We’ll be sharing their wedding shortly on our blog. We got to work with Weddings with Tara, Blush by Wendy and other talented folks!

If you have an upcoming Claxton Farm wedding we’d love to hear about it!

It was fabulous working with Crest Center, BobbyMarks Designs (florist), Sweet Promises (cake), and Danielle with West One Salon, to name a few.

Many thanks to Tamara with Belle Soiree, makeup artist Blush by Wendy, Bloom Room (florals), and Pat Lance with Spintastic Sounds. Always a wonderful experience working with them. Enjoy the images!

If you are planning on having a Deerpark wedding at Biltmore Estate, get in touch with us today. We’d love to hear your story!

The ceremony was officiated by Sarah’s father which was very special, and there were lots of emotional ceremony photos to be taken. The children guests were particularly adorable at this wedding and might want to look into a career as “hilarious wedding dancers”.

The talented Blush by Wendy was the makeup artist, Lola did her hair, and we got to work once more with Asheville Event Co (planners). And of course we have to mention Bloom Room and their beautiful floral arrangements! It’s worth checking out the bridal shoot we did with Sarah a few months ago. She looks so elegant and relaxed in these and on her wedding day. Not to mention, everyone at the wedding was so unbelievably nice to us all day. This always makes us jump for joy (not literally. Or maybe?) at the thought of being wedding photographers.

“We used wedding photos of our family members throughout the décor to connect our wedding and marriage to the history and heritage of everyone that came before us. I chose to honor my mother, who died when I was a teenager, with a small display of her wedding portrait and some of her favorite books. Kenny and I were both English majors and lovers of literature so we used books in all of our décor, including the boutonnieres and garlands made from book pages. The books in our centerpieces were collected by my mother or passed down from other relatives. All of the glass bottles and other antiques were also gathered from family members.”

Family was a huge aspect of this wedding. The ceremony was in the backyard of her parents’ home where both Leanna’s father and his brothers had their weddings. It was conducted entirely by family members as well, from the officiants to the music. And how about that amazing, rustic doorway to the ceremony site?! That was built by her uncles.

The reception was non-stop dancing craziness. Everyone danced the night away in a campground pavilion that was originally built by Leanna’s grandfather and later restored by her father. They ended the night with a contra dance and Leanna said “Dancing while surrounded by all of the people we love was such a special way to start our marriage.”

Jen and Phil were married at The Farm in Asheville, NC. It was an energetic crowd with local guests from Asheville and also across the US. You know the clients must be cool if they play Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al” during the reception dancing.

Thanks to these fine vendors for helping bring the details, sounds, and food together: Events by Kiersa, Aria Floral, Bright Light DJ, Mark Guest, and Colorful Palette.

The reception took place at an old Gold Foundry in the center of Nevada City which is now the Miners Foundry Cultural Center. An old-timey group of musicians played bluegrass and mountain music as the guests danced the contra while whooping and hollering into the night. Delicious appetizer dishes, drinks and desserts adorned the hall on all sides making it one tasty evening. It was an absolute pleasure traveling to California to capture their wedding photography!

The next day we spent a lovely sunny afternoon in the Wedding Orchard. What is a wedding orchard you ask? We just love this idea! You get your closest friends and family together and plant fruit trees. Everyone chose which variety of fruit they wanted to be represented by, and then planted the trees with help from the resident botanical expert, Michael Many Blessings.  As you can probably see from the photos, this was no easy task but worth every bead of sweat in the end. What fruit tree are you?

A couple weeks before this shoot Rachel and Jonathan found out they were expecting. Yay! So even though you can’t tell by the pictures, their child was at this shoot!

We started at the NC Arboretum and then went to the Biltmore Estate for some more ‘casual dress’ shots. Thanks to Blush by Wendy for doing Rachel’s makeup!

BobbyMarks Designs did an amazing job with the rose and peony florals. Thanks also to Cody’s Wedding Creations, Shay Brown, Howard Hanger, and the wonderful catering staff at Biltmore!

Because it’s so sophisticated and cool (plus Meg looks beautiful in front of that Rolls Royce!), we are starting off with the last shot of the night…