Bluegrass Mountain Wedding - Aaron and Jordan's Hometown Marion, North Carolina Wedding

Aaron and Jordan were married at Glenwood Baptist Church in Marion, North Carolina. Their wedding day paid homage to both families love of bluegrass music. The groom plays mandolin for Mountain Heart and is just about to release an album that I am ecstatic to share that I was Aaron's photographer for his album, and I also created the album layout and design.  Keep an eye out for Aaron Ramsey's Gathering - he is an amazing musician with lots of great musician friends playing together for this project.  

Their candlelit ceremony was sweet and heartfelt, with bluegrass music being played from the procession to the recession and beyond! The bride was stunning in her dress that was a custom alteration of her mother’s wedding dress by Cori Gardner (Terra Diva designs). Cori also created a custom reception dress that Jordan changed into after the formal photos. The couple ‘jumped the broom’ entering the reception surrounded by lots of friends and family, and everyone celebrated into the evening.

For even more from their day and a fabulous bluegrass song by their friend, Tony Rice, be sure to check out WNC Video Productions' sample Aaron and Jordan's Bluegrass Wedding Video.  

  Thank you Aaron and Jordan for having us there to capture your big day!!

Here are some of our favorite photos from Aaron and Jordan's bluegrass wedding:

Lake Lure Destination Wedding - Katy and Joe's Lake Lure Wedding

Kathryn and Joe are a FUN couple that I absolutely loved working with to capture their engagement and wedding photos. They have such a playful, sweet nature about them, it was easy to capture the joy they were feeling about getting married!  They live in Charlotte but decided to marry in Lake Lure to make it a destination wedding that was not too far from their home.  Charlotte is about 1-1.5 hours from Lake Lure, and  Asheville is about an hour from Lake Lure, but it is only about 30 miles away (windy mountain roads for part of the journey).  We shoot lots of weddings there and absolutely love it!  Lake Lure is a awe inspiring place.  The couple held their wedding reception and stayed with family and friends at the Lake Lure Inn and held their ceremony poolside at the inn.  It is truly one of our favorite places to shoot with so many gorgeous locations around the inn and lake.

Katy's classic beauty was complemented perfectly by her gorgeous gown, a sweet and unique hairpiece and fun hot pink shoes (with a red heart decal on the soles)!  The bridesmaids were dressed in black with the maid of honor in hot pink shoes just like the bride.  The pops of color continued into the bouquets of orange, bright greens and pinks and the boutineers of orange flowers.  The men were dressed in classic black - the groom with an orange tie  - and all the guys were wearing black converse.  They added the perfect touches of fun and color throughout their day!

In Kathryn's words: "It was SO wonderful to work with you for both our engagement shoot and wedding and can't wait to find any excuse in the future to work with you again! Joe and I were together 7 years before we got married so I definitely had enough time to think about how I wanted my day to be, but I couldn't have imagine we'd find someone to capture it so perfectly! It was so wonderful to have all our friends and family travel to Lake Lure; most of them hadn't even been to NC, let alone the mountains. So many have been talking about a return trip they loved it so much - I think the one who deserves another trip to the mountains most is my sister Tami who spent the whole weekend making cupcakes and favors, and didn't get to see much other than her rental house and the Inn!"

I hope you enjoy getting to see some of our favorite photos from Katy and Joe's wedding day in the slideshow below - would love to hear what you think!

Venue and delicious catering by the Lake Lure Inn.  Cake and cupcakes by the bride's sister (YUM!!).  Nathan White with Parkway DJ did a wonderful job as always.

Thank you Kathryn and Joe for having me there to capture your fun day!  I love my job!!  :)

Destination Mountain Wedding - Matt and Liz's Lake Lure Inn Wedding

We adored getting to capture Liz and Matt's wedding day along with WNC Video ProductionsWNC Video Productions at the historic Lake Lure Inn with the ceremony at the gazebo nestled by the lake, surrounded by the mountains.  I had the pleasure of getting to capture the two lovebirds for their engagement session in uptown Charlotte a few months prior and was extra excited about working with them on the big day.  To see their inspired engagement session photos, click here: Matt and Liz's Uptown Charlotte Engagement Session.

These two brave souls are both high school English/Literature teachers and are living out their own epic love story.  They are both such smart, thoughtful and eloquent writers that wrote each other THE most beautiful vows!!  So glad they have their wedding video to relive and treasure that moment that was so important, to see and hear themselves on their big day. 

Matt shared an early part of their story in his vows, recalling when Liz sighed that she wanted an epic love story of her own - and he said she should make it happen.  Little did she know he was head over heels for her at this point!!  Soon after they were starting to write the beginning of their own story.  They have two of the sweetest dogs that were huge catalysts in their relationship, so naturally they were a big part of the ceremony.  Liz's father was their minister and everyone choked up at least a few times during one of the most heartfelt ceremonies we have ever captured.

Canary yellow and grey accents appeared throughout the day - from the bride's yellow shoes and bouquet to the silvery grey icing on the cupcakes!  Liz did her own floral (brave, creative bride!!).  The DJ was a talented friend of the groom.  The gorgeous cupcakes and couple's mini cake by Icing on the Cake.

I hope you enjoy a slideshow of some of our favorite images from their gorgeous wedding day:

Congratulations to Matt and Liz!!