{"id":788,"date":"2012-02-22T01:24:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T01:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/?p=788"},"modified":"2018-01-22T18:15:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T18:15:21","slug":"melissa-and-brad-are-engaged-jump-off-rock-engagement-session-asheville-nc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/melissa-and-brad-are-engaged-jump-off-rock-engagement-session-asheville-nc\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa and Brad Are Engaged | Jump Off Rock Engagement Session, Asheville, NC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a deep love of the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #265e15;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/appa\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">{Appalachian Mountains}<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 the romanticism of the peaks repeating and repeating until they fade in the distance, the way the mist clings to them like an embrace. \u00a0As a child, my parents used to throw us in the car and take off for long drives down the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #265e15;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blueridgeparkway.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">{Blue Ridge Parkway}<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0stopping at overlook after overlook and hiking through the laurel. \u00a0This place touches a chord deep within me that sing \u201chome\u201d and I have been trying to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #265e15;\" title=\"Family Trip to Grandfather\u00a0Mountain\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.traciarneyphotography.com\/2009\/10\/12\/family-trip-to-grandfather-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">{capture it}<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0for years.<\/p>\n<p>Brad and Melissa are lucky enough to live in this beautiful landscape and we couldn\u2019t have picked a more stunning locale for their E-Session. \u00a0Brad and his kids have always hiked the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #265e15;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.historichendersonville.org\/jump_off_rock.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">{Jump Off Rock}<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0area and it has become a special place for he and Melissa. \u00a0True, it was blustery and freezing but we fought through it and got some truly beautiful shots. \u00a0The happy couple will be marrying in {Asheville, NC} in June at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #265e15;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.graceepiscopalchurch.us\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">{Grace Episcopal Church}<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0with their reception following at\u00a0<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><a style=\"color: #265e15;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crestweddings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">{The Crest Center}<\/span><\/a><\/span>. \u00a0Congrats to the happy couple!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a deep love of the\u00a0{Appalachian Mountains}\u00a0\u2013 the romanticism of the peaks repeating and repeating until they fade in the distance, the way the mist clings to them like an embrace. \u00a0As a child, my parents used to throw us in the car and take off for long drives down the\u00a0{Blue Ridge Parkway}\u00a0stopping at overlook after overlook and hiking through the laurel. \u00a0This place touches a chord deep within me that sing \u201chome\u201d and I have been trying to\u00a0{capture it}\u00a0for years. Brad and Melissa are lucky enough to live in this beautiful landscape and we couldn\u2019t have picked a more stunning locale for their E-Session. \u00a0Brad and his kids have always hiked the\u00a0{Jump Off Rock}\u00a0area and it has become a special place for he and Melissa. \u00a0True, it was blustery and freezing but we fought through it and got some truly beautiful shots. \u00a0The happy couple will be marrying in {Asheville, NC} in June at\u00a0{Grace Episcopal Church}\u00a0with their reception following at\u00a0{The Crest Center}. \u00a0Congrats to the happy couple!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":793,"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":[84,18,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destination-portrait-photographer","category-engagement-session","category-portraits","category-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788","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=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traciarneyphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}