It's not easy to put into words the gratitude and love I have for Tina and Joe. I met them over a year ago when they were first discussing ideas for their wedding. They asked me to dinner one night and after a long, very inspiring discussion about life and love they told me they wanted to elope in Asheville and invited me to come along to photograph it. I was beyond thrilled. Tina and Joe's story together started over 20 years ago. They always had a deep connection, but life took them in different directions. After a lot of learning and growing the universe brought them back together. Tina has this soft, calmness about her personality and Joe is just the right amount of intenseness to be the Ying to Tina's Yang. I think this is so important in a relationship, balance is everything.

Joe likes to mountain bike, they stumbled upon The Bike Farm through his adventures. Once they visited it together they knew it was the perfect place for their intimate wedding. The farm is surrounded by lush green foliage. There was a creek running through the land and a giant waterfall at the top of one of the hills. It was simply breathtaking. What a magical place to celebrate love.

Tina and Joe were joined by their dear friends, Erin and Ciara for the ceremony. Erin actually officiated it. David from Studio 213 documented the whole thing on video. I can't wait to see what he captured. Thanks to my awesome assistant/boyfriend, Chris for helping us out throughout the day. He captured some very cool phone and polaroid pictures I will share later.

Thank you so much for your constant support of my work and for inviting me to document this very special time in your lives Tina and Joe. I am happy to say I have gained two very good friends through this experience. I am beyond grateful!

ashevillewedding013 ashevillewedding078 ashevillewedding002 ashevillewedding079 ashevillewedding003 I love the way Joe is looking at Tina here. She makes him light up. ashevillewedding004 ashevillewedding005 ashevillewedding006 Tina is absolutely beautiful. Inside and out. :) ashevillewedding008 After we were all ready to go we headed to the farm for the ceremony. ashevillewedding009 ashevillewedding010 ashevillewedding011 ashevillewedding012 ashevillewedding015 ashevillewedding083 ashevillewedding014 ashevillewedding016 ashevillewedding017 ashevillewedding018 ashevillewedding019 ashevillewedding081 ashevillewedding020 ashevillewedding021 ashevillewedding023 ashevillewedding052 ashevillewedding027 ashevillewedding028 cincinnatiseniorportraits_0869 ashevillewedding051 ashevillewedding072 ashevillewedding073 ashevillewedding071 ashevillewedding030 ashevillewedding031 ashevillewedding032 ashevillewedding033 ashevillewedding034 ashevillewedding035 ashevillewedding036 ashevillewedding037 ashevillewedding084 ashevillewedding038 ashevillewedding039 ashevillewedding046 cincinnatiseniorportraits_0867 ashevillewedding041 ashevillewedding042 cincinnatiseniorportraits_0868 ashevillewedding062 ashevillewedding061 ashevillewedding045 ashevillewedding047 cincinnatiseniorportraits_0866 ashevillewedding040 ashevillewedding048 ashevillewedding076 ashevillewedding025 ashevillewedding049 ashevillewedding001 ashevillewedding075 ashevillewedding029 ashevillewedding050 We all stayed at a wonderful place called Cloud 9 Farm. It is a working farm that has chickens, cows, blueberries, and bee hives that produce honey. Aiden, Tina's son would get up every morning and help the owner, Janet feed the animals and do farm chores. I got up to take a few photographs of them at work. Coming from the city, having no experience whatsoever with any kind of farm animals, it was a real learning experience for me. Here are a few pictures of Aiden working on the farm. cincinnatiseniorportraits_0892 cincinnatiseniorportraits_0893 cincinnatiseniorportraits_0894