Curacao Honeymoon & Wedding Guide: Around the Island
- Curacao is an interesting place. Its dutch, but its south american. Its tropical, but its a desert. Its rich, but its poor. As usual, I loved finding my way into the nitty-gritty parts of town and seeing people live their lives away from the tourist's eye. The colorful little shacks on the mountainsides are adorabl [...]
Curacao Honeymoon and Wedding Guide: Exploring the Desert
- Cucacao is a caribbean island located off the coast of Venezuela. Its set in a tropical location, but instead of palm trees, its filled with cacti. Curacao is a volcanic desert. Its beautiful and different, but you have to be careful where you walk. I would be taking pictures and get carried away looking through the l [...]
Granada, Spain Honeymoon & Wedding Guide
- Its fun looking back on old photos. I went to Spain in 2013 and we blogged it as soon as we got back. But over the years, certain photos from that trip have grown on me and I feel the need to share a few more. I also feel that it just isnt fair to either of the cities we went to to jumblie it up into one big blog post, [...]
Marbella and Ronda Spain | Honeymoon & Destination Wedding Guide
- Marbella was the last city we visited on our trip to southern Spain. By this point, we were ready to finish up our vacation with some relaxation along the Mediterranean. To get there, we hopped on a bus and then took a taxi to the the gorgeous Urban Villa boutique hotel. The Urban Villa is located atop a mountain overl [...]
Ruchal + Steven | Curaçao Destination Portraits
- Josh and I feel incredibly blessed to be able to share our love of travel and photography together. These two things go hand in hand, and its just so romantic to explore places unknown with your spouse. This February, our friends Ruchal and Steven brought us to one of their favorite travel spots for a week-long escape [...]
Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco | Wedding & Honeymoon Location Guide
- As you may have already read in our previous post about Fes, I traveled to Morocco in 2013 after visiting Spain. Getting to Morocco from Spain is VERY easy. Logistically, I figured that we might as well take advantage of its proximity while we were in that part of the world. My goodness, am I ever glad we did. All you [...]
Chelsie | Boho Portrait Session in Downtown Raleigh
- Chelsie is a California girl who came to North Carolina to visit her best friend Camie. Camie is one of our previous brides, and when Chelsie saw her wedding portraits she wanted to have the Hartman Outdoor Photography experience for herself. Am I ever glad that she did :). This girl's style is just so awesome and bohe [...]
Fes, Morocco | Honeymoon & Wedding Guide
- It's hard to believe that it has already been almost two years since we went on this trip. Morocco had such an impact on me, and I still think about this place nearly every single day. Centrally located within the country, the city of Fes is rich with culture and tradition. Every morning we woke to the sounds of Fajr a [...]
Helpful Tips for Your Engagement Session
- For most people, an engagement session is the first time that a person will experience a full on professional portrait session. Sometimes, people get a little bit nervous beforehand, and that is totally normal. My engagement sessions are fun, and exciting, and I like to make people laugh. You will probabl [...]
Thank You For Voting Us Best Asheville Wedding Photographer!
- Asheville is such a beautiful city. We love the mountains, the blue grass music, and the peaceful forests. We especially love coming out to Asheville to photograph weddings and are just so humbled to have won first place in this year's Borrowed and Blue Asheville Wedding Photographer contest! Borrowed and Blue is a lov [...]