{"id":1121,"date":"2016-04-01T22:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T03:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2017-01-16T19:00:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T00:00:45","slug":"spring-wedding-at-montaluce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/2016\/spring-wedding-at-montaluce\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Wedding at Montaluce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As I was approaching Dahlonega on my way to Kelly and James&#8217;s wedding this April, the view of the Great Smoky Mountains took my breath away as it always does when I drive to Montaluce. On this day, the view was particularly dramatic &#8211; thick, gorgeous clouds lined by the golden sun were nested above the mountains. Thanks to these clouds, I was able to take a fantastic portrait of the couple in front of Montaluce&#8217;s restaurant, whose Tuscany-style architecture draws people from Atlanta every weekend.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more memorable moments at this wedding was during the speeches at dinner, during which one of Kelly&#8217;s best bridesmaids, who lives out of state and was unable to come, gave a beautiful speech at the reception via speakerphone. This was the first time I saw someone deliver a speech to all the guests over the phone, and it was a wonderful and touching surprise for Kelly that moved everyone in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>We absolutely love working at Montaluce Winery and would recommend it for any time of year! See more of our work at Montaluce here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/2012\/summer-wedding-at-montaluce\/\">Summer Wedding at Montaluce<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/2011\/winter-wedding-at-montaluce\/\">Winter Wedding at Montaluce<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slava-slavik.com\/wedding_photography\/weddings\/montaluce-intro\/\">Montaluce Winery Slideshow<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/16-i\/montaluce-spring-wedding.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/16-i\/wedding-rings-on-corks.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/16-i\/wedding-dress-hanger.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" 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On this day, the view was particularly dramatic &#8211; thick, gorgeous clouds lined by the golden sun were nested above [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[121,126,127,128,61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1198,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sarah-slavik.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}