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First Touch Wedding Tradition | Pippin Hill Farm Wedding

Aaron Watson — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:26:00 +0000

When it comes to the day of the wedding, many couples often choose to do a First Look, in which the bride and groom have a private moment to see each other for the first time on the wedding day, and becomes a beautiful, emotional, and intimate moment before the ceremony. In recent years, the First Look has been one of the most popular modern wedding traditions, first gaining traction around 10 years ago, and becoming a main-stay ever since. Recently another modern tradition has started to rise in popularity for couples who want to wait to see each other until the ceremony, but still share a moment beforehand. For those couples who are hesitant about doing a first look, we love the First Touch wedding tradition!

The first touch wedding tradition is a great way to share a special moment before the ceremony while maintaining the surprise element of when the groom sees his bride for the first time walking down the aisle. We loved Kathryn and John-Paul’s first touch as it was filled with laughter, happy tears, special notes and gifts. For their First Touch we arranged them back to back, so they could hold hands, talk to each other and enjoy a nice moment, all while avoiding seeing each other and giving us some amazing pictures with the beautiful mountain views at Pippin Hill. While we love the First Look, we feel the First Touch is the newest Wedding Tradition that we will be seeing for many more years to come (as you can see from these adorable pictures)!

Kathryn and John-Paul’s incorporated so many personal elements into their modern rustic wedding details and decor: a customized Mrs. ring box with a monogramed “B,” personalized cuff links with “Kathryn, you are my person,” written on them, and they even created signature cocktails inspired by their dog, Tucker. We also loved how Kathryn and John-Paul lined the walkway leading up to their Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards wedding with photos of themselves throughout the years! A meaningful, little detail and wonderful way to share memories with their guests!

The golden hour at Pippin Hill farm is magical, and we had to capture some photos of Kathryn and John-Paul in their vintage 1950 Bentley getaway car! Everything from their dusty mauve and gold wedding details to their almost too-pretty-to-eat fall wedding cake by Sequins and Sprinkles was an October bride’s dream!

Thank you, Kathryn and John-Paul, for choosing us to be your Charlottesville wedding photographers! We had a blast at your Pippin Hill Farm wedding!

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Scenic Virginia Wedding | King Family Vineyards

Aaron Watson — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 20:29:29 +0000

Catherine and Tim had a gorgeous spring day for their Scenic Virginia Wedding at King Family Vineyards. After photographing their engagement session last spring on the UVA grounds, we were super excited to capture Catherine and Tim’s wedding day! Not only is the love between these two obvious, but they have so much fun together that it makes photographing them a joy! We adore their engagement story that they shared with us! Tim had everything planned perfectly — from Catherine waking up to flowers at the beginning of the day, to note cards that Catherine was supposed to open every hour while at work, then after work Tim swept Catherine off to King Family Vineyards in Crozet, Va where he proposed with with a bottle of King Family Meritage 2014 (the year that they started dating!) inside a wine box Tim had custom made! Of course Catherine said YES! and that night they celebrated at Tavola with close friends.

The couple’s wedding day was planned just as perfectly! Catherine and Tim chose a beautiful and natural color scheme of green, blush, and white that really fit their spring wedding date and brought to life this Scenic Virginia Wedding at King Family Vineyards. We loved the special touches throughout the day, especially how the couple honored their pets, Aurora and Koda, through their signature cocktails and cake topper.

The wedding reception was full of joy and dancing, with a touch of “Go ‘Hoos Go” from all of the UVA faithful in attendance! We loved capturing the couple celebrating with their friends and family, especially when they were hoisted in the air on the dance floor. We are so grateful to have been part of such a loving and fun night. Congratulations, Catherine and Tim! Best wishes as you begin this next chapter of your lives.

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Charlottesville Virginia Elopement Photographers

Aaron Watson — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:50:43 +0000

We love being Charlottesville Virginia elopement photographers because we get to capture private elopements overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains! It really doesn’t get better than this! Carlene and Dallas met in college five years ago and after being friends for awhile they fell in love. Dallas proposed to Carlene at the waterfall at Sugar Hollow which is their favorite place to hike and fish. When they called us to photograph their weekday wedding day at Ravens Roost on the Blue Ridge Parkway we couldn’t have been happier! Dallas and Carlene drove separately to the mountain location early in the morning, so we could capture their First Look on their wedding day! They were both a little nervous, but once they saw each other their smiles couldn’t have gotten any bigger. We loved that they chose to enjoy a private moment before their small wedding ceremony as they took in the beautiful mountain views. Dallas’s mother made the beautiful bridal bouquet and Dallas’s boutonniere! They were dreamy! Dave Norris, Charlottesville area wedding officiant arrived and we wasted no time getting started with their wedding ceremony that beautiful Friday morning. They exchanged sweet vows to each other and before we knew it they were married! We loved how private and intimate this Charlottesville elopement was and we are just so happy for Dallas and Carlene! We hope you two lovebirds enjoy many years of hiking and fishing together and couldn’t be happier for you two!

Charlottesville Virginia Elopement Photographers: Aaron Watson Photography

Officiant: Dave Norris

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