{"id":699,"date":"2011-11-02T00:56:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T00:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2018-01-22T18:25:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T18:25:44","slug":"699","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/699\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenny and Jeff Are Married | Old Salem and Millennium Center, Winston-Salem, NC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The backdrop for Jenny and Jeff\u2019s beautiful fall wedding was a photographer\u2019s dream! \u00a0Think fall leaves, orange hues, pumpkin centerpieces and extravagant, historic locations. \u00a0The ceremony took place at {Old Salem}<\/a>, a beautiful Moravian living history village in {Winston-Salem, NC}<\/a>. \u00a0Communal buildings, shops, churches and houses showcase what the Moravian settlement was like during the 18th and 19th centuries. \u00a0I\u2019ve been to Old Salem on several occasions for school trips, afternoon wanderings, and for dinner at the {Old Salem Tavern}<\/a>\u00a0(go eat there now \u2013 its amazing!) but I have never had the honor of shooting a wedding there. \u00a0 We had fall leaves, cobbled streets, perfect light, and a crazy-in-love couple to work with. \u00a0The results are simply magical. There was so much about this wedding to love. \u00a0Jeff and Jen, along with wedding coordinator, Ashley, we able to create an event that was as much about family and friends as it was about the couple. \u00a0It was a thoughtful, heartfelt, passionate celebration that turned into a raucous nightclub style party by the end. \u00a0We\u00a0got some fantastic shots of the guys that really exemplified the playfulness of this group.<\/p>\n

The girls got ready at\u00a0The Millennium Center<\/a>\u00a0in downtown Winston-Salem. \u00a0It is a stunning venue complete with a beauty shop for the girls! \u00a0And just wait until you see how its decorated for the reception! Jenny stitched \u201cILYD\u201d on her dad, Mike\u2019s tie. I love my daddy too \u2013 wish I had thought of such a charming and thoughtful touch\u2026 Putting your pet in the ceremony? \u00a0Yes, please! \u00a0I love the way it looks, how it tells me that the couple is playful and doesn\u2019t take themselves too seriously. \u00a0Plus, look, Jolly\u2019s wearing a bow tie! And instead of doing a unity candle, Jeff and Jen opted for a unity plant. \u00a0This type of individual and unique touch really exemplifies this couple. We decided to forgo the majority of the formals until the reception and spend some time doing the romance session while we still had the light. \u00a0I am so glad we did! We got loads of sweet images\u2026<\/p>\n

When we walked into the Millennium Center, my heart skipped a beat. \u00a0This is lighting done right and I knew it was going to photograph beautifully and it did. \u00a0Then as we began photographing the special details, we realized that the heart and personality from the ceremony was going to be just as much a force here. \u00a0Everything about this event screams, \u201cWelcome! Enjoy! Party hard! \u00a0We love you all!\u201d And can we just talk about this cake for a minute? \u00a0As a wedding photographer, I see A LOT of cakes. \u00a0I have a fascination with them actually because the cake, more than almost anything else, tells so much about the couple. \u00a0But THIS cake took that to a new level. \u00a0From top to bottom, this cake has the story of Jeff and Jenny literally written all over it. \u00a0It was elegant, beautiful, funny, and charming all rolled up in fondant and icing. \u00a0Dear {Ketchie Creek Bakery}<\/a>, you guys did an phenomenal job! Jeff and Jen brought in Chapel Hill\u2019s a cappella group,\u00a0{The Clef Hangers}<\/a>, for the cocktail hour and entertainment during dinner. \u00a0Marissa and I wanted to tie these guys to the roof of our car and have them sing us home. They opened with\u00a0{Adele\u2019s \u201cRolling in the Deep\u201d}<\/a>. \u00a0They. Were. AMAZING. \u00a0And now I must go and buy their CD\u2026<\/p>\n

Jeff and Jen had a surprise for their wedding party \u2013 an icing. \u00a0Now this was a new experience for me. \u00a0You present someone (or in this case everyone you know and love) a bottle of Smirnoff Ice, they have to take a knee and down the whole thing. \u00a0The loved ones took it pretty well!\u00a0Late in the planning, Jeff and Jenny decided to add on the Limelight and I am so pleased they did. \u00a0Their friends knew exactly how to play it up for the camera and the results are hilarious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The backdrop for Jenny and Jeff\u2019s beautiful fall wedding was a photographer\u2019s dream! \u00a0Think fall leaves, orange hues, pumpkin centerpieces and extravagant, historic locations. \u00a0The ceremony took place at {Old Salem}, a beautiful Moravian living history village in {Winston-Salem, NC}. \u00a0Communal buildings, shops, churches and houses showcase what the Moravian settlement was like during the 18th and 19th centuries. \u00a0I\u2019ve been to Old Salem on several occasions for school trips, afternoon wanderings, and for dinner at the {Old Salem Tavern}\u00a0(go eat there now \u2013 its amazing!) but I have never had the honor of shooting a wedding there. \u00a0 We had fall leaves, cobbled streets, perfect light, and a crazy-in-love couple to work with. \u00a0The results are simply magical. There was so much about this wedding to love. \u00a0Jeff and Jen, along with wedding coordinator, Ashley, we able to create an event that was as much about family and friends as it was about the couple. \u00a0It was a thoughtful, heartfelt, passionate celebration that turned into a raucous nightclub style party by the end. \u00a0We\u00a0got some fantastic shots of the guys that really exemplified the playfulness of this group. The girls got ready at\u00a0The Millennium Center\u00a0in downtown Winston-Salem. \u00a0It is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}