Big News! Blue Bend joins forces with the Obsidian Collective!

One of the most common questions that we get at Blue Bend is “Do you do wedding videography as well.” Well, we do now! Instead of Blue Bend doing the video, though, we have decided that it would be best to partner up with a company that is truly the best in the area. The Obsidian Collective is based out Asheville as well and has been in business for quite a few years now.

The Obsidian Collective is a creative media production company based in Western North Carolina. Our goal is simple: to bring top-level media production to our clients.

Our team is composed of film and television professionals with over 15 years combined industry experience working on major market projects from New York to LA.

From film and television to commercial advertising and promotional video, our members’ combined work falls across a range of media production. In addition to a growing body of regional commercial and promotional media, the company’s recent work has included the feature film “Sol” (now being distributed internationally) as well as music videos, multinational corporation industrials, and company re-branding campaigns.

Obsidian Collective is focused on creating the highest quality content
to meet the needs of each business.

We look forward to being able to deliver an extraordinary product to our customers. One of our favorite things that we look forward to delivering along with a full length wedding video is a short (2-3 minute) “preview” video with both video and photos more in the style of a MTV video. We’re confident that with Blue Bend’s photos and Obsidian’s video and editing that we will deliver something that no one else around is offering!

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Asheville Biltmore Deerpark Wedding Photos – Bianca and Rick

On Sunday, Nick met up with Bianca and Rick at the Biltmore Estate (just outside of Asheville) to photograph their wedding at the Biltmore Deerpark. Most of the family stayed at the Biltmore Inn, which made things really nice for getting ready together and heading out for photos. The couple planned in enough time that we had almost two hours to drive around the Biltmore property and get lots of variety. They decided to see each other before the ceremony, as well, which allowed us to have tons of time for wedding photos and they didn’t have to be gone for a ton of time after the wedding ceremony. The wedding planning was done by Mary Bell of the Flower Gallery and the details were gorgeous! All of the little hanging lanterns with real candles were all hung one at a time! It looked amazing! The food was, as usual for the Biltmore, amazing – but then it always is :)

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Christine Reno - bianca u look sooooooo beautiful….sorry I could not come….i will see u soon….hopefully in may…..

Crestwood Inn Wedding Photos | Kacey and Wade | Boone Wedding Photographer

On Friday afternoon we headed up to Boone for the weekend. Kacey and Wade made the trip to Boone from Tennessee with 100 of their friends and family for a beautiful weekend at the Crestwood Inn. The Crestwood Inn is an amazing hotel just to the West of Boone off Shulls Mill Rd. and down from the Parkway.

Friday night Kacey and Wade had their Rehearsal and dinner. I got to photograph and meet most of their friends and family that night, which made the next day really relaxed for most people. Their minister happened to be Kacey’s minister from when she was in high school. He came all the way there from Hawaii to marry them. I got the feeling that everything about the wedding was very personal.

Kacey and Wade decided to see each other before the wedding, which gave the three of us a ton of time to go and get photos. Since the Crestwood is so close to the Parkway we ran up there, braved the cold and got a bunch of great stuff at the Cone Manor and downtown Blowing Rock. Sometimes people ask me about my opinion on seeing each other before the wedding. This is a perfect example of cool stuff you can do with enough time – seeing each other before the wedding allowed us to have over 2 hours for photos. Had we have waited till after the ceremony, we would have only had a couple of minutes to shoot, and it would’ve been in the dark since the sun set during the ceremony.

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Old Edward’s Inn Wedding Photos – Jennifer and Justin


Jennifer and Justin made the trip up from Alabama with their closest family and friends and got married at the Old Edward’s Inn in Highlands, NC. They had planned on having it on the Old Edward’s rooftop terrace, but because of weather they ended up having it in the Old Edward’s Lodge lobby. The ceremony was lit only by candlelight and was extremely romantic. Jennifer and Justin wanted to have lots of photos of the two of them, so they decided to see each other before the wedding and had over an hour to do photos of the two of them. We ended up walking around almost all of the Old Edward’s Inn and got tons of variety. Both the Old Edward’s Inn and Highlands are beautiful and offer so much for photos!


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Philip Casey - Great Photos! I love the first picture!

Steve Gilroy - great job!

Asheville Engagement Photos – Becca and Steven

Becca and Steven were in Asheville for the weekend for some pre-wedding stuff and met up with me for an engagement shoot. Both of them – especially Steven – love craft brewed beer and Asheville is known for its breweries. We decided to head down to the Southern Appalachian Brewery to get some photos. Their wedding is next June in the Outer Banks (long ways from Asheville!) on a pier hanging over the ocean. I can’t wait. It’s going to be awesome!

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