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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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Alex & Rob + Haynes l Outer Banks Portrait Photographer

Friday, December 14th, 2012

The hardest thing about taking holiday portraits, is having to SAVE them for the holidays! Aside from being a great friend, Alex is probably one of the sweetest and most thoughtful people I know. We got together with her, Rob, and their sweet puppy Haynes for a Christmas card photo. Rob’s a boat captain, like my Rob, and so it was only fitting that we head down to the marina and use the boat for some of their photos. They have probably the most well behaved dog I’ve ever worked with. Haynes will sit forever until you tell him he’s allowed to move….mine would have been in the water.

Laura & Dave Engaged : Round Two l Outer Banks Wedding Photographer l OBX Wedding Photographer

Monday, April 30th, 2012

So I’m starting to think that whenever I need some rain on my yard, I should just schedule a session with Laura & Dave. Their first engagement session yielded some pretty rough weather. We had grand ideas of a quick stop at the airport for some aviation themed photos (Dave is in the Air Force) but quickly had to reevaluate our plans. Turns out that weekend was a nasty wet mess….and it was C.O.L.D. We managed to squeak some out inside a hanger, and finished up the next morning before they headed home. They braved the cold and drizzling rain, but we definitely got some great shots. Laura really had her heart set on beach photos. We tried a couple other weekends, and each one had really wet and windy weather….hello spring on the OBX!

So imagine how bummed I was when on my way home from the grocery store the day of our session it starts to rain. I don’t just mean sprinkle, it was a full on monsoon. By the time I was half way home, it had stopped and looked fairly clear down south where we were going to be. I called her and told her to get ready and meet me ASAP, we were going to bump our start time up and see if we could beat the rain….and we did!!! We got to the beach and it was definitely windy and chilly, but wasn’t raining. We even managed to pull off a good 10 minutes of sunshine and blue skies before it went away. I’m SO glad we were able to get our session in, and no one blew away!

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Leah & Kevin {Holiday Photos} | Outer Banks Photographer l OBX Photographer

Friday, January 20th, 2012

I met up with my brother Kevin, his girlfriend Leah, and their two corgi’s for some holiday portraits Downtown Manteo. Since last year they’ve added on a second dog, which makes getting the Christmas card photo a little more challenging – but we were able to bust it out!

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Christy + Ryan {Engaged} l Outer Banks Wedding & Engagement Photographer

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Last week I had a lot of fun photographing Christy & Ryan’s engagment session. We met up at Coquina Beach and lucked out with a beautiful evening – and cool (for summer time!) temps. They’re getting married back in Virginia, but took advantage of their beach vacation to have some engagement photos taken. They did it right…normally I photograph families all staying together but they were vacationing with several other couple friends. Talk about a fun way to spend your vacation!