Winter Garden Engagement at Raleigh Rose Garden & Cook Out - Claire & Ben

Who says that winter weather can’t be beautiful? Everyone in the Triangle is obsessed with fall but there is something so enchanting about winter. The allure of snow. The dead leaves. The changing of the times. It just makes me want to cuddle up and drink hot cocoa. Or you know go to one of NC State’s staple locations, Cook Out. Even those these two are UNC students, they made the trek to Raleigh to get some Rose Garden shots and then celebrate with burgers, fries, and milkshakes.

(HA CHAPEL HILL, GUESS WHO HAS A MORE PHOTOGENIC COOK OUT, THAT’S RIGHT STATE)

But Claire was one of those people that I felt like I knew and could get along with from the second we started chatting on Instagram. We both loved pop-punk, and she was writing her thesis on Vanilla, I mean how fucking cool is that? I’m talking Vanilla in regards to it’s embodiment within American culture. But because you can’t take ALL your engagement photos at a kitchy hamburger place we went to the Rose Garden and captured the last of that winter light.

If you ever want to take your Raleigh engagement photos at a fast food establishment please let me know. I mean this Waffle House wedding is definitely one of my favorite shoots and I’d love to continue the tradition.