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Lots & Lots of Sunflowers! {South Carolina Lifestyle Photographer} by Kelli Conley

Last year we had a blast in the sunflower fields, and this year it was even more fun because we had a beautiful location all to our own! Cotton Hills Farm graciously allowed us to come shoot in their beautiful sunflower fields while they were in peak season!
Both Lex (pictured first) and Maddox (pictured second) had such personalities and enjoyed running around the giant sunflowers! I definitely worked up a sweat this day, but the pictures were well worth it! 

Matt & Laura: Hitched! {South Carolina Wedding Photographer} by Kelli Conley

Matt & Laura are very near and dear to my heart! Their wedding was so beautiful, and took place at The Ivy Place; the same location where their Engagement Session (view-able here) and Laura's Bridal Session(view-able here) took place. The two of them compliment each other so well! Through the months leading up to the wedding Laura and I were able to spend some great times together chatting about the wedding and everything that would commence that day. Throughout that time, I noticed the radiating love she had for Matt and how happy he has made her! I know they will have a great long life together and cannot wait to see what their future holds! They also had an awesome bridal party, that kept us all laughing the entire day... and believe it or not but your bridal party can make or break your wedding day. Their's definitely MADE it! =)

Special Thanks to all the Vendors:
Creative Solutions - Melanie Rowe Catering
Kris Philips - DJ Services
Photography - Me ;)

Valerio Family - Anne Springs Close Greenway {South Carolina Family Photographer} by Kelli Conley

Happy 4th of July everyone! I had a couple minutes today and wanted to jump on here and post a couple pictures of a family session! Jeff had contacted me to get some family photos before his daughter went off to USC (University of South Carolina for my California viewers) in the fall. They were all so much fun to hang out with; especially with the giant dog pile! =)

Vintage Find of the Week - Spruce Pine, NC by Kelli Conley

So those of you who know my husband and I know that we absolutely love to go antique shopping. We frequent the local antique stores, and locate any and all we can find when we are on a trip somewhere. Lately we have come into some great finds so I decided I wanted to start blogging about them so everyone could see just how we happen upon the items that we collect, and the ones we use as props. I cannot say that I will be able to update this every week, but my goal is to update it as much as possible and to do it as fast as I find the item. For example when we are on a trip and find the item I want to photograph it (and possibly the antique store too) that day and blog it for you so you can be a part of the experience with us. 
So here goes our first vintage find of the week!

On a recent trip up to Spruce Pine, NC; we happened upon a wrong way up there (there are about 3 ways to get up there and I feel like we miss the first exit so we take a different way every time) but we decided to just go with it and as long as GPS was pointing us to our destination we were fine. So as we are driving on a back country road we spot this old two store building that had stuff on the porch and gentleman standing on the porch with a sign that said antiques. We swung a U-turn and hopped out of the car to find the man had owned this building for awhile and it used to be an old general store. He must have rarely had people stop by because the lights were not on and he informed us he would turn them on if we needed them. It wasn't that big of a place so we said it was just fine and carried on looking through everything. Now Robbie (my husband) is much faster at looking through everything than me so he was pretty much done with the place when I looked at some stuffed animals sitting on a chair and he leaned over and said aren't those neat. We both thought they must be handmade and something that was pretty much one-of-a-kind; so we snatched them up. The man who owned the place said he thought they were neat and just had to have them but that no one really had any interest in them since but that he was happy they would be going to us. As we headed out he told us that next time we stop by he would take us to a barn he had a couple miles away that was filled with other stuff he just had not put in the general store yet. Besides needing to get to our destination by a certain time we would have taken him up on the offer, just to see what he had stored there! 

Let me know what you think of our find... 
I have already used them in a couple photoshoots and love them!!