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I'm Courtney, a wedding & portrait photographer serving the Outer Banks of North Carolina and worldwide! I hope you take a little bit of time to check out some of our recent sessions and weddings, and read along with some of our "helpful hints" to make your session or event go smoothly. For for more information please website at: www.CourtneyHathaway.com.

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OBX Snow Day Portraits : take two l Outer Banks Portrait Photographer

Friday, February 25th, 2011

So after doing my session with Mallory, I did a quick and fun session with my super adorable little sister and one of her friends. I love our sessions – it’s great “girl time” and she fills me in all the important things going on in her life. Let’s just say after an afternoon with her I know everything that’s going on in the 6th grade….it’s a blessing and curse. ;) We stayed at the Island Farm, and moved around a bit for some different looks. They even both wore their cute rubber boots. If you know me, you know that I’m a sucker for rubber boots…..LOVE LOVE LOVE my rubber boots. Seriously, I wear them even when it’s not raining…and I’m a dork and wear my jeans tucked IN them. I’m pretty sure the kids still think I’m cool, because the girls showed up with their pants tucked into their boots too. We finished up our session with lunch at Poor Richards, a local favorite for sandwiches, where I was got to hear all the code names for the cute boys in class.

OBX Snow Day Portraits l Outer Banks Photographer

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Who says we don’t get snow at the beach? Well, if you’d asked me a couple of years ago if we got snow at the beach I’d say “heck no”. The reality is we might see a some flurries every few years but never anything substantial. This year has been crazy in the weather department here at the beach. Throughout the off-season and winter, clients will send me emails just to say hello – and inevitably they ask how the weather is. This year it seemed like my answer was always, “it’s snowing….again”. Yes my friends, we had around 4 or 5 (I’ve really lost count at this point) snowfalls this winter. It all started with a light dusting in early December. What? December? We had several more after that. For all of them I stayed inside, nice and warm snuggled up with my doggie. We finally had what I think will be our last snowfall this winter a couple of weeks ago. As soon as it finished snowing I decided to jump at the chance to do an impromptu snow session.

Insert Mallory and her sweet dog Molly. I’ve known Mallory since preschool – that’s one of the perks of living in a small town. Now we’re all grown up, and Mallory is engaged. What’s a post about old friends without a trip down memory lane? Wanna good laugh? Here’s a VERY old dance photo, I’m going to guess we were around 3 or 4? You can see me (looking thrilled) on the far left kneeling in the front – Mallory is on the far right kneeling in the front. :) I’m pretty sure I had the same haircut as my mom! Really…Mallory only has herself to blame for this seeing as how she put the incriminating photo on Facebook to begin with! :D

So now on to the good stuff….

Kudos l Outer Banks Photographer

Friday, January 14th, 2011

I have to say….I have some of the BEST clients in the world!!! I love my job! I mean, who wouldn’t want to spend their days playing on the beach and working with great people?  I love nothing more than when clients email me to tell me how much they love their photos. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I always say that part of being a photographer is like getting to become a part of another family for a day, that is SO true. So many of the wonderful families I work with during the summer welcome me with open arms.

Cleaning up my inbox today, and I thought I’d share some of the emails I’ve received from past clients:

Oh my goodness, the pictures are overwhelming.  In that they are simply beautiful. You captured everyone so naturally and personally.   I’m still with family at my home, but will take second and third and maybe fourth looks for ordering soon…… I know everyone else feels the same way!
Thank you SO much………


Courtney, thank you for the link and the time spent with our kids.  We all love the proofs and are excited about granmas Christmas gift.


Hi Courtney! We LOVE the pictures…..you did a wonderful job and were so patient with our little ones. See you next year!!!


I love hearing from my clients, so thank you to everyone who takes the time send me a message. I love getting these notes, and you never know what sort of surprise might show up after you send one! :)

Mabel Claire l Outer Banks Portrait Photography

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Meet Mabel – my adorable 11 year old sister. She is absolutely my “mini me” – and I just can’t believe she’s 11 already. I don’t get the chance to photograph her as much as I’d like, so when we decided to the photos for my parents Christmas Card – I was really excited. Can you believe this will be their first year doing a *photo* Christmas Card….and I’m a photographer? I think it’s wonderful when people choose locations and props that are unique and meaningful. We decided on a really special place, my grandparents farm/house in VA – and even more special, we were able to incorporate some pieces that were my grandfather’s. The most special of all being the tractor. I’m pretty sure that every one of us learned to drive on that tractor….going up and down the field all.day.long. I can still hear my grandfather reminding us NOT to turn around in the field and risk running over whatever happened to be planted at the time. It’s been years since I’ve driven that old tractor, and Mabel never had. She got her chance that day, and she’s pretty good at it too.