hello and welcome to our blog. thanks for stopping by. we are michael moss photography...and while my name is on the business, I could hardly imagine doing this without the biggest inspiration in my life, my gorgeous wife angelique and my crazy-beautiful, fun-loving daughters, emma joy and avery grace.
we are based in raleigh, north carolina and although we specialize in weddings, we also enjoy photographing families, high school seniors and any other random, off-the-wall project that may cross our path here or around the country. this blog serves as our own personal journal for all of our professional work, personal imagery, family pictures, travels, and other total randomness.
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blessings,
michael
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Thanks!
Here is a quick preview image from Kristal and Brian’s beautiful wedding on Lake Michigan this past weekend. Kristal and Brian were a sheer pleasure to photograph…their chemistry together was just plain inspiring. Thank you for having me guys…congrats!
A little business update…the new blog is currently in the programming stages and will be live very soon! We’ve been holding back the blog posts because this old blog will serve as a live archive with the new blog design being at a different domain. Keep watching!
Hey everyone…I’m looking forward to the opportunity to catch up on some blogging here very soon. Every year we do almost 200 shoots ranging from weddings, e-sessions, family sessions, corporate shoots, etc and that leaves us with a boat-load of images to edit (anyone looking for a part-time job?..lol). Unfortunately, we are not able to blog every event or every session. Basically, if a shoot is unique in some way or another it becomes a good candidate to be blogged. Just wanted to throw that out there for clients of ours who may not have seen there shoot blogged.
Anyway, I’m excited to post Taylor and Jeff’s e-session from earlier this year. For you northern folk, this is what our February looks like…I know, I know…but don’t hate. :) Mind you, I do envy the north when we are mired in our 100 degree summers though!
Jeff and Taylor are a sweet couple and turned it up a notch when the sun went down. Congrats you guys!
As you might know, I don’t really like doing “sneak peeks” because I like to tell the story of an occasion or event with a body of photos. However, a couple reasons why I’m posting this one today…one, I’m crazy busy right now and am just keeping my head above water (fortunately I”m a good swimmer!) so, I wanted to get something up to prove that I am still alive and two, a single photo has the ability to tell a story as well. I thought this one was a good peek into Carla and Charles’ relationship…a fun-loving, easy going couple who enjoy the outdoors.
Thanks for your patience and I promise we’ve got a lot of fantastic images from some great sessions and weddings coming soon!
Also, for those of you who stalk my blog, I will let you be the first to know that very shortly we will be introducing our new custom-built website…it’s been a year in the making and we are looking forward to unleashing it with some powerful images.
Thanks again and God bless!
Emily’s matron of honor and I had an absolute blast photographing Emily’s bridal session just outside of Charlotte. Despite being in a wedding dress on a hot spring day, Emily did a great job of just being relaxed and comfortable. For you brides out there, I personally think veils (long and short) are highly underrated. They add so much in terms of a classic bride look…and I just love finding different ways to photograph them.
Congrats to Emily and Evan who just got married this past weekend. Enjoy!
If there was one word that could hold so much meaning…it might be the word “mom”. ”Mom” may not have the star power of a word like “love”, but what love means and the emotions it triggers can be kind vague. Whenever someone talks about their mom on a day like mothers day, for the most part it is an endearment of childhood memories and present day affections. We remember how she loved, how she nurtured, how she taught, how she inspired. As a grown adult (insert witty comment here), I still feel an incredible rush of peace and contentment when my mom is around.
I now get to enjoy another perspective…that of a husband to a mom. While Ang and I each love our children dearly and equally, there is something that Ang can offer Emma and Avery that I couldn’t quite match, even if I tried my hardest. It’s that intangible essence that most women have, but few master it. I am truly grateful for what my mom has done for me and who she is. Although she “lightly pressured” me to find someone to marry, I believe it was her “mothering” that really helped me see what I needed and what I was looking for in a wife…and it ended up being someone who was not only beautiful and smart, but someone who I knew could master the trade of a mother and provide my children with the same experience that I had. Thank you mom and thank you Ang for being a fantastic mother.
Here are a few simple photos of our little “cation” as Emma calls it. Happy Mother’s Day!
It’s easter weekend and for me there always comes a wave of childhood memories that involve going to church and wearing uncomfortable clothes. For Easter Sunday though it couldn’t be just our “Sunday best”…it had to be the “year’s best” outfit. Which for me probably meant a crisp new white shirt, new clip on tie and even a new pair of uncomfortable shoes if I was lucky. As I re-live some of those memories today, the irony is that Ang and I will be doing that very same thing to Emma and Avery this weekend…lol, matching outfits and all!
While looking good was not always enjoyable as a young lad, it does have it merits as you get older. Emily and Evan proved that by looking pretty sharp for their engagement session in Charlotte, NC. It was actually pouring down rain just minutes before our shoot was scheduled to begin, but I’ve learned to ignore the weather reports and sure enough, the rain held up just in time for our shoot. Emily and Evan were a fun couple to shoot (as all my clients are!) and we had a blast walking around Charlotte, stopping traffic to get some great shots.
I also just did an awesome bridal shoot of Emily and I totally can’t wait to share that session too…after the wedding of course!
Happy Easter!
Fall is easily my favorite season…especially here in North Carolina. Summer is great, but once that heat and humidity hits, it may as well be a good ole’ Canadian winter…nice to look at from the comfort of your home but dreadful to venture out in!
For Tanja and Dan’s day after session it was a gorgeous sun-splashed, fall day in Durham on Duke’s campus…I had my camera in hand, a setting that was painted by God himself and a delightful couple who had just gotten married. Their love for each other was beaming which made them even more of a pleasure to photograph. Enjoy the photos!
Julie and Sean were definitely one of those couples that I felt as if I’ve known forever. Their wedding was set in beautiful Niagara Falls on a gorgeous fall day.
It’s almost kind of sad for me when I”m finished shooting a wedding because when the “high” of getting to know a couple and anticipating their event together is over, once the images and albums are delivered, the clients move on with their lives.
The consolation for me is knowing that a photo I captured is hanging on a wall somewhere in my clients home, allowing them to re-tell their story every time someone visits….or there is a photo nested in a frame on the corner of a desk at work that triggers beautiful memories that will allow one to easily forget all the hassles of a tough day at work.
I totally didn’t mean to go all “deep” here…lol, but I guess I will always have some kind of life long connection with my clients. I love that.
Be blessed!
Ever since I shot this e-session with Kristal and Brian, I have been very anxious to blog it. What can I say, New York City is just magical and I can’t help but be inspired every time I walk its streets. I also can’t help but replay Seinfeld episodes and quotes over and over in my head at every turn in that city!
My assistant Jason and I arrived in Manhattan around noon on the day of our shoot and did not leave until 7:00 pm or so. It’s easy to see why most New Yorkers are in such good shape…we must have walked 50 miles that day! I know I can thrive on the adrenaline of shooting, but props to Kristal and Brian for enduring a long afternoon and evening while being such great, natural subjects who had absolutely no problem displaying their love and affection for each other…they were an inspiration themselves.
Congrats Kristal and Brian…I’m looking forward to your northern Michigan wedding this summer!
