Cumberland Mountain State Park Half way between Nashville and Knoxville is Cumberland Mountain State Park. I wouldn’t consider myself extremely well versed in my state parks, but I do know my way around a lot of campgrounds throughout Tennessee. However, I had never been here. I’m not quite sure how I missed it because it […]

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Engagement Session at The Standard More and more often, I’m getting couples who have met online, Max and Elise being one of them. I think slowly but surely we are squashing the stigma that comes with online dating. I hope that this post helps in this squashing because, I personally think, with some caution, that […]

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Sampson’s Hollow Wedding You’ve seen me bragging about Sampson’s Hollow Wedding s on here before.  I just love this cute little venue tucked back in some rolling hills just outside the Smoky Mountain National Park. I hadn’t gotten to photograph a Sampson’s Hollow Wedding during this season before and I think it might be my […]

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Pavilion at Hunter Valley Farm Wedding There are wedding venues in Knoxville that are GORGEOUS but have terrible staff. There are also venues that have AMAZING staff but are not so cute. Pavilion at Hunter Valley Farm Wedding s get the best of both worlds because they are both absolutely stunning and have amazing staff. Not to […]

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Lifestyle Photos Since my fall schedule was and still is crazy packed, we decided to do Marlee and Matt’s lifestyle photos in the morning on a Friday. The forecast ended up being rain but we would have been shooting inside anyway so we kept it scheduled. I made “window light” using my umbrella flash and […]

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Hope Resource Maternity Pictures I got to spend my Monday afternoon with some amazing women to have their Hope Resource Maternity photos taken at UT Gardens. It was freezing… and overcast which made it more freezing. But these ladies stuck it out and I’m so thankful. I only got to spend about 10 minutes with […]

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Biltmore Estate Engagement This session holds a special place in my heart because Leah is my step sister on my dad’s side and we’ve been sisters since she was a baby. I’ve watched her grow and blossom and fall in love and all the things and now I still can’t believe I’m taking her engagement […]

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Newborn Girl This sweet little newborn girl is named Selah Mae. In case you’re wondering, Selah is pronounced “say-luh”. Does this word ring a bell with any of you? Are you wondering where these incredible parents got it from? It’s from the Bible. But its unique in that it’s not a person in the Bible, […]

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6 Month Photos I can’t decide who 6 month Eylan looks like more on the outside. She definitely has her daddy’s tan skin tone and her mommy’s sweet smile but everything else is a perfect mixture of Austin and Nikki. But when it comes to her personality, she is exactly both her mom and dad. […]

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Amanda May Photos Studio Wait… what? Amanda May Photos has a studio now? Well, not really. It’s just my house. But if you haven’t been here in the last year, you don’t know that I have converted the front “formal” living space to my office/studio. It’s the room you walk into from the front door. […]

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