millers (my fam!)




the ligons (elizabeth's fam!)

the jones
[hour session]





the cooks



the armlins




the dews





I am so excited about each family's pictures from the Portrait Party! I wish I could put all of the pictures up here for everyone to see. Hopefully you will catch a glimpse of how beautiful and unique each family was. I honestly couldn't have asked for better people to photograph - every family was absolutely wonderful.

I hope that the holidays will be brightened with these beautiful photos! Thank you so much to each family that came to the Portrait Party!