July is a pretty hot month just about everywhere you go but, everywhere is not as beautiful as North Carolina with its mountains, lakes, flowing rivers and streams, bordered by rocks and trees of all shapes and sizes. I love my job of taking pictures for awesome couples in beautiful wedding destinations. I love North Carolina any time of year and love being there to work/play! This is the second wedding I have had the privileged of photographing in Chimney Rock Park Right outside Lake Lure, NC which is home to the fabulous Lake Lure Inn & Spa and the best salon I know in North Carolina Lake Lure Salon & Spa. Evey bride of every wedding I have photographed in Lake Lure has gone to the Lake Lure salon & spa. They do the best hair and makeup around and provide the most relaxing environment! Suzan and her bridesmaids got their hair and makeup done at the Lake lure salon and spa and had a wonderfully relaxing morning there. I showed up to that salon just assuming she would be there since it’s the best, and she was and surprised I knew she was there. Kinda fun! Suzan and John were such an awesome couple to be around. They seemed so relaxed which always makes the day run smoothly. Suzan happens to be extremely creative and made all the center pieces for all the tables and quite a few other pieces of eye candy which are shown here! Chimney Rock Park has a nice little lawn at the foot of the mountain which shows the mountain in the background and a beautiful view from the top of the chimney, which i have a picture posted here as well! I don’t usually take traditional style pictures but this view called for it so that’s’ what i did and Suzan & John are happy with it! One thing I love to do is feel out every situation as a piece of art and see what it calls for. I give each wedding the specific touch it needs to make it beautiful for that couple.
Final fun story for this post! – While photographing the wedding in Chimney Rock Park, I met a man named Jeff. Jeff runs a few things at the park and does it well and is a really great guy to work with. I have to say, He’s was one of the easiest guys I have ever worked with and very polite. He helped things run so smoothly for the couple and for me as well! I photographed the wedding, had a few chats with Jeff and said what a pleasure it was working with him, offered to give them new pictures for the park to use on the site and said goodbye. While talking to my wife about the wedding, 2 months later. (Yep I talk about all my weddings for years to come. I remember them all and love them all!) I told her about this cool guy at the park named Jeff. She said “funny, my friend Stephanie’s Husbands name is Jeff and he recently started working at the park there.” ‘Really? hmm” i said, “That would be funny if it was the same guy” I asked Wendy what Stephanie’s new last name was and it was the same as this guy Jeff! I thought to my self
“No way”?!? We looked at Stephanie’s pictures right away to see if it was true and it was! Soooo crazy! Right?!?! It’s been a few months now and I still can’t believe it!
So, Here are a few pictures and lots of detail shots, because Suzan made everything!
My night photo version of Thomas Kinkade
