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If you prefer an outdoor wedding, saying your vows on a mountain top is definitely something you need to visualize. You intend to get married once in a lifetime, so why not go big and do it thousands of feet above ground level? Mountains with their greenery are among the most picturesque creations of nature; […]

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The Inn at St. John’s Cathedral Wedding So. Much. To. Say. About. This. Wedding. First of all, it was not in my normal city. Obviously. You can scour my blog and find I’ve never actually shot a wedding in Michigan. Erin was a bridesmaid in her brother’s wedding a few years ago and decided then […]

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A Wedding at Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort & Spa This couple is from Georgia, and they had an epically beautiful destination wedding in the Smoky Mountains. The morning of the wedding, they were supposed to get ready in two separate cabins, but cabins in the Smokies can be really hit or miss. It’s nearly impossible to […]

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Dayton, OH Wedding at Top of the Market My middle wedding this past weekend was in Dayton, OH. How in the world did I get a Dayton, OH wedding you ask? It starts back in college. Even before I started Amanda May Photos. I went to undergrad at University of the Cumberlands where I played […]

Downtown at this Dayton wedding by Knoxville Wedding Photographer, Amanda May Photos.

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Lexington Courthouse Wedding Exactly four days after Christmas, Dustin and I headed back to Somerset, KY where his family lives. A really close family friend of the Fothergill’s was having a Lexington courthouse wedding, and they wanted me to photograph it. It always means a lot when family friends choose me as their photographer. They […]

Large mural at this Lexington Courthouse Wedding by Knoxville Wedding Photographer, Amanda May Photos.

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Colorado Destination Wedding On December 5, the Fothergills flew to Denver, Colorado 3 days before my little sister’s Colorado destination wedding in Breckenridge. I’m not going to gush too much of the details of our vacation time because I have personal pictures saved up for that, but I will tell you, if you haven’t ventured […]

The bride and groom at this Colorado Destination Wedding by Knoxville Wedding Photographer, Amanda May Photos.

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Upstairs at Midtown Destination Wedding This Upstairs at Midtown wedding was so much fun on so many levels. I absolutely loved how Kaera and Adam did their own thing regardless of tradition. Let me explain a little bit about how the weekend went. Both Kaera and Adam are brunch people so they knew from the […]

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Sampson’s Hollow Fall Wedding This was the first wedding this year that truly felt like fall, and it was faaaaabulous. I’m so glad it happened for this couple because they are cold weather people, and they had guests from Atlanta, Kansas, Missouri, Maine, and beyond. What better time of year to visit the Great Smoky […]

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Parkside Resort Destination Wedding I’ve shot at a lot of resorts in the Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area for destination weddings over the past couple years. They always have beautiful views, but this Parkside Resort destination wedding really showed me a different side of the Smoky Mountain cabin vibe. These cabins are so modern. They weren’t logs […]

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Lake Bistineau & Air Force Engagement Photos It’s not every day that I get asked to fly to another state to shoot engagement photos so let me tell you a little bit about this Lake Bistineau State Park and Air Force engagement session. I actually played college volleyball with Megan. When I started my photography business […]

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