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Jenna and Justin came to town on Wednesday for their wedding on Saturday. When Jenna came by the house to take a look around she was a little nervous, as she’d been planning the perfect wedding for months. “As soon as I came into the office and saw all my colors and samples in your files, I knew everything was taken care of and I was able to relax”, she said. And relaxed they were on Saturday! The whole family planned their vacations around this wedding and spent several days before and a couple of days after in nearby cabins. I think I heard a party going on Friday night… but they’ll have to tell you about that.

Jenna and the girls making each other look beautiful…

as Crystal and Becky making the buffet look beautiful!


Jennifer, our general manager, checking off her list for the day’s activities.

The Pavilion is decorated. Just need to add the flowers.

Meanwhile back at the girls room…

Jenna sees her bouquet for the first time and is thrilled. Just what she wanted.

Looks like it’s going to fit, but it takes a group effort.

Now it’s time for the portrait session. Jenna was a perfect model.

but didn’t take it too seriously…

Think they might be related???

Weather couldn’t have been better…

And after a few more photos, it off to the Grand Reception!

When the reception was over Jenna and Justin stopped over to tell us goodbye. “You have no idea how happy we are with everything that happened today! The flowers, the cake, the food, the ceremony, the hospitality… Our guests kept coming up to us to say how great the staff was. This is exactly what we wanted. Something in the mountains where all our friends and family could come and spend time together and have fun. It was the perfect day!”

And we say, thanks to you Jenna and Justin, for bringing such a great group of folks to our place for a celebration. We wish you a wonderful, long life together! You really made our day.

Congratulations to Tiffany and Gary on their wedding day. Being from Eastern North Carolina, Tiffany is a true Southern Belle, complete with the charming accent. And I thought, a little shy… see below.










So we’d done all these traditional portraits, and I’m thinking we’re about done. Then in her own understated style Tiffany says to me, “you think the ground is wet?”.

I got the hint…

Thanks for the hint and for the fun day. Sometimes you just have to let us know what it is you want…

Our online photo proofing and photo lab service is provided by Pictage. Once a month all the Pictage photographers in the area get together to swap ideas, etc. And sometimes we take some models around and take photos of them, just for fun. So that’s what we did yesterday in Downtown Knoxville, and we had a blast. There were 8-10 photographers running around town shooting these nice folks from all sorts of angles. Even though there was a Sundown in the City concert going on, we put on quite a show of our own.

Leta and Lamar were our guests on Saturday. There’s a story here, and I hope the photos do the story justice…