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December 5, 2012

Sorry for the long blogging hiatus! This fall has flown by for us. We are almost finally caught up on all our jobs from this fall and it feels so good. Coupled with the wonderfully warm December weather, I almost feel like I’m on vacation! I No, not quite. I do love this time of year – it’s always fun but busy and then work slows down just enough to be able to take a minute to stop, breathe, be thankful for all of the wonderful memories from this year, and look forward to next year. It’s a nice place to be. We’ve booked a lot of weddings for 2013 already and we’re very excited about each and every one of them. One thing I love about ‘booking season’ is that we get to meet so many great people and hear so many stories about how people met, how people got engaged, how long they’ve been together. It’s neat to see those big in love smiles and the touch of nervousness and excitement about planning a wedding. Sitting next to Dan in every meeting, it’s inspiring to be around young love and remember where we were 8 (!!) years ago.

Julie and Andrew have to be one of the nicest couples we’ve ever worked with and we’re so excited to share their wedding photos . Julie & Andrew live in Nashville and were married at First Presbyterian Church with the wedding reception at Maple Grove Inn in Knoxville. Over the years we’ve done many weddings at Maple Grove Inn and I always leave thinking that it is a very easy place to make a pretty picture! When we first met with Julie’s mother I knew we were going to love this family and we did!  Julie is soft, sweet, truly a special person and Andrew just absolutely adores her. It was so fun to be a part of this wedding, thank you so much for having us!!

Here are a few of our favorites!

 

July 17, 2012

We were happy to be back at home sweet home in Knoxville for our next wedding of the season. Y’all might remember Caitlin & Brandon from their super cute engagement shoot out at my mom’s farm. It’s one of the featured shoots in the engagement section of our website and we think that  it and they are *super cute.* And, their wedding was just lovely! :) My favorite part of the day was that we had Caitlin & Brandon’s getaway car right after the ceremony to use as a ‘prop’ for the pictures of the two of them. It was great, AND the owner of the car said that the car used to belong to none other than Celine Dion (!!)… :)

Another favorite part of the day for me was getting to be a part of all the nervousness and emotion that was present in everyone before the ceremony. I love it when people are feeling something strong… and it’s an amazing part of this job to get to step into people’s lives on one of the most important days of their lives and be a small part of it. I mean they are getting ready to do something huge! :) Brandon obviously adores Caitlin and it seems to an outsider that in addition to being husband and wife, they’ll truly be best friends for life.

Congrats Caitlin & Brandon! Thank you so much for having us at your awesome wedding!!

Here are a few of our favs starting with a big huge awesome bouquet by Always in Bloom! :) Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knoxville Wedding Photos, Watson-Studios

 

 

Knoxville Wedding Photos, Watson-Studios

October 25, 2011

Every time I blog a wedding it reminds me… I LOVE WEDDINGS!! And I’m just in love with this next couple. Meet (again) Blair and Bryan. Y’all may remember them from their super cute engagement shoot last fall. I loved that shoot!! I loved what they wore, how they looked at each other, and I love, love love this picturefrom it! Sue me, it has to be an all time favorite… and my office severely needs it in canvas ;)

With Blair, we got to do an engagement & bridal shoot, giving us a chance to get to know her, Bryan and her mom Trish even better before the wedding. I loved getting fun things in my email from them and her mom sent me pictures from their engagement party and we always love getting wedding invitations like theirs in the mail… and now it’s all over!! So sad, it’s the only part about my job I don’t like… when the wedding day is over and the couple moves on with the next chapter of their lives.
So here goes… Blair and Bryan’s big, fun day… Gorgeous wedding, gorgeous couple! Enjoy!!
Blair had her invitations done by The Happy Envelope. They are our favorite!!! The most amazing invitations we’ve ever seen and low and behold they’re local! Check them out here and be sure to check their blog…or stop by their super cute shop in downtown Knoxville!
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Loved (gasp!) Bryan’s bout!! He’s a fly fisherman and I loved the colors, feathers, everything!
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This may have been a (happy) accident
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I love this shot of Blair and her father just moments before the ceremony AND the flower girls going down the aisle.


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Blair and Bryan were married at Central Baptist. Notice how they stood sort of facing the everyone while the minister had his back turned away from the guests. You know we loved this, it was so great for pictures!
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I’m so excited Blair is getting this in a big canvas! It’s my favorite too!
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And this one just gives me chills. L-O-V-E the way he’s looking at her! So romantic! He was totally like this at their engagement shoot. It really stood out to me.

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This was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen. Bryan brewed and bottled his own homemade beer for wedding favors! I’m not a huge beer person but of course I had to try one when I got home and it was really good!!… His last name is Begbie and the bottle labels looked totally profesh!
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Blair and Bryan had their reception outside at Gettysview Country Club. Our favorite DJ, Jim Ogle, did the lighting for the reception… and it looked amazing! He’s the best and we looove him!

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The end!! Congrats Blair and Bryan! We love you guys!!

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October 17, 2011
Over the years we’ve worked with some pretty amazing people. Although you see them on our blog as ‘bride and groom’ many are very extraordinary in their day to day lives. One of the most amazing is our longtime family friend and past bride Lydia Criss Mays. Here is my favorite picture of Lydia from her wedding in 2005…
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Since then Lydia has done extraordinary things. In addition to completing her Ph.d in Early Chrildhood education she co-authored a children’s book, The Long and the Short of it, A Tale About Hair. Here is a little bit about that:
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Recently featured on CNN and awarded the GOLD Mom’s Choice Award and a BRONZE in the 2011 National Health Information Awards, The Long and the Short of It: A Tale About Hair was chosen because it  unpacks a subject often ignored when young children are losing their hair to cancer treatments. At the heart of it all, this is a story about giving and receiving. “This is the story of two little girls, Isabel and Emma, and their hair, which sometimes was long and sometimes was short and sometimes was not. Isabel wanted to grow her hair long to be just like her cousins. They had long hair that flowed when they danced. But when Isabel’s long-haired friend showed up at school one day with very short hair, Isabel discovered a whole new way of thinking about hair – and giving. Emma wanted hair, period. She had lost her hair during cancer treatment. The doctor said it would grow back, but Emma wanted hair now. She did not like bald, she did not like bandanas. What she liked, and wanted more than anything, was hair. Then, out of the blue, almost like magic, she instantly had hair again. And like Isabel, she learned about giving – and giving back.”



Recently Lydia has embarked on another project: See BeautifulIt’s a movement to empower women to see the beauty they inherently possess and to see the beauty in the world. It reminds me to stop for a second and take it all in, and I love it!! I hope (my good pal) Oprah or Ellen (:)) picks up on it and it becomes something huge!
I was chatting with Lydia a few weeks ago and just thinking about how I’m so lucky to “See Beautiful” in my job because boy do I get a front row seat every Saturday ;). Here is a little more about that. We also have a photo featured on the See Beautiful website as it’s one of my all time favorite images… It means so much to me because it is of our good friends Jenna and Adam during their ceremony. Looking at that photo takes me right back to the moment they said I do… and looking at Jenna’s face reminds me of the serious and wonderful commitment marriage is.
So for today, here’s my See Beautiful: After so many years of being a wedding photographer I am still in awe of the beauty of couple in love. It is truly amazing. Here’s a little sneak peek from Blair and Bryan’s wedding coming soon to this blog!!
Happy Tuesday!
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