Craggy Gardens • Adventure Engagement Session

An image of an engaged couple walking and holding hands through a misty outdoor setting as they smile happily at each other, marking their new engagement by Vanessa Venable - Asheville adventure engagement photographer

Adventure Engagement Photographer • Craggy Gardens

Despite the impending forecast, this couple adventured to the blue ridge mountains with me. I made the scenic drive from the Charlotte area up the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Craggy Gardens Trail was misty and moody and had an imminent chance of rain. Although we didn't get panoramic mountain views at the top, the session's mysterious fog perfectly fit the couple.

A photograph of a newly engaged couple holding hands and walking quietly along a path lined with craggy trees and a foggy background by Vanessa Venable - Asheville NC adventure engagement photography
A picture of a couple who are newly engaged, holding hands and walking on a path through a foggy field with a misty background by Vanessa Venable - Asheville North Carolina adventure engagement photographer
An image of an engaged couple as the man’s arm rests on his fiancee’s shoulder and they hold hands, pausing along a shadowy path lined with craggy trees in a moody atmosphere at Craggy Gardens
A photograph of a couple who are newly engaged, happily smiling at each other while the woman sits on the low branch of an old tree and her fiance stands close to her as they embrace and hold hands at Craggy Gardens Trail
A picture of an engaged couple at a distance, standing close together in a road winding through a mountain park, surrounded by trees with new spring leaves at Craggy Gardens trail near the Blue Ridge Mountains
An image of a newly engaged couple pausing on a park road to romantically kiss on their outing to a mountain setting on a rainy day by Vanessa Venable - Asheville adventure engagement photographer
A photograph of an engaged couple standing with the man hugging his fiancee from behind as she grasps his arms and they look across a mountain valley with trees and moody clouds around them by Vanessa Venable - Asheville NC adventure engagement phot…

The low lying clouds rolling off the mountain as we came down the parkway made me stop and jump out of my car. We pulled over on an overlook and took some photos of the mountains. It was spectacular. In that same fashion, we stopped by a tunned and got some dark and emotive images there.

A picture in black and white of a closeup view of a newly engaged couple touching hands, showing the woman’s new engagement ring by Vanessa Venable - Asheville North Carolina adventure engagement photographer
An image of an engaged couple romantically kissing as they stand in a dark tunnel at a mountain park with the car headlights showing behind them at Craggy Gardens
A photograph of a couple enjoying their engagement, running along a mountain road hand in hand, with mountains and fog in the background at Craggy Gardens Trail

I am proud of the moments spontaneously stopped in the road as we traveled down the mountain, the moments that were carefree and fun for them and me. This session was brimming with the adventure emotion and movement that I always want to capture for my clients. Afterward, they invited me to for some Mexican post hiking grub. This made the day even better. I love to connect with my clients on a more casual one-on-one setting, so it feels more like a friendship than a business transaction. Plus, I can never turn down a good veggie burrito. Ellie and Jacob are two electric people, and I am so lucky to have shared these moments (and queso) with them.

A photograph of a couple enjoying their engagement, running along a mountain road hand in hand, with mountains and fog in the background at Craggy Gardens Trail
An image of a couple romantically smiling and drawing close to each other outside of a dark tunnel at night along a mountain parkway by Vanessa Venable - Asheville adventure engagement photographer

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