Business Details
21 Years
experience
Award-Winning Raleigh & Wake Forest Photographer for Weddings, Maternity & Newborns
Michelle Gunton Photography is a full-service photography studio specializing in capturing life's most precious moments with artistic excellence and technical precision. With over 18 years of dedicated service to the Raleigh and Wake Forest communities, our studio has built a reputation for creating timeless images that authentically reflect the emotions and connections of our clients. Our founder's award-winning background as a nationally ranked artistic wedding photojournalist ensures every session benefits from both creative vision and professional expertise. We specialize in three core areas: emotionally resonant wedding documentation, maternity photography that celebrates the beauty of pregnancy, and newborn sessions that prioritize safety while capturing fleeting developmental milestones.Our movement-oriented approach to photography encourages natural interactions, while our commitment to personalized service ensures each client's unique story is told with care and distinction. As a locally rooted business, we maintain deep connections to regional venues and landscapes, enabling us to create location-specific imagery that enhances each client's visual narrative. Every image we produce reflects our core values of authenticity, technical excellence, and lasting customer satisfaction.
Services
Wedding Photography
Maternity Photos
Newborn Sessions
Engagement Photography
Wedding Videography
Family Portraits
Lifestyle Photography
Details
- Year established: 2005
Highlights and features
- We offer 18+ years of professional photography experience with award-winning expertise
- Our safety-focused newborn photography prioritizes baby's comfort and well-being
- We specialize in movement-oriented photography that captures authentic emotions
- We maintain deep local knowledge of Raleigh/Wake Forest venues and landscapes
- Our personalized approach ensures every client's unique story receives dedicated attention
Services
Wedding Photography
Documenting wedding days with artistic precision and emotional authenticity. Our approach blends photojournalistic observation with creative direction to capture genuine moments, formal portraits, and venue details. We utilize professional-grade Sony equipment and post-processing techniques to deliver timeless images that tell your unique love story across multiple locations.
Newborn Photography
Creating safe, memorable newborn sessions with meticulous attention to infant comfort. Our photographers follow strict safety protocols while capturing developmental milestones in studio or preferred locations. We specialize in natural posing, prop arrangements, and family compositions that preserve the precious early days for generations to come.
Maternity Photography
Celebrating pregnancy through elegant, empowering imagery that honors the motherhood journey. Sessions include studio and outdoor options featuring professional styling guidance and posed or candid approaches. We specialize in highlighting the emotional connection between expecting parents while creating artful compositions that showcase the beauty of pregnancy.
Engagement Photography
Documenting romantic connections through dynamic, location-based sessions that establish comfortable rapport before the wedding day. Our approach emphasizes natural movement and authentic interactions across diverse settings from urban landscapes to natural parks, creating images that reflect couples' unique relationships for save-the-date cards and personal keepsakes.
Wedding Videography
Capturing wedding days with cinematic storytelling that combines multi-camera coverage, ambient sound recording, and professional editing. Our videography packages preserve vows, speeches, and celebrations in high-definition video with optional cinematic enhancements. Clients receive digital files and curated highlights that bring both visual and audio elements of their special day to life.
People
Michelle Gunton
Photographer & Owner
Award-winning photographer with 18+ years of experience specializing in weddings, maternity, and newborn photography. Recognized as #1 artistic wedding photojournalist in the USA by AGWPJA in 2012.
Questions
What photography services do you specialize in?
We specialize in wedding documentation, maternity portraits, newborn photography, engagement sessions, and family lifestyle photography across the Raleigh-Durham area.
How experienced is your photography team?
Michelle Gunton brings 18+ years of professional experience, including recognition as #1 artistic wedding photojournalist in the USA by AGWPJA in 2012.
What areas do you serve?
Our primary service areas include Raleigh, Wake Forest, Youngsville, Durham, and Cary, North Carolina.
What makes your newborn photography unique?
We combine safety-first practices with artistic composition to create timeless images that celebrate your baby's natural beauty in our studio or preferred locations.
Do you offer videography services?
Yes, we provide cinematic wedding videography packages starting at $2500, capturing both visual and audio elements of your special day.
Reviews (4)
Goldsboro Wedding Dj
Oct 20, 2021
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Positive:Professionalism,Quality,Responsiveness
Michelle is in a class of her own. She has exceptional creativity and is quite versatile. Be that with newborns or married couples. Look at her work, it speaks for herself.
Michelle is in a class of her own. She has exceptional creativity and is quite versatile. Be that with newborns or married couples. Look at her work, it speaks for herself.
Dhatri Jain
Oct 02, 2021
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Michelle is extremely professional with her work. We got our newborns photoshoot done by her. We took a look at her gallery initially and were sold out. Her work quality is top notch and she doesnt settle for anything lesser than perfection. With newborns one can imagine how extremely challenging it is to take photos, Michelle was so patient and didnt give up until she got the perfect shot. We highly recommend her to anyone looking to get their newborn photoshoot done. We would love to get more family photoshoots done by her in future.
Andrew Fisher
Jan 31, 2021
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Michelle photographed our newborn girl 7 days after birth. Michelle's studio is perfect for newborn shoots and has many great options for backgrounds/scenes. She exercised great care when posing our baby, provided all the outfits, and provided us amazing photographs 1 week later. My wife and I highly recommend Michelle for wow-dropping newborn shoots with an artistic flair.
Nicole Droz
Dec 04, 2020
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Michelle has been photographing my family since 2013. She has always been professional, courteous, and amazingly talented. Every time we have a photo session with her we have a new favorite family photo. We have used Michelle for family photos, maternity photos, newborn photos and everything in between. We will continue to drive almost 2 hours to ensure we have pictures from her. She is incredibly talented, pays attention to detail, and always delivers our pictures in a timely manner. Everything about Michelle is professional and we are thankful for all of her hard work, ability, and skill. I highly
