Foothills Parkway Foggy Elopement

Sometimes the Great Smoky Mountains are….really smoky! When Frances and Gabriel met us for their elopement on the Foothills Parkway in September, we could only see a few trees through all the fog. It was raining, but they didn’t care. She giggled through their ceremony, and the water droplets didn’t phase them one bit.

They hiked across the flowing waterfall as water was splashing up beside them, and we embraced the beauty of the famous “blue smoke” at the Missing Link. The name Smoky Mountains is derived from the Cherokee word “Shaconage” which means “land of the blue smoke.” Long before European settlers came to the Great Smoky Mountains, the region was inhabited by the Cherokee people.

About the Foothills Parkway

The Foothills Parkway in Tennessee is one of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s most beautiful and scenic locations with amazing sunsets. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon drive, stargazing, leaf peeping in the fall, or a summer picnic. But, it’s also a jaw-dropping location for elopements and intimate weddings – with overlooks, a waterfall, and the recently completed “Missing Link.” If you’re thinking about having a Smoky Mountain wedding, elopement or engagement photos, the Foothills Parkway should be on your list.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Wedding Photographers

JoPhoto is a license and approved wedding photographer in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Smokies are a beautiful location for weddings, elopements, and engagement photos. Some of our favorite wedding locations in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park include Spence Cabin, Elkmont, Greenbrier, and the Foothills Parkway.

We are authorized Great Smoky Mountains National Park wedding photographers, and the park is a beautiful destination for mountain weddings, elopements, and photo sessions. If you live in Knoxville, Maryville, East Tennessee, or you are traveling to Gatlinburg, Sevierville, or Pigeon Forge from out of state, then you know how gorgeous the national park is for photos. We have the permit required to photograph weddings in the park, and we visit the park dozens of times each year to photograph weddings.