Vacation to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge + Proposal!

A lot of things happened last week! Brent graduated from college (summa cum laude!!) and..... Me and Brent are now engaged!

I apologize if I annoy anyone; I'm just so excited!

We went on vacation to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge last week, it's one of my favorite places to go. We went a couple of years ago, and I just fell in love with the place. Brent came up with the idea of going a couple of months ago, I thought it was just a way of relaxing but he was planning a proposal as I just learned recently! 

He proposed to me at the Titanic Museum, on the grand staircase. The Titanic Museum is my favorite place in all of Pigeon Forge, also Titanic happens to be one of my all time favorite movies. So that made the proposal all the more special, and romantic! I had a hard time concentrating on the museum after he proposed to me. It was such a wonderful experience that I'm going to cherish for the rest of my life!

We also went up into the Smokey Mountains, it was so beautiful and I got a lot of amazing pictures! But not only that, we got to witness a bear cub in the wild! A lot of people get to see bears kept in captivity but to actually see a bear in the wild, is such a surreal experience. I'm so grateful that I had my camera with me and was able to document it. 

Brent gave me such an amazing vacation, and I'm so grateful and blessed to have such a wonderful fiancé!

Laurel Falls! Such a hike to get here, saw a huge snake, was not a fan of that, but got an exercise and this was nice to see!

Highest point in the Smokey's!

He looks a lot bigger than he actually was! I promise he was just a cub and not full grown!

I seriously love this place! If you go to Pigeon Forge, make a trip here!

Of course we did this pose, how could you not? ;)

Photo technique: HDR

This was an amazing vacation, and it's all thanks to my fiancé!

 Details:
Camera: Nikon D300s
 Lens:16-85 mm f/3.5-5.6

Flash: Nikon Speedlight SB-700

Softbox Diffuser for Flash: LumiQuest Softbox III

Post work: Photoshop CS6/Adobe Lightroom 

Tripod: Oben AC-2310LA/AC- 2320LA Series