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Shelby | Carolinas & Destination Wedding Photographer

@southardcreativeco

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Classic imagery, refined
Film | Digital
As seen in @southernbride @loverly
2026 ✈️ Highlands, Philadelphia, NYC, Alaska, Italy, Ireland

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Going full-time meant new branding photos were in order 🎞️🥂

I wanted these photos to encapsulate a few of my favorite things to include Noodle, my Italian Greyhound, a colored drenched green backdrop, and would it really be branding if I didn’t bring every camera and all my recent film negatives I owned to the studio?

Thank you x1000 to @sddiaries for bringing a vision to life that came from a handful of inspo pics and a brain dump, and to @dylankalephoto for being a best friend in front of, and behind the cameras. Being blessed with two friends like you both are what makes being in the world of weddings that much more special. And to @_makeupxmadi and @curlee.brooke for making a girl feel real pretty for these photos 🤭

I am so excited to share this new chapter of Southard Creative Co with you all, I hope you love her as much as I do 🤍 taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @southardcreativeco

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Engagement season is upon us! I’ve been getting to hang out with so many of my 2027 couples lately, which has me SO excited for what next year holds! It’s gonna be a goooood year, yall! 🤭

Charlotte wedding photographer | Charleston wedding photographer | Charlotte wedding | North Carolina wedding photographer | Lowcountry wedding photographer | Fine art wedding photography | Highlands wedding photographer | Destination wedding photographer taken in Charlotte, North Carolina by @southardcreativeco

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Something incredible took place in the rolling hills of Umbria, Italy this week, and 20 slides will never be enough to showcase the absolute magic that occured. Surrounded by their closest friends and family, Erin and Nirmal hosted a celebration that will not be easily forgotten. It was a perfect backdrop for a more than perfect wedding day, and I am so grateful to have been part of documenting this beautiful day.

Venue: @anticomonasterosanbiagio
Planner: luciabernini_
Chef: @cuocomarioelesuebioricette
Photo: Southardcreativeco
Video: @juliancoleyfilms
Flower: @criluflower
Lighting: @albaweddinglighting
Hair: @dettaglidimarella
Makeup: @centroesteticobene
Music&Dj: @davide_9001
Sax: @kyrios.events
Live painter: @saraducci.illustrator taken in Umbria, Italy by @southardcreativeco

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6 days ago

What about Love?

Thank you to the whole team! It was a wonderful and intense cooperation that made everything possible!

Venue: @anticomonasterosanbiagio
Chef: @cuocomarioelesuebioricette
Photo: @southardcreativeco
Video: @juliancoleyfilms
Flower: @criluflower
Lighting: @albaweddinglighting
Hair: @dettaglidimarella
Makeup: @centroesteticobene
Music&Dj: @davide_9001
Sax: @kyrios.events
Live painter: @saraducci.illustrator

#indianwedding #destinationwedding #umbriawedding #weddinginitaly🇮🇹 by @southardcreativeco

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8 days ago

The prettiest late-summer wedding celebration for a very special couple at @thekinsleeshopfarm . 🌷

From the very beginning, after seeing @katiebrookseventco design board, we knew the tulips had to be part of the story — and they became the unexpected thread woven throughout this beautiful day.

Keep scrolling to see all the thoughtful ways we used them to bring their vision to life.

Planner @katiebrookseventco
Photography @southardcreativeco
Venue @thekinsleeshopfarm
Rentals @bespokerentalsnc taken in The Kinsleeshop Farm by @southardcreativeco

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15 days ago

A morning well spent at Old Edwards Farm and Downtown Highlands 🥂 So excited to celebrate Emma and Jack next spring at @oldedwardsevents with @keystone.event ✨

Charlotte wedding photographer | Charleston wedding photographer | Charlotte wedding | North Carolina wedding photographer | Micro wedding photographer | Luxury wedding photography | Highlands wedding photographer taken in Highlands, North Carolina by @southardcreativeco

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It’s wedding day for Nirmal and Erin here in Umbria, Italy! Taking it back to their engagement session in NYC this spring, beneath the blossoms of Central Park and along the grand staircases of the New York Public Library. taken in New York, New York by @southardcreativeco

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11 days ago

Shelby & Taylor got married last weekend with their closest family and friends, right outside of Highlands, North Carolina. I don’t think I saw either of them without a smile on their face all day, which truly shows the love they have for one another. A few of my favorites from their day, with many more to come soon.

@mkeventsgvl
@poppyflowersco
@cottonrougeandco
@trilliumlinksandlakeclub
@prettyweddingfilms
@emeraldempireband
@professionalparty
@cindiscakesncookies

Charlotte wedding photographer | Charleston wedding photographer | Charlotte wedding | North Carolina wedding photographer | Highlands wedding photographer taken in Trillium Links and Lake Club by @southardcreativeco

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24 days ago

Sydney and Charlie’s late summer wedding on film.

@katiebrookseventco
@thekinsleeshopfarm
brush_and_beauty
@springvine @springvine.clt
@djgroove_charlotte
@cookerentalsdenver
@bespokerentalsnc

Charlotte wedding photographer | Charleston wedding photographer | Charlotte wedding | North Carolina wedding photographer | NC wedding photographer | Kinsleeshop Farms Wedding taken in The Kinsleeshop Farm by @southardcreativeco

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a month ago

Breaking my Instagram hiatus to share the sweetest, most perfect day.

The joy in our hearts getting to celebrate Sydney + Charlie’s love all weekend long… It was truly the best ever. To know these two is to just absolutely adore them.

This one felt especially personal for us. We’ve known and loved the Jacobs family for years, so getting to walk alongside them through not one, but two weddings this year has been the biggest honor. Celebrating one Jacobs sibling in March and then coming back just a few months later for Charlie + Sydney felt a little less like “work” and a whole lot more like celebrating with family.

And somehow, both weddings took place in the very same setting, a place that holds so much meaning for their family, yet couldn’t have felt more uniquely their own.

That’s one of our favorite things about what we do. Even with the same venue and some of the same people around the table, no two weddings should ever feel the same. We design each weekend around the couple at the center of it—their personalities, their story, and the way they want their people to feel.

Sydney + Charlie’s day was so completely them: joyful, thoughtful, beautiful, and filled with so much love. Getting to be a small part of two such meaningful chapters for a family that has meant so much to us for so many years is something we’ll always be grateful for.

Sydney + Charlie, we love you BIG. The happiest forever to you two!!! 💛💖🧡

📸 @southardcreativeco taken in The Kinsleeshop Farm by @southardcreativeco

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2 months ago

Reminiscing on Anna Brooke and Mason’s spring wedding day 🌱🌼

Charlotte wedding photographer | Charleston wedding photographer | Charlotte wedding | North Carolina wedding photographer | Raleigh wedding photographer | Wakefield Barn Wedding taken in The Historic Wakefield Barn by @southardcreativeco

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2 months ago

A love letter to summertime engagement sessions 💌

Charlotte wedding photographer | Charleston wedding photographer | Charlotte wedding | North Carolina wedding photographer | Winston Salem wedding photographer | Reynolda Village Weddings taken in Reynolda Gardens by @southardcreativeco

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2 months ago