You know how you have those days and situations where no matter what happens, everything seems to fall into place just right? Our friends Jess and Josh certainly do! They recently had their adventure engagement up at Hawksbill and despite mother nature’s best efforts to thwart that from happening, and maybe a little incident known on social media as “ring gate 2019” #ringgate2019, everything worked out perfectly! Jess and Josh were visiting from out of town to explore the

This fall has been a season of abundance, beauty, and adventure! We’ve had the opportunity to connect with so many new couples, travel to so many new places, and frankly we’ve been spoiled by all of the fun! One of those awesome couples was Carolynn and Seth! They wanted us to shoot their wedding in 2020 (um yeeeah!) but they were also hoping to get their engagement session done sometime in the fall…..on crap! Thankfully their schedules were flexible and the one day we h

It’s no secret when it comes to planning a wedding that most of us are on a budget! Join a wedding facebook group or look at your feed and you’ll likely see someone posting about wedding planning and being faced with the challenge of how they’re going to afford everything. One of the biggest dilemmas we see as wedding photographers are couples not only trying to figure this out but also how to have ‘their version' of a nice wedding on a budget! I say their version because

What does one of our favorite Asheville wedding venues and one of our favorite couples have to do with one another? Josh and Missy’s big day at The Crest Center and Pavilion of course! Like many of the awesome couples we get to work with throughout the year, Josh and Missy were from out of town (Chicago to be exact) and we never had the opportunity to meet face to face before their wedding and it didn’t matter. I vividly remember knocking on Josh’s hotel door where he was

Summer time is upon us my friends and engagement sessions are filling our calendar from top to bottom! For the couples already working with us, we do our best to take care of all of the specifics to make sure they love their session and their images afterwards, but if you’re still looking for a photographer or still thinking about an engagement session, this article was written with you in mind as well! All of the following tips are our favorites for engagements and ones th

As a part of our continued growth and pursuit of progress, one of things we are huge on with our businesses is continuing education. We are big believers that education can take on many forms. Sometimes education is formal and happens via a classroom or course you take. Sometimes it comes throughout the experience of trial and error (and success), and often times its gained through connections with others. Hearing about their triumphs, their struggles, and strategies. On

Are you still trying to figure out the secret sauce for your timeline to make sure you have plenty of time budgeted for everything? To make sure everything flows smooth? To make sure you enjoy your wedding day? In this blog we cover the most popular timeline concerns we receive as wedding photographers in order to help you best plan your day! We will also be giving you our insight on specific parts of your day to help plan a smooth and efficient timeline. ‘Wait, I though

In the last couple of years, anniversary sessions have begun to take up more and more space on our calendar and for good reason. Because they are awesome! Seriously, whether you decide to do one every year, or decide to have one at your 5 years anniversary, etc. By the time you find yourselves at an anniversary session, you’ve likely already been through an engagement session, a wedding day, and in some cases even a bridal or proposal thrown somewhere in there. At this po

To be honest, we almost didn’t know where to start with Elyssa and Lee’s wedding! We had so much fun getting to know these two that we had writer’s block. It was like, well we could talk about how, or wait, maybe we could mention that one time when, no (lol). It was like somehow everything we came up with wouldn’t do justice to this love story. In truth, there were so many things about our time spent with them that were memorable that we struggled to pick one particular t

The last few years we’ve always done an end of the year recap of all of the couples we’ve worked with for their wedding days! After a few years we can say it's something we look forward to. It feels like a tradition and something we intend on continuing for the future! For us it’s always a little mind blowing looking back over everything and recalling the the fun days, touching moments, and inspiring people. In retrospect, it always feels like a lot but in truth it’s only

When the morning of Courtney and Caleb’s engagement finally arrived, we were as excited as we were nervous! It would be the first time we got to meet Courtney and Caleb in person but our nerves weren’t because of that. The rain chance was 40% for where we were headed in the mountains, and we weren’t 100% sure if the gravel roads had cleared all the snow enough to even get there. Though this may sound like a long shot, in the recent weeks it became the best chance we had!

Taylor and Tyler’s wedding was the last day we visited Chestnut Ridge this year! If you haven’t stumbled upon this beautiful venue yet, it’s nestled beautifully among the mountains of western North Carolina about 30 minutes west of Asheville! It’s always a pleasure getting t0 come visit but Taylor and Tyler made it that much better! In truth this was our first time getting to meet them on their big day! Like many of our wedding clients who live states away, we don’t alway

This fall was filled to the brim with weddings and engagements! There were days we were shooting in one state in the morning and another by the evening, and some days where we were heading back to the same spot multiple times. Fall is our favorite time of year and by far our busiest so during that time it’s easy for things to blur. Days run together, coffee is at an all time high for the year, and sleep…yea, still not sure what that is. It’s easy to see how a lot of people

Every season brings with it the refreshing rush of change! Sometimes the change is subtle and gradual and at times it can be instantaneous. For anyone local to the Asheville area, you probably noticed how Summer seemed to all but skip fall and go straight to winter for a few days as we had an exceptionally cool beginning to October. For us, fall is a time we always look forward to. Having grown up up in Florida most of our lives, there’s just something so rewarding about

What do middle school sweet hearts, great beer, and proposals have in common? Kaitlin and Brett! These cuties have been dating since Brett was 13 and Kaitlin was 15, and to hear him tell the story, they have been together ever since! Almost 9 years to be exact! After a recent move to NC to begin grad school at UNC, Brett told us that Kaitlin dropped everything to move there with him so they could be together. He could hardly wait to ask her to spend the rest of her life

One thing you’ll notice fast if you look around the WNC area is there are a BUNCH of wedding venues! In the almost 4 years that we’ve lived in Asheville, we’ve seen several come and go, while others have taken off and flourished! One of those venues that has taken the area by storm is Chestnut Ridge! This was our second time getting to come visit and we could not have asked for a better day! On this special occasion we were blessed to be a part of Kalie & Jono’s wedding d

I still remember the day we met Ioana and Emanuele at Old Europe Pastries in downtown Asheville! In between laughs, decadent bites of dessert, and sips of coffee, we got to know these two and their vision for their wedding day! They had switched it up a bit from our first contacts with them planning on getting married in the courthouse and then exploring downtown for some couples portraits afterwards. On this day, they informed us that they had decided to book The Farm in

Long before your wedding day comes your engagement session and one of the most frequent questions we receive from couples is: “What are your favorite spots for engagement photos?” It’s one of those things we probably take for granted knowing. Once you’ve been in any area for a certain amount of time you start to think ‘oh everybody knows’ where that is, but since the majority of of our clients (63% last year) were from out of town, we thought it would be helpful to put tog

If you’ve been on social media at all the in past couple years, you’ve probably noticed a fun trend that seems to be growing with popularity. I’m not talking about the circle game, I’m talking about having your engagement session at a brewery! More and more couples are opting to capture their engagement photos at local craft breweries. Being in the unique position that we are as wedding and engagement photographers who also happen to live in an area that is known for it’s

In December of last year, we first made contact with Sharon! Her and her fiance (at the time) Forrest were going to be traveling to Asheville around New Years’ Eve 2017 and they were looking to get their engagement photos captured while in town! Initially they were hoping to go up somewhere off the Parkway with some beautiful views but due to winter, the Parkway had been shut down for a while at that point. After figuring out what would work best for their vision, we decid