One of the sweetest weddings we attended this fall was the wedding of Melissa and Rilo. They had a beautiful fall morning wedding in Maryville, Tennessee. Handmade bouquets and boutonnières, friends and family, the whole day was simple and full of love. Melissa and Rilo left the ceremony in a vintage car, which of course we loved for photos! Here are 5 little gems from this sweet, sweet affair!
This is right after they got married -- my favorite!! Congrats Melissa and Rilo. Love you guys!! xoxo
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First off, WOW...this weather is amazing!! It reminds me of the day Dan and I got married 5 years ago -- sunny, blue skies, crisp air -- what could be better!?! It is going to be a great weekend and I'm personally super pumped and inspired about the wedding we are shooting tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great, great weekend!!
Something else that was pretty darn amazing was Jeff and Julie's GORGEOUS wedding at Dara's Garden. It was the first of a string of weddings we've shot at new places and so it was exciting to be on the hunt for great backdrops and Dara's certainly had no shortage of great scenes. The favorite for us was a beautiful, very rustic back field that had an old barn (love), which happened to be covered in vines and yellow wildflowers (love, love), and surrounded by high and uncut grass and weeds (and anyone who has ever had their picture taken by us knows we love, love, love some high grass and weeds!). The day was mostly overcast, which was great because we could shoot any direction we wanted... Julie and Jeff were absolutely wonderful, the wedding party and families were really sweet and fun and we honestly couldn't have had a better time with this crowd. Everyone was just so happy and thrilled to be there for Jeff & Julie and it was truly an amazing day.
Here are a few details to start!
Before the ceremony, my favorite part of the day was shooting Julie by herself. If she was nervous and anxious she didn't show it one bit. Most of all Julie was just STUNNING! Julie combined with that beautiful backdrop was like a full bridal session in 30 mins. There were so many great shots from this segment we had a hard time choosing, but here are four of our favorites.
Julie and Jeff planned to see each other before the ceremony, so we had plenty of time to shoot them in this great spot.
Huge wedding party... I think there were 10 bridesmaids and 11 groomsmen, but Julie and Jeff were still 100% focused on each other ;)
Love this next shot as Julie gets ready to go to the ceremony
Guests threw rose petals as they were walking out - (love that!)
I think this one is so cute!
Magical first dance ;)
The end!! Congrats Julie & Jeff!!! Thanks so much for having us, y'all were great and we wish you all the best!! xoxox
Anonymous says:
Her hair is amazing!!!! Definitely my favorite part!
Kimberly says:
Congrats! Everything looks Beautiful!
Trish Pitta says:
These portraits are gorgeous to say the least. My friends couldn't say enough about the beauty, sense of peace, love and tranquility captured in the portraits. Several people commented "WOW, this looks like a model shoot." These portraits will be treasured forever. You are amazingly talented.
Julie Pitta says:
You guys never cease to amaze me! The best decision I made throughout the whole wedding process was picking you guys to capture my day. I couldn't have dreamed for the pictures to turn out any more perfect. Jeff and I were talking about how amazing it is how you capture the moments that we hardly even remember happening and you turn them into a fairytale story. Y'all ROCK! :)
BettyeSue Ebner says:
These are THE most beautiful pictures! What a gorgeous setting, gorgeous wedding, gorgeous new family!
You captured great moments and expressions!
BettyeSue Ebner says:
These are THE most beautiful pictures! What a gorgeous setting, gorgeous wedding, gorgeous new family!
You captured great moments and expressions!
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One of the great things about our job is that we get to travel a lot and meet people from all over. Our next couple, Krista & Jordan, are from Birmingham, Alabama. They were married at one of our favorite, favorite places to take pictures, High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, North Carolina. One of the many reasons people get married at High Hampton Inn is because the backdrop for the ceremony location is absolutely drop dead gorgeous. Couples say their vows on a grassy lawn that overlooks a private lake and huge, stone-faced mountain backdrop. Once you see it, it is easy to understand why we LOVE taking photos there so much. Everywhere you look at High Hampton is gorgeous and something about the place just relaxes everyone who visits there, it's a true gem.
Dan and I arrived on Friday afternoon to shoot the rehearsal dinner you saw in the previous post and it was been a gorgeous day. Now, here's a little foreshadowing for our story. I distinctly remember Krista saying, "I don't care what happens tomorrow as long as we get to get married in front of that gorgeous view!" Dun, Dun, Duhhhh. We woke up Saturday morning to, well, pouring rain. In fact, rain might not be the right word, perhaps monsoon is more appropriate. I thought, "Oh no! There is no way they were getting married outside today."
Well, when it comes to rain and weddings, never say never... It poured all day right up until the time of the ceremony. We were waiting for it to be called inside all day, but our darling little bride Krista was both hopeful and determined to have her dream ceremony outside against the backdrop of High Hampton's beautiful view. So, Krista decided to try and wait out the rain. The staff at High Hampton Inn was also determined to make sure Krista got what she wanted and they thought that if they just postponed the ceremony for a half an hour, it would clear up and everything would work out, and boy were they right! They waited until the last minute to quickly put the chairs out for the ceremony. Then, all of the sudden the clouds broke, and everything was perfect (just fyi, that is outstanding customer service, I don't know a lot of places that would wait until the last minute for you like that)!
Now, you may be thinking to yourself, "What a miracle!" And, you are right, but y'all, even though you might think things never work out that way, little wedding miracles like this actually do happen all the time! There have been plenty of weddings that we've done where the forecast was awful only to have the day go by with just a drizzle in the morning. In our experience, Dan and I can literally count the number of times rain has actually significantly altered a wedding plan on one hand. So the moral of this little story is if you really want an outdoor wedding, don't be afraid to have one... just be ready to be a little flexible and have a back up plan, any back up plan will do. And if rain is in the forecast, don't worry and don't give up hope because these things do always seem to have a way of working out in the end :)
Now, on to the photos of this sweet, sweet couple. Aside from the first two pictures, which I want to narrate, I don't think you would ever know that it rained. The afternoon of the wedding when we arrived Krista was well... just kind of upset, which she was later embarrassed about (I don't know why she's just cute like that). So we all decided that she would feel so much better if she and Jordan saw eachother and hugged and I think that did make a huge difference. Next, there was so much rain that High Hampton Inn transformed their conference room into a dressing room for the girls to get ready in, which was pefect (again, amazing customer service). So the girls went and got Krista's dress from her cabin, turned on some tunes, busted open a couple bottles of champagne, and started putting on makeup. While it was still raining, we took photos under a covered porch as everyone crossed their fingers and said their prayers about the rain. It was a magical day.
I could literally go on forever about the prefect day this turned into or especially how amazing this couple is --- I get like 3 email a week from Krista just letting me know how awesome she thinks we are (seriously, she's like my personal ego-booster and the sweetest thing in the whole world!), but I know y'all just wanna see some pics, so here we go!!
Enjoy!!
Krista & Jordan brought their dog Bella to the wedding, she was a bridesmaid :)
A beautiful bouquet and our happy groom Jordan
That was one happy girl!!
I just love these knowing that this is what Krista was hoping for all along. What a romantic setting!
Married! Yay!
Bella was happy too :)
I love all of these!
So cute! Krista looks like she's about 12.
A shot from the first dance.
I love that one with her dad below.
Now let me introduce Mo of MoSol Band from Atlanta. I had heard a lot about them from Caroline, the amazing event coordinator at High Hampton Inn. MoSol was awesome and more than lived up to their reputation. They were rockin' it out!!
Everyone there was dancing all night!
Krista and Jordan even sang something spur of the moment, I can't remember what it was. Mo Sol was WILD!!! Those girls know how to shake it and I took a lesson ;) So much fun!!
The End!! Congrats Krista & Jordan!! Thank you so much for sharing your day with us, y'all were amazing!!!! Love you all!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo a zillion times!
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