Mountaintop Wedding at Sky Retreat

I met Sarah & Aaron at a small wedding show hosted by The Greenhouse Picker Sisters in the fall of 2019. They were planning a mountain wedding, and said the next morning they were going to hang-glide off the mountain. Um, OK! I was hooked. Anyone that is that all-in for their wedding is good in my book.

Well, then 2020 happened. So, the big wedding was not in the cards, but they still really wanted to get married in the mountains. They were able to do an immediate-family-only ceremony and a quiet dinner after -it was intimate and absolutely perfect. No rushing around, no stress, just two people agreeing to love each other forever. Pretty much a perfect day.

Oh, and did I mention that Aaron wore a burnt orange Brooks Brothers Suit? No? Seriously – I love a couple that knows who they are.

Intimate Halloween Wedding, Lake Lynn Park Raleigh

Melissa & Walt are like many other couples who had planned weddings in 2020. Meaning, their big wedding didn’t happen. It’s ok though, because they’ve postponed their big party until fall of 2021, BUT the best part is that since they decided on a small intimate wedding in the park, they chose *Halloween* as their date and poured as much personality as possible into this little wedding.

I mean, they both wore black (OMG, you have to see the back of her dress!!!!) and they looked absolutely stunning. It really was the most perfect wedding and I can’t wait for their big party in the fall. (Cross your fingers, y’all).

Intimate Wedding Raleigh

It’s happening every weekend now it seems like – people who can’t have the big wedding celebrations that they planned, are opting to scale it waaaayyy back and have a smaller, more intimate wedding at home. Erin & Evan were supposed to get married at a local venue, but since that’s not happening right now, they went ahead, rented a tent, and moved the celebration to her mom’s house. They still got ready separately, still had their wedding party, still wore their dress & suit – but we did it all in a more relaxed way.

She’ll still do all this again next year when they can, but at least now they are married.

wedding dress hanging from hotel balcony
bride putting on her earring with mom watcing
wedding party photos
bride and groom first look
dad walks bride down the aisle with an umbrella
wedding ceremony with welcome sign

Jueun & Brian Married! | Chapel Hill Wedding Photographer

Jueun & Brian have the coolest story, and I was so very happy to be a part of it!  Jueun is a traveling nurse – meaning she moves from place to place as needed – so she isn’t usually in any one place very long – which I suspect makes it pretty difficult to start a relationship.  She had been in Raleigh for a while, and was preparing to move on to her next assignment when she met Brian.  Immediately she knew she had to stay here and give this a chance – so she cancelled her next move and stayed.   Turns out that was the right choice, because less than a year later, here they are, married.

The weather that day was iffy – the sun would come & go and it was sprinkling off & on – but we got SO lucky that just in time for the first look, the sun came out and we were able to do all of their pre-ceremony photos outside – just like she wanted.

Because they are both of Korean descent, they wanted to incorporate their heritage, so after the American ceremony, they both changed into the traditional Korean wedding outfit and then had a second, Korean ceremony, called the Paebaek, where they bow to their elders.  It’s always so wonderful for me to see people bring family and cultural customs into their weddings, it makes them so much more meaningful!

The reception was fantastic –  All Events DJ’s kept everyone out on the dance floor for hours – and the happy couple bade farewell and rode off in a super cool antique car –

Thanks again Jueun & Brian for sharing your day with me!

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Venue – both ceremony & reception – The Governor’s Club, Chapel Hill

Flowers: Tre Bella

Cake: Sugarland Bakery

Harpist:  Amy Kortus

Pianist:  Scott Schillin

DJ – All Events DJs