Gatlinburg Wedding Photography - Beth + Brad

Good evening, friends! Just a quick post to share a recent destination wedding I photographed in Gatlinburg. It's weird for me to think of this area as a wedding destination sometimes because the Great Smokies are in our backyard and we visit it all the time. I guess I'd probably feel the same way if we lived at the beach. As a matter of fact, I think we need to try that theory out. When are we moving, Danielle?

I digress. Today's blog is about Brad and Beth, a sweet couple from Kentucky that decided to have a little wedding in the Smokies at Buckberry Lodge in Gatlinburg. It was a beautiful ceremony on the side of a mountain surrounded by their family.

The bride hard at work steaming her dress while her baby sleeps.
A few details.
See you on Instagram.
Brad and his sweet little girl before the ceremony.
It was a nice ceremony.
With a nice view!
After the ceremony, Brad and Beth went around the Lodge with me for some portraits.
Such a good looking couple.

Yep, these Smoky Mountains ain't too shabby.
You'll only get this if you frequent Instagram, but… #iseefaces.
So sweet.
Check out Brad looking all debonair.

And Beth looking all beautiful.
Just a little detail I liked while Beth was chatting with family.
A couple with the cute kiddos. One big, happy family!
And some hugs for little brother.

Some woodsy ring bling.
Thank you Beth and Brad! Congratulations!

Gatlinburg Wedding Photography - Karin and Joe

Taking a break from fall sessions…well, kinda. Today we have a wedding to blog…well, kinda. Meet Karin and Joe. They came down from Illinois to get married in a very private ceremony at the cabin they were staying at in Gatlinburg. Just because you don't have the big ceremony and reception, doesn't mean that you can't have some great photos of you on your wedding day! Karin felt the same way and hired us to do some portraits of them.

We met at the Sugarlands Visitors Center in Gatlinburg and started there. While we aren't having any winter weather now, we did have a month ago and it was super cold and had even snowed in the mountains just a few days before. However, with a couple from the much colder North, we couldn't wimp out in the cold! We slapped on our heavy jackets, and gloves and made the most of a cold and drizzly day in the mountains!

We thought that this waterfall would be awesome with all of the runoff from the snow, but it was just a trickle.

Still made for a nice backdrop though!

And we lucked out and found a little fall color still hanging on!

One of my favorites!

What? You think it's funny that we asked you to walk out onto the wet slippery rocks in almost freezing weather?!

It's worth it though! :)

Another favorite.

So pretty there!

Thank you Karin and Joe for letting us be a part of your big day! We wish you many years of happiness!

~Danielle

Gatlinburg Wedding Photography: Carly + Tim 09.18.10

Good Tuesday morning gang! I'm going to keep this short and sweet (my words, not the photos) because I have something close to a bazillion things to knock off my to-do list today. Last month we traveled to Gatlinburg for Carly and Tim's beautiful wedding at the Lodge at Buckberry Creek.

Carly and Tim were out-of-town clients so this was our first time meeting face to face. It's nice, though, when things click right away with a couple and we make beautiful photos together. That's when you know they chose wisely. :)


Apparently part of the getting ready process is to poke the bride in the eye.


Brittany went nuts shooting the shoes!


Tim and friend locked out of their room.


Beers and buds.




Carly gets a little help off a stool after getting the dress on.


We got so many great photos of Carly and Tim that it ought to be illegal.




Tim wore his grandfather's nuclear submarine cufflinks.


Danielle and her sun flare.






Me loves this photo.


Oooh, this one too!


Getting a little misty-eyed before the ceremony.


We made Brittany climb a tree for this bird's eye view.

[not really]


Poor Carly had to stare into the sun the entire ceremony. She did great though. Burned retinas will heal, right?


I do.






It was a little warm that day.


We found some hidden places to do photos.






But we couldn't ignore the view!






Only one adjective for this one… HAWT!






If you've followed our blog this year, you know; it's the year of the shotgun!


I love it when a mosh pit breaks out at a wedding.






Nice view.


If there are dead stuffed critters around, you have to know I'm going to work them in somehow.


*clink, clink, clink, clink…*


I don't think that moose on the wall is really a single lady.


Hey fella!


There were some mad dance skills by the wee ones at the wedding.


Well, mostly mad anyway. And by mad, I mean insane


Better hope he doesn't sneeze.


And lastly, a nice little handheld, one-second exposure with the moon as a backlight. Gotta love it.

Thanks so much Carly and Tim for choosing us to be your photographers. We had a blast and we hope that you love the photos!!



ps: Almost forgot this last one…


We stupidly decided to come back via the Spur (the link between Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg). We were hungry and somebody (not pointing fingers, but it's the woman I married) wanted to hit up Red Lobster for some clam chowder. The problem was there was a Rod Run in Pigeon Forge. We got about two miles away from the city limits and we hit a parking lot. We crawled for TWO HOURS before I was able to hit the emergency lane and take a side road out of the madness. Yep, that's literally one mile an hour. So to kill the time, I whipped out the iPhone and thanks to the Netflix app, we watched some comedy specials (Jeff Dunham; "I keel you!!!"). We finally made it home after stopping for some late night grub at IHOP (the Lobster was long closed by then) around 2 am.



We Hopes know how to party.