A Summer Hunter Valley Proposal Rudy reached out to me about a week before he planned to propose to his beautiful girlfriend Urvi. He knew it was short notice. So, in his inquiry form, he gave me his phone number and said, “if you have this date open, please call me.” He caught me right […]

One Year UT Gardens Sunrise Session It’s weird how once you’ve mastered a skill, it’s hard to teach others that skill. It’s hard to remember what you had to be taught vs. what is common knowledge. The things I do now in photography without even thinking about, I forget I would need to teach a […]

Precious little newborn session at The Studio at Fountain City Sweet baby Harrison had his newborn photos last week at The Studio at Fountain City. Just before they pulled into my driveway, it was raining. I was prepared to escort them in with an umbrella, but to my pleasant surprise, the rain stopped when I […]

A Wedding at The Magnolia Venue Jessica and Arik planned a destination wedding at The Magnolia Venue. Arik is in the military, and there was no way to meet them before their wedding day. So, here I am, ready to hit the ground running when I arrive onsite at The Magnolia Venue. When I saw […]

The Tennessean & McDonald’s Engagement Session When you read that title, it probably seems a little contradictory. The Tennessean is SUCH a nice hotel. It’s stunning and so classy. We kicked off Natalia and John’s engagement session there. They got Old Fashioneds from the bar, and we roamed around The Tennessean’s lobby finding good light […]

A Glamorous Cherokee Country Club Wedding You know what’s CRAZY about Camille and Alex that I learned during the speeches Friday night at the rehearsal and Saturday night at the wedding? Camille and Alex were both at The University of Tennessee at the same time. They were both involved in the football program at The […]

5 Pros to having a Cocktail Hour Today, I want to talk about the part of the wedding day we refer to as cocktail hour. I don’t want to be presumptuous and assume everyone knows what cocktail hour is so let’s start there. Cocktail hour occurs between the ceremony and the reception. It usually contains […]

A Sacred Heart & Julianna Wedding to Swoon Over I have photographed portraits at The Julianna and I have photographed a lot of weddings when the Julianna was The Stables at Hunter Valley Farm, but this was the first Julianna wedding I have photographed since it was renovated to be The Julianna and I am […]

A Stunning Sunset Wedding at The Loyston Last week I helped put together a gorgeous styled shoot at a new venue in town called The Loyston at Copper Top Estates. The point of attraction at The Loyston is the incredible view that it has. Some layered mountains with Norris Lake weaving between them all will […]

A Sunny Ramble Creek Wedding It’s strange how most of the time that I am shooting at Ramble Creek it’s in the winter. I had one in late fall, but they have all been chilly weddings in seasons that hold more overcast, gray skies than bright sunny ones. As we headed into Kaitlin & Ryan’s […]