Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort & Conference Center, Blairsville

A wedding at Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort & Conference Center in Blairsville is built around the golf course. Every ceremony setting faces it, and the resort can take your wedding party out onto the course by golf cart for wedding photos, with a staff member driving along. Your photographer and videographer ride too, so ask how many carts to plan for when you book.

You can get married outside or in. The Chestnut Gardens Pavilion seats up to 300 guests in a semicircle facing the course, and outdoor ceremonies there go ahead rain or shine. Indoors, the Crystal Terrace Room seats up to 150 facing the windows over the course, the London Room up to 165, and a ceremony can also be held in the full ballroom with guests at their tables. The resort's wedding policies note that wind at the pavilion can blow out a unity candle, which also matters for your wedding film, so ask your videographer about microphones for the vows. There's no bridal suite in the building, so plan to get ready elsewhere, perhaps in the on-site hotel.

Your wedding reception is in the London Ballroom, which seats up to 300, with cocktail hour in the Fountain Bar and the ballroom. Receptions run five hours and end by 10 p.m. Outside, a sparkler send-off is allowed behind the building, and professional fireworks can be arranged through the resort. From November through March the carts stay in, but there are walkable spots in front of and behind the building for pictures. Free self-parking is on site.

• Book a hotel room block for guests up to a year ahead.
• Guests walk from the pavilion to the building, steps included, so tell them about shoes.
• Ask about photo and video guidelines and the timing of your course photos on your wedding day.

A little about Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort & Conference Center

Chestnut Ridge is a golf resort and conference center outside Blairsville, with golf, an on-site hotel and banquet rooms used for meetings as well as weddings. Its staff organize the processional at the rehearsal and keep the day on its timeline.