Rachel & Matt = Highgrove Estate Wedding Day!

Highgrove Estate Wedding Day  |  Rachel & Matt  |  September 3^rd, 2020

FINALLYYYYY Rachel and Matt got to celebrate their DREAM wedding day at the Highgrove Estate. It couldn’t have been a more beautiful, sunny day (minus the extreme heat index) for them to re-affirm their vows they said at their intimate wedding on May 29^th.

Rachel was SO EXCITED and had been looking forward to their day for so long. It was so much fun seeing her excitement, and all her ideas for posing and locations that she’d been dreaming of. Rachel and her ladies had a wonderful time relaxing in the Bridal Suite, and playing with her puppy Maisley. Phillip had a great time hanging out with the guys and talking – AND having an amazing groom suite to photograph in! Also, how PRECIOUS is little ringbearer Nolan in all the photos? His little tongue sticking out in lots of the photos made me laugh!!!

Rachel and Matt had a beautiful ceremony under the pergola reaffirming their vows. The cross and pergola were decorated beautifully with lots of greenery and flowers and looked so gorgeous!!!

I was SO IMPRESSED with how Matt and Rachel handled their bride & groom portraits. It was one of the HOTTEST wedding days I’ve ever experienced – so hot that I had to switch into a SECOND dress!!!!! Then, there was no breeze, and poor matt was SWARMED by gnats. I was editing them off his face like crazy. Instead of complaining and rushing me to hurry up… Matt in the MIDDLE of portraits stopped to profusely thank Phillip and I for how hard we were working!!! Like, what?!?!  When does that ever happen?! Then, when we were photographing a second set of photos with the amazing Rolls Royce (droooooooooling over that car!) Rachel stopped in the middle and asked us if we’d taken time to sit down and eat dinner!!!! That truly shows what big hearts they have, and how they are concerned for OTHERS on their special day!!! Wow!!!!!

Rachel and Matt finished the day by going through a tunnel of sparklers, and were whisked away in the most gorgeous white Rolls Royce. It was such a HAPPY, joyful, long-awaited wedding day and we were SO HONORED to have been part of it. We feel so blessed to have photographed this amazing couple’s TWO wedding days!!!!

We hope you’ll LOVE seeing some of my favorite photos from their beautiful wedding day below! Enjoy!!!!! 🙂

A big thanks to all the vendors:

– Florist: Flowers on Broad Street

– Makeup Artist: Erin Kelly Makeup

– Hairstylist: Melody Raper / Valerie Baker

– Director: Angela Wright

– DJ: DJ Uniq

– Videographer: Alexander Rivera  / A. Rivera Films

– Live Wedding Painter: Brittany Rawls

– Wedding Venue: Highgrove Estate

– Cake Designer: Heather Sutton Bestow Baked Goods

– Invitation Designer: Key Printing

– Violinist:  Udeshi Hargett

– Pastor: Doug Radford

– Rings: Diamonds Direct

– Dress Boutique: New York Bride and Groom of Garner