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Brittany and Brad are getting married this weekend at Biltmore Estate!  Brittany lives a hectic life as an ER physician in Charlotte, but we somehow were able to squeeze in an engagement session last month.  Their client questionnaire was fun and we went to some great locations.  Coffee and chocolate were two of their favorite things – French Broad Chocolate Lounge was the perfect place to start!

On our way out to Asheville Pizza and Brewing for some movie theater photos, we were super excited to find this great car!  We totally lucked out that Belly – a 1955 Bel Air belonging to Franzi of Hip Replacements and Asheville Grown was parked in front of a gorgeous tree by the overpass.

We ended up in the River Arts District and in the iron garden next to The Wedge.  I love all the metal work and sculptures!

This time last year, my awesome friend Christine from Houston and I were racing our way back up I-95 from Stephanie and Travis’ fabulous wedding at St. Simon’s Island, GA.  Christine was in Atlanta earlier in the week for business, so I talked her into driving almost 1,100 miles throughout the Southeast between Friday morning and her flight on Monday afternoon.  It was a blast!  We stayed Friday night in Savannah for me to do an engagement session and to hang out with the hottest photog in town, Donna Von Bruening.  Funny enough, I met Donna at Denis Reggie’s workshop in April 2006 and Christine at Garrett Nudd’s workshop in Orlando June 2007.  Then, they met each other at Engage08!, which is a wedding business summit that I really wanted to attend.

Ok, back to the fabulousness of Stephanie and Travis’ wedding.  I photographed Stephanie’s sister’s friends, Carolyn and Kyle’s wedding in 2007.  They were all from Waynesville and Stephanie even attended my high school.  It was great seeing so many familiar Waynesville faces 8 hours away.  They were married at the Wesley United Methodist Church at Frederica, which is a gorgeous church surrounded by Spanish moss hanging from the trees.  The reception followed at Sea Palms Resort.

Stephanie was breathtaking in her Judd Waddell dress and the girls were fabulous in azalea pink Coren Moore dresses.  The wedding was actually featured on Coren Moore’s blog recently.  Travis and the boys were quite dapper in their tan suits and custom bow ties made by Stephanie’s friend and owner of Southern Proper.  The lighthouse was also featured on their wedding stationary and their favors were lighthouse cookies.  Very Southern wedding soiree! Stylist Melissa Lamkin, another friend of the bride’s, helped put all the fantastic details together.

I love trolleys with the wedding party.  It’s so much fun to ride to the reception together in a big party trolley.  Soul Function kept the party rocking until late.  A huge thanks to my friend, driver and 3rd shooter, Christine, who almost passed out from heat exhaustion getting all the great outside detail shots.  Jarrad Lister rocked out the guy shots and 2nd shooting.  I had an awesome team for this wedding!

one of my favorite shots from last year!

these guys could jump!  it’s totally the couple’s choice if they want to do these wedding party shots.

l-o-v-e the next 2!

work it, melissa!

Each of my signature service clients receive a FREE engagement session. It is so important to me to both develop a relationship with the couple before the wedding and for them, especially the groom, to feel comfortable in front of the camera. Most couples send out some form of “save the date” announcement and I am happy to offer custom designed cards. I am very environmentally conscious and have all of my cards printed on 100% recycled content paper with soy ink. Here are two recent save the date postcards:

Funny enough, they both chose shots at the same location on the top of a parking deck downtown. The big “10″ has been popular this year, especially with Sara who is my 10/10/10 bride.