Whitney and Jarrod - Married at Biltmore Estate

Whitney and Jarrod had a lovely wedding at Biltmore Estate's Lioncrest... one of my favorite places to shoot locally! Wedding Inspirations did a wonderful job with the planning and Stacey with the Bloom Room rocked the flowers!

Published in Grace Ormonde!

We've been honored once again by being published in Grace Ormonde Wedding Style Magazine. This time it was an image of one of Biltmore Estate's most unique and whimsical cakes from the wedding of Carrie and Matthew. Blog post on that wedding to come soon!

In the movies...

It was fun last night to watch Being There again on TV. I'd not seen it in many years, but it's still darn funny. It also happens to have been partially filmed at Asheville's own Biltmore Estate. It was neat to see some scenes, though quick ones, where cars drove through Biltmore Village and notice how things have changed so in 30 years (DVR helped to rewind and pause)! I was also surprised that they allowed the actors to smoke cigars in one scene in the billiards room... clearly, I suspect there have been countless cigars smoked in that room before, but when the house was being used as a residence. Having shot in and around the house before, I know what care they take to preserve to property and it's contents now that it's a museum atmosphere and open to the public. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine and my dad! ;) I also love watching this video that dad's in... he plays Randy Travis' dad... too funny!

Playing catch-up

October is usually one of the busiest months for us, and this past one proved to be no exception. Thus, I'm just a tad behind in my posting weddings. So without further ado (and before I shoot another one and get even further behind), here are several wonderful weddings... all simply gorgeous! (November weddings will be posted soon too!)

Towards the end of October, Sunny and Ben had a beautiful and intimate affair at the Biltmore Estate. Gwenn Ford, of Wedding Inspirations planned the wedding so that it transpired perfectly. The couple had amazing chemistry!

I also shot their engagement session in Charleston a few months ago:

Prior to that, I covered an event at a private home about an hour and a half north of Asheville. The house sits atop a mountian at about an elevation of 4000ft. The view was truly one of the most spectaular I've ever seen!! Susan and Scott were married under a beautiful arbor on one of the estate's many vistas in a beautiful ceremony performed by Susie Greene. Then they had great reception on the back deck of the house. Aria Floral did a great job on the flowers and Artisan provided the tasty food! The fall color was stunning!

Before that one, I shot Sarah's and Brant's beautiful wedding at The Crest Center. Ironically, Jeremy was shooting a different wedding at the The Crest Pavilion right next door! Hopefully, he'll post a couple of shots from his event soon too!

And before that, I shot Lindsey's and Nick's wedding at the Grove Park Inn. The talented Tara presided over the event.