Meads Quarry Sunrise Session This past weekend I was in Charleston, but the weekend before that, I had a Sunday wedding in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since it was on a Sunday, I got Saturday all to myself. My only Saturday in the whole fall season that I got off to do all […]

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 […]

The Stables at Hunter Valley Farm The Stables at Hunter Valley Farm is an actual working horse farm. and Caitlin, today’s bride, grew up riding horses at The Stables at Hunter Valley Farm. She stressed how important it was for her to get photos with the horses while we took her and Billy’s romantic portraits. […]

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 […]

Kincaid House Wedding Every time someone said, “Amanda!” at this Kincaid House wedding I would turn around. I was completely ready to listen to whatever they needed to say to me, but every single time I was that person. You know the one. The one waving at someone who is actually waving at someone else […]

Wedding at Hunter Valley Farm Jameka & David had their wedding at Hunter Valley Farm last weekend. If you read my last post, you’ve already put two and two together that I was actually there for two weddings last weekend. These weddings were night and day different because of the weather. Hurricane Florence came through […]

Hunter Valley Pavilion Wedding Shooting a Hunter Valley Pavilion wedding is AMAZING. The ladies there have it all figured out, and every wedding I shoot there is a well-oiled machine. They get everything set up by noon. Cake, flowers, tablescapes….everything. They have chalkboard signs with perfectly configured calligraphy for any and all tables you could […]

Chapel Wedding by Amanda May Photos So, the exit photos on a wedding day are always some of my favorites. Exiting the reception, but also, exiting the ceremony. For this couple, they are ranking in my favorites for the day, but also my favorites out of all my exit photos this year! Hence the reason […]

Calhoun’s on the River Wedding This couple has a more unique story than most of my couples that I get to work with. See, Bri moved to California for her job for what she thought was going to be 6 months, or maybe 6 weeks, I can’t remember, but she ended up staying because she […]

Sampson’s Hollow Elopement Normally, when you think of an elopement, you’re thinking that the couple is running off secretly and getting hitched in a little white chapel in Las Vegas where Elvis is officiating. But it doesn’t always have to mean that. Elopements can also be a small, intimate destination wedding like this Sampson’s Hollow […]