For this wedding day I traveled back to my home state, Georgia, to shoot an absolutely amazing detail-filled wedding at the Marietta Country Club in Kennesaw. The night before the wedding, the bride and groom gathered their family and friends at the Glover Parker Brewery located in downtown Marietta. This night was filled brews, great atmosphere, stories about the bride & groom and great food. 

The next day we headed to the Marietta Country Club (funny enough located in Kennesaw). The bride and groom chose to both get ready there while staying separated until the ceremony. Potential couples - Please consider getting ready at the same location! This allows us wedding photographers to be able to go back and forth and get as many great photos as possible without having to commute between different locations! It can also help make a timeline a little more streamlined. 

The bride and groom’s getting ready photos were both taken in their respective locker rooms. Vibes were high with champagne with the gals and post golf beers with the guys. The guys did take quite a while to put on their corsages, which was quite difficult to watch…

Our main objective of the day was to hide the bride from not only the groom but also the wedding guests. It was also important for the couple to have a private vow reading without the groom seeing the bride. We tucked away to a secluded spot surrounded by trees right next to the golf course. This moment was very meaningful and the bride and groom were able to successfully embrace each other after their vow reading without the groom seeing the bride in her beautiful princess dress. 

SUCCESS!

After we accomplished the most important logistical event of the day, it was time for a wedding! The ceremony was absolutely beautiful overlooking on of the holes at the golf course with a beautiful lake. The couple said “I do,” kissed and then the party started! Cocktail hour featured atmospheric jazz from the incredibly talented Empire band and also coffee provided by Aviator Coffee Company. There are simply too many details to list as the bride planned her day extensively with everything you can think of from: 

A bourbon tasting table, a fillable crossword puzzle based on the couple, wedding magazine, a live watercolor painter for the wedding guests (), designed matchboxes, etc. 

I might have to make a separate blog on all the details she included!

After we skated through family formals and headed into the reception the wedding party made their grand entrance with the bride having prepared a special surprise video for the groom. The couple had an explosive first dance complimented with cold sparks and then dinner was served!

The rest of the reception featured incredible energy and dancing fueled by the Empire band’s electric set. Once it was time to call it a night, the bride (with an outfit change of knee-high white cowgirl boots) and groom paraded through the sparklers and cold sparks to the getaway car - a Rolls Royce. 

This bride thought of everything providing me with a wedding that was a dream to photograph. I am so lucky that I get to meet such great people and capture their memories :)

Sneaks from this past weekend in beautiful Montrose, Colorado. The bride and groom picked such an amazing location for their big day that was filled with fun, dancing, and cowboy hats 🤠

This Deer Valley wedding was epic! This is your sign to book your wedding venue in beautiful Park City J

The bride and groom started the day by getting ready in downtown Park City. The groom got ready at an apartment just down the street from the luxurious Deer Valley Ski Resort, and the bride got ready at the Marriott Summit Watch not too far away from the Park City Mountain Resort ski bridge. We snapped some getting ready photos of the groom with his groomsmen, then headed over to the Marriott to capture the bride and her bridesmaids (and one bridesman) finishing getting ready. Then it was time to leave downtown Park City and head up to the venue - Deer Valley! The ceremony site was Cushing’s Cabin on top of the mountain, and the reception site was Empire Lodge, right next to the Montage. To get there, you take Marsac Avenue as if you are headed to Guardsmans Pass, and right after you pass the entrance to the Montage, there is a roundabout where Empire Lodge is located. From there, we were shuttled up to the ceremony site – Cushing’s Cabin at the top of the Ruby Express chairlift at Deer Valley Ski Resort. The bride and groom opted to do a first look and exchanged beautiful private vows outside of Cushing’s Cabin, with the mountains from Empire Pass in the background. Then guests began to arrive, and one of the coolest things about getting married at this particular site at Deer Valley was that guests got to actually ride the chairlift up to Cushing’s Cabin! We made sure to get epic shots of all the guests coming up the chairlift. Once everyone arrived, the ceremony began, and the backdrop was a wedding photographer’s dream, with a beautiful triangular arch with florals and chairs set up outside the cabin, with the mountains in the distance. After the ceremony, we secured the family formals photos just outside the ceremony site, and guests began to ride the chairlift from Cushing’s Cabin back down to Empire Lodge which is where the reception took place. We made sure to get some awesome photos of the bride and groom on the ski lift on the way back down J It was a really cool ride down with views the whole way of Empire Lodge, the mountains, and the Montage.

Beautiful Golden Hour Rehearsal Dinner at the Oak Steakhouse Skyline Lodge in Highlands North Carolina