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Bridal Portraits · Charlotte, NC

Winnie's Golden Hour Bridal Portraits at a Secret Location

Winnie looking up and smiling, pearl earrings swinging, the field behind her blurred to soft green

The Story

On a May evening in 2026, Winnie and I went out for a second round of bridal portraits. Where we went stays a secret.

We started on a wooden boardwalk lined with trees, with the sun low enough to come through the leaves sideways. From there we crossed the road, found a split rail fence in the grass, and finished in an open field as the light went soft and warm.

Winnie wore an off the shoulder gown, pearl drop earrings, and ivory sandals, and carried a bouquet of cream roses, hydrangea, and dried flowers wrapped in lace and ribbon. Toward the end of the evening I set the bouquet down and spent a few frames on the details: her rings, the lace, and the fence that held everything for us.

Also from this celebration Winnie & Her Bridesmaids: our Alexander Homestead wedding weekend

The Photos

26 photographs · tap any image to view it full size

Winnie fastening the strap of her ivory block heel sandal, a bouquet of cream roses in her lap and her white gown draped to the pavement Winnie smiling in an off the shoulder white gown, holding a bouquet of cream roses under a canopy of green leaves Winnie on a wooden boardwalk path in her white gown, bouquet ribbons trailing, with the sun low through the trees Full length portrait of Winnie on a boardwalk lined with greenery, her fitted ruched white gown reaching her sandals Winnie standing on the boardwalk with her bouquet at her waist, smiling as the evening light catches the leaves Winnie tilting her head and smiling on the boardwalk path, long ribbons falling from her bouquet Winnie grinning on the wooden boardwalk in her white gown with green branches arching overhead Close portrait of Winnie smiling softly in pearl drop earrings, warm light in her dark hair against deep green leaves Winnie in her white gown among tall green plants, holding her rose bouquet with both hands Winnie looking back over her bare shoulder with the setting sun glowing through her hair Black and white photograph of Winnie's gown and bouquet in motion as she steps across a weathered crosswalk Winnie leaning against a wooden split rail fence in the grass, one hand in her hair, bouquet at her side Detail of Winnie's hand resting on the ruched white gown, her engagement ring and wedding band catching the light Winnie smiling back over her shoulder in front of the split rail fence, pearl earrings and dark hair over one shoulder Winnie's hand at her side holding the bouquet by its twine wrapped stems, ivory ribbons and lace trailing into the grass Black and white version of the same frame: Winnie's bouquet hanging at her side with ribbons drifting past her sandals Winnie looking down and smiling over her bouquet in a soft, hazy evening light Winnie looking up and smiling, pearl earrings swinging, the field behind her blurred to soft green Black and white photograph of Winnie running across an open field toward the trees, her bouquet swinging in her hand Winnie smiling with her eyes, her face half hidden behind a full bouquet of cream roses and hydrangea Black and white portrait of Winnie holding her bouquet up to cover her face, lace ribbons hanging from the stems Winnie's hand resting on her bouquet of cream roses, her engagement ring and wedding band in focus Black and white photograph of Winnie raising her left hand to show her engagement ring and wedding band Winnie's engagement ring and wedding band set in the center of a single ivory rose on the grass Winnie's bouquet of cream roses and dried flowers resting on top of a weathered wooden fence post Winnie's bouquet framed between the rails of a wooden fence, her white gown just in view beside it

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