Everything has been so busy in real life and my lifestyle baby photography business that this blog has been sorely neglected. Almost two months ago, Nathan and I had the awesome opportunity to photography a gorgeous destination wedding in Highlands, NC. I grew up in Asheville, NC, which isn’t very far from Highlands… yet somehow I had never had the chance to experience the beauty of this particular part of the NC mountains. I feel blessed that I have now had that opportunity!

I’m so far behind, that I haven’t even shared with you the fun Charlotte engagement session that I did with Clay and Rachael this past summer… So before we delve into their amazing wedding weekend… Let me introduce them to you through their engagement pictures!

Nathan had originally been scheduled to photograph this engagement session, but due to a knee injury, I had to step in and photograph it. To be honest, I was really excited about the opportunity…I knew we were going to have a blast :) I had been able to spend time with Clay and Rachael last year, when Nathan and I photographed Clay’s sister’s wedding weekend in Key West. We immediately fell in love with the entire family, and were so excited when Clay called us soon after his engagement. We knew we were in for another amazing wedding.

I love this image that Nathan captured of Clay and Rachael during Brooke and Harrison’s reception.

For the engagement session, we started off at Clay’s apartment…which I immediately fell completely in love with! I just loved the urban vibe of the place. It suited Clay perfectly.

After a quick couple of shots on their balcony, we headed out for a walk… Clay and Rachael had a destination or two in mind, and I just stopped them whenever I saw something I liked!

We didn’t make it very far before I stopped them and made them hang out on this little bench…

We walked a bit further and arrived at the bar where Clay and Rachael met. I was SO excited that they had put this place on the list of places to see… So fun to take pictures at places that have strong memories for the people I have photographing!

I loved this reflective wall… It’s crazy how the most unassuming locations can become awesome spots for photographing…

Rachael is so pretty… I adore her smile.

One of my favorite locations that we used was the public transport station… I took about 23 million different images here, and I loved way too many of them :)

Loved the subtle light here…

One of my favorite shots of the day!

We thought this whole park was so random… We found the signs from the photo above, these giant fish, and some really cool benches. Something fun to photograph around every corner :)

We were trying to make our way back to Clay’s apartment, but I kept getting distracted by fun locations… like this really cool textured wall :)

And this spot, with the apartment building in the background. LOVE!

We headed up to the apartment, but detoured on the clubhouse floor… I’m SO glad we did. I love the resulting images.

It was almost dark… so we headed back up to the apartment to satisfy my need to grab “just one more quick shot” (or 22 quick shots, whatever ;)) before I headed back home…

It was a super fun evening that just increased my excitement about their upcoming wedding… I’ve got all those images ready, and will hopefully have time to post them very soon!

xoxo,

-amber