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A Brown Mountain Beach Resort Bridal Session | Boone Wedding Photographers

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Oh what fun I had photographing beautiful Jordan’s bridal portraits at the stunning Brown Mountain Beach Resort in Collettsville, right at the base of Linville Gorge (arguably, one of my favorite hiking places in the NC mountains). Photographing Jordan just a couple weeks before she and Fernando would tie the knot at Brown Mountain Beach made me even more excited for their wedding!

I’m so excited to share these photos and look forward to sharing images from their fall wedding at Brown Mountain Beach Resort!

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Loved Jordan’s cowboy boots with her wedding dress! So perfect for this outdoorsy venue!

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Love the window light inside the lodge where wedding receptions are held at Brown Mountain Beach…

Love this one of Jordan peeking through the doors of the lodge!

Brown Mountain Beach Resort’s wedding lodge has the most beautiful rock work on the outside…

Isn’t Jordan a stunning bride?

Jordan and I adventured out onto some rocks downstream from the reception and ceremony sites. There are fabulous opportunities for photos within a very walking short distance from the main lodge.

The river by the lodge makes a stunning backdrop for photos.

I climbed a large boulder without knowing what the end result would be…. Those of you who know me know I look for pretty much any opportunity to climb anything. Well, once I got up there I was high enough to shoot between a few muscadine leaves that made a perfect frame for Jordan… I think the climb was worth it 🙂

AMW Studios – an Asheville Wedding Photography studio run by Ariel and Matt – We are located in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and available for destination wedding photography worldwide… We specialize in creating modern + dynamic imagery for adventurous couples. Getting married or know someone getting married? We are now booking weddings, adventure engagement sessions & lifestyle portraits for 2017 and 2018! Drop us a line – info@amwstudios.com – let’s chat! We can’t wait to tell your story…

by ArielTags: Adventure Wedding Photographer,Asheville Wedding Photographer,Boone Wedding Photographer,bridal portraits at brown mountain beach,Brown Mountain Beach Resort,Brown Mountain Beach Wedding,waynesville wedding photographer

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An Asheville Wedding Photographer Visits the Grand Canyon

May all your trails be crooked, lonesome, winding, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view, where something strange and more beautiful and more full of wonder than your deepest dreams waits for you. – Edward Abbey

The Grand Canyon is easily one of the most spectacular places I’ve traveled to. The photo above was taken during a very short camping trip on the North Rim. I look forward to returning to take many more images of this magical place soon….

by ArielTags: Adventure Photographer,Asheville Wedding Photographer,destination wedding photographer,grand canyon wedding photographers

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Blue Ridge Parkway Adventure Senior Portraits | Asheville Wedding & Lifestyle Photographer

Our kiddos’ all-time favorite sitter from NH traveled down here to the mountains of Asheville for a visit! Naturally I offered to take some senior portraits of Mikala while she was visiting. She is currently wrapping up her last year of high school and will be headed off to Husson College in Maine this fall!!! So excited to see where life leads her – she is such a smart, beautiful, fun young lady….

We were able to sneak in a few photos before we got stuck in a monsoon with thunder and lightning all around while we were up on top of Craggy Garden.

This tree on the path to the top of Craggy Pinnacle is such a cool spot to stop and take photos.

Love this girl and her laughter!

I was convinced that if we waited long enough the storm would pass and we could make our way to the top. Mikala calmly hid under a rock overhang with me… The storm got worse… We finally decided to throw in the towel and run down the trail back to the shelter of our car.

I can’t think of a more awesome, adventurous high schooler to get stuck in a storm with!

And just like that, we decided to run together back to the car…

Since our Craggy Gardens photo shoot got rained out, we decided to venture to Looking Glass Falls the next day for a few more senior pictures. Looking Glass Falls is becoming one of my favorite places to shoot sessions…Check out Janet and Bryan’s Looking Glass Falls Engagement for another recent session in Pisgah.

Given that there were at least 50 people exploring the falls I am quite happy I was able to capture as much variety as I did that day! This was easier because Mikala was game to climb some rocks and be adventurous!

The image above is definitely one of my favorites!

AMW Studios – an Asheville Wedding & Lifestyle Photography studio run by Ariel and Matt – We are located in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and available for destination wedding photography worldwide… We specialize in creating modern + dynamic imagery for adventurous couples + seniors + families. Getting married or know someone getting married? We are now booking weddings, adventure engagement sessions & lifestyle portraits for 2017 and 2018! Drop us a line – info@amwstudios.com – let’s chat! We can’t wait to tell your story…

by ArielTags: Asheville Senior Photographer,Asheville Wedding Photographer,Boone senior photographer,LIfestyle adventure photographer,Tryon senior photographer

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A Looking Glass Falls Adventure Engagement Session by Asheville Wedding & Lifestyle Photographers

Today’s Adventure Monday post kind of kills two birds with one stone ( I don’t think wedding blogs are supposed to talk about killing birds but we are not your normal wedding blog, so forgive me). I get to share one of my favorite engagement sessions to date and also give you guys a little taste of adventure which is what Mondays are all about here on the AMW Studios blog. When Janet reached out to me about photographing their Asheville engagement session I was very excited to hear that they were up to adventuring off the beaten path.

These two made the trip over from Raleigh one weekend in October and I took them out to beautiful (popular) Looking Glass Falls in Pisgah National Forest. We spent some time exploring the falls and trying to find angles that didn’t feature the swarm of tourists that the mountains of western North Carolina attract during the fall months! Janet and Bryan were even game to get their feet wet for the sake of a good photo (or a few good photos). I am so excited to share this adventurous engagement session with you today!!! A huge congratulations to Janet and Bryan – Thanks so much for having me document this exciting time in your lives!!!

Isn’t Janet gorgeous?! She will be a beautiful bride!!!

Look at these two balancing on a log above the stream like rock stars…..

I do love the contrasting light…

Looking Glass Falls makes a beautiful backdrop in these portraits.

Playing with some different cropping in the image above….

These two happily ventured barefoot into the water on this chilly October day… #bestclientsever!!!!

The light was perfectly hitting Janet and Bryan as they willingly hung out at the edge of the cliffs by the waterfall… I mean – how gorgeous is Janet! And Bryan, well… you’re a handsome dude!

The sun was quickly setting as we made our way up to the first rocky crags at Black Balsam!

To say it was warm outside as we ventured up the mountain would be a terrible lie… It was cold!!!! Yet, Janet (and Bryan, too – but he had a sweater) happily smiled as they made their way up to catch the last rays of sunlight!

I kind of adore this image of Janet and Bryan… It appears they are standing on top of the world!

The stars were coming out as we wrapped up our session on top of Black Balsam!

AMW Studios – an Asheville wedding photography studio run by Ariel and Matt – We are located in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and available for destination wedding photography worldwide… We specialize in creating modern + dynamic imagery for adventurous couples. Getting married or know someone getting married? We are now booking weddings, adventure engagement sessions & lifestyle portraits for 2017 and 2018! Drop us a line – info@amwstudios.com – let’s chat! We can’t wait to tell your story…

by ArielTags: asheville engagement session,Asheville Wedding Photographer,black balsam engagement photos,blue ridge parkway engagement session,Looking Glass Falls Engagement Session,Pisgah National Forest

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Old Edwards Inn Wedding | Sarah + Matt | Highlands Wedding Photographer

What fun we had documenting Sarah and Matt’s beautiful fall wedding at The Farm at the Old Edwards Inn. Friends and family of Sarah and Matt’s traveled in from all over the United States and beyond. Sarah got ready in the big, beautiful farmhouse on the property with her mom and bridesmaids. We were thrilled to do a first look and have some time to photograph the wedding party as well as bride and groom portraits before their stunning ceremony in the orchard. Sarah’s father officiated a very sweet wedding ceremony among the apple trees as guests circled around them. Following their “I dos”, guests retreated to have cocktails on the patios surrounding the pavilion. A fabulous reception commenced shortly after with beautiful details, dinner, dancing and a stunning sparkler exit…. We were there to capture it all!

Matt and I absolutely fell in love with the area surrounding the Old Edwards Inn… It’s a photographer and outdoor enthusiast’s dream! We can’t wait to return to Highlands to explore more…

Sarah and Matt worked hard on the sign above, which shows how far their guests traveled to celebrate their wedding!!!

Sarah chose to carry a stunning brooch bouquet… With gold undertones, it was so beautiful for a fall wedding!

Gold Converses?! I mean really… She was a bride after our own hearts!!!

Once Sarah was ready we did a first look with her and her father… I adore these two images below taken in the beautiful farmhouse at the Old Edwards Inn!

The boys had time for an impromptu game of croquet… I never did ask if Matt got hit by the ball…

Beautiful Sarah!

Loved the bridesmaids navy dresses with Sarah’s gold brooch bouquet!

We had fun playing in the leaves during this fall wedding!!

Sarah and Matt’s beautiful ceremony took place in the apple orchard at the farm at Old Edwards Inn!

Love this one of the guys celebrating after the ceremony!

The reception room looked absolutely stunning with Sarah and Matt’s cream, gold and green tones against the dark wood of the pavilion!

I absolutely adored the gold plates Sarah choose as part of the place setting!

Being Halloween weekend it wouldn’t be fitting to not add a little bit of celebratory costuming!!!

These two were adorable cutting the cake together. Can you tell they had fun?!

Each one of the toasts were witty and had Sarah + Matt doubled up laughing on many occasions!

The Old Edwards Inn served up some much-appreciated late night snacks for wedding guests after a couple hours of dancing!

Congratulations Sarah + Matt!!! Thanks so much for having us be a part of your wedding day!

A huge thank you to the amazing team of vendors who helped to create a fabulous day for Sarah and Matt…

Venue: [The Farm at The Old Edwards Inn]
Florist: [Fiddlehead Designs]
Photographer: [Asheville Wedding Photographers]
DJ: [A Brides DJ]
Video: [AWC Films]
Caterer: [Old Edwards Inn]
Cake: [Cream and Flutter]

AMW Studios – an Asheville wedding photography studio run by Ariel and Matt – We are located in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and available for destination wedding photography worldwide… We specialize in creating modern + dynamic imagery for adventurous couples. Getting married or know someone getting married? We are now booking weddings, adventure engagement sessions & lifestyle portraits for 2017 and 2018! Drop us a line – info@amwstudios.com – let’s chat! We can’t wait to tell your story…

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