Smoky Mountain Engagement Session When we were choosing a location for Sarah and Chase’s engagement session, Sarah proposed going to Chase’s uncle’s cabin for a Smoky Mountain engagement session. I, being the mountain lover that I am, am ALWAYS down with shooting in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She then proceeds to tell me […]

Fountain City United Methodist + The Foundry Christmas Wedding On December 22, 2018, Katie Bales married Chris Kelly at Fountain City United Methodist Church. Afterwards, we went to The Foundry in World’s Fair Site to celebrate with a reception. One of my favorite shots of the year came from this wedding. It’s the one with […]

Toqua Campground Wedding In the history of great sunsets for this year’s wedding season…this one is ranking number one. When I first met with Hannah and Matt, one of the things that was most important to them for their Toqua Campground wedding was the pictures. If a couple starts out our meeting with telling me […]

Volunteer Landing Engagement Session You guys know how I have this agreement with Jesus and rain on wedding days, right? I really don’t even check weather forecasts for wedding days until the night before (sometimes not even that), and I rarely remember to bring my clear umbrellas. He just ALWAYS comes through with parting the […]

Norris Dam Family Session A grandmother, a mom, a dad, two daughters, and one son-in-law. It’s always interesting to photograph a Norris Dam family session with adult children. I do it at the beach every year on family vacations with the Fothergills, but it’s not something that happens as often as family sessions with little […]

Spout Springs Vineyard Family Session It has been a long time since I got to spend some quality time with these two. Brad and Kari got married at the Smithview Pavilion back in 2015. Their wedding was the first wedding that I ever shot at Smithview, and when I arrived, I was blown away with […]

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. […]

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 […]

Spence Cabin Wedding This is the very first time I’ve gotten to shoot a Spence Cabin Wedding and I have to say… it was GORGEOUS. It might be my new favorite Smoky Mountain venue. Of course, it’s purely meant for small, intimate weddings, and the building itself has just the bare necessities. But the surroundings. […]