NOELLE + KEVIN | ELOPEMENT | MOUNTAIN LAKE LODGE - PEMBROKE va

The Blue Ridge Mountains hold a special place to Kevin & Noelle and their relationship. These two love birds met at Virginia Tech which is a beautiful university nestled in these very mountains where they said their vows and sealed them with a kiss this past October!

Although COVID impacted their day (along with many other 2020 couples) they still made the most of their situation by celebrating + honoring their original wedding date of Oct 3rd with their closest family members and select friends. Take it from me - there was absolutely no shortage of happy tears, laughs, love - most importantly… many memories were made.

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Noelle’s family has a gorgeous lake house at Smith Mountain Lake (this is even where Kevin proposed to her!) and since I live locally I captured her gorgeous details in their living room prior to the day of the elopement to ease some stress & save some time! Noelle chose faux florals and I looooove them. This is also such a good idea because she can use them again next year AND save them as a keepsake & memory from their wedding day.

Noelle had the best girl gang - her sisters & bestie! These ladies were so fun to hang with.

Kevin had some fellows hanging with him as well - but we just had to show off how dapper he looked for their elopement. Blue suits are my favorite - hands down. Look at that color!

See this cutie right here? That is Owen! Noelle & Kevin got him only a few weeks before their big day and we HAD to have him there! Billy calls him baby Yoda still to this day. I think for the next time around we have to have Owen hang with the girls so that we can get shots like this with Noelle & her little guy too! I mean seriously - it does not get any cuter.

When I was writing this blog post - I thought… oh thats right - we arent sharing any dress photos (since they are having another wedding next year and want to keep the dress a surprise!) so how in the world will I make this without sharing the ceremony? But - I talked to Noelle and she said I could share and I can bring myself to sharing only these. I really want her to have that special moment of the guests seeing her dress for the first time in person so I blurred these images out and will replace them after their next event in Sept. All you need to know is that yes - Kevin cried when his stunning bride walked down the aisle and their vows were so perfectly “them.” It was such a sweet moment to capture.

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You are unable to see but these two are grinning from ear to ear! Their happiness radiated.

We snapped some family + wedding party photos and then hopped in the truck to chase the sun for these portraits on Bald Knob. A hidden gem at Mountain Lake Lodge. After some photos in her wedding gown - Noelle did a quick dress change so we could have some photos to share and oh man I sure am glad she did because LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS that I can share with you guys! The blue ridge + the sunset really showed off for these two for their portraits. It was windy and it was cold but it was SO dang WORTH IT.

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When I say the sunset got better + better I mean it… I could hardly believe it. We were so worried we had missed it when we were on the way up! Turns out the timing was perfect!

Kevin & Noelle have SUCH a sweet love story and I want to leave that for their official wedding day blog when I am able to share all of the photos! I truly mean it when I say that we have THE BEST couples. I am honestly amazed at the love that they share and honored that Whole Heart Studios gets to capture their love story and turn those into memories.

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Mountain Lake Lodge, Bald Knob, and most importantly… Noelle & Kevin - we will see you in September and we seriously cannot wait. Congrats on your marriage + we’re looking forward to doing the whole thing again soon with your family, friends, and more. XOXO