The Hazel Club · Charlotte NC

About

Meet Katelyn, the Charlotte wedding photographer behind The Hazel Club: candid, unposed pictures led by whatever the day actually does, not by a shot list.

Approach

I started assisting a Charlotte wedding photographer at twenty, after a few years spent pointing a camera at landscapes. People turned out to be far more interesting than mountains, and I have been photographing them ever since.

I do not work to a style label. Light and airy, dark and moody: those are boxes, and a wedding day refuses to stay inside one. I edit to whatever the day actually handed us, which is exactly why these galleries do not all look the same.

Mostly I stay out of the way and wait. The stiff, formal, everybody-look-here pictures are not what you will remember, so I would rather catch the moment either side of them. Love is love here, everybody is welcome, and I will happily get on a plane.

A wedding party in deep purple and black tie cheering with raised bouquets while the couple kiss on a gravel path at VanLandingham Estate
VanLandingham Estate · Charlotte, North Carolina · 2026
A pair of photographs showing the Tuscan-style stone villa at Raffaldini Vineyards and a floral ceremony arch set among the vine rows below a cloudy sky
Raffaldini Vineyards · Yadkin Valley, North Carolina · 2023

Practice

  • Couples02
  • Elopements01
  • Weddings10
Galleries
13
Places
06
Years
2021 — 2026

Weddings, elopements and couples sessions are open. Charlotte, the Carolinas, or wherever you are getting married.

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