The entire wedding day, I was a bit worried at what the weather would hold for Stephani & Travis. But the rain cleared up just in time for a gorgeous beach ceremony and we still a bit afterward for some down time before the reception. Thank you two so much for being open to whatever I asked! Anna and I had such a wonderful time shooting with you!

Rosemary Beach, Florida is the perfect background for a couple’s session. Randy and I loved wandering the streets with Bridget & Karl. Look for more images from their wedding soon!

Friday Family post! It’s no secret that my husband and I wrestling with the “where should we live?” idea. With both of us working from home, we could really be anywhere in the country…or even overseas. Currently we’re searching all over Tennessee, as well as places like Florida (the beach, my love!), Montana and Wisconsin. Chattanooga or Sewanee are quite high up on the ranking because both of us love the outdoors and living in an art community, and I’m still accepting weddings in that area. Below are a few images from a Sewanee engagement session…I love their campus!
Any other suggestions of areas around the country that you all love?

We’re still on vacation but I wanted to post some teaser images from Kelly & Brandon’s engagement session! These two will be married in Nashville but traveled down to Florida while I’m here for their shoot. They even brought me birthday sweets….thanks so much guys! =)


I have a beach wedding (can’t wait to see you Tressa & Bill!) coming up on Saturday so look for that soon as well. Enjoy your week everyone!

This weekend I had the pleasure of shooting a dual birthday treat for Brian & Kristin Kaplan. The lovely thing about shooting other photographers is the willingness to go pretty much anywhere…even if it means climbing under semi trailers, breaking into a cemetery and generally wandering until I exclaim “Ohhh! Over there!”



Hypothetically if a certain photographer were to “accidentally” shoot down a wife’s shirt and then tell the husband “That’s for you. Happy Birthday!” this might be the hypothetical reaction.



Lots of love and sweet bday wishes you two! (even if you did ingest a candle while eating the cupcakes)

Micah & Adam are full of deep embraces, silly moments and most of all…laughter. Lots of laughter. And I’m lucky enough to be there to capture their big day in October. Enjoy the love story preview!

(Quick note, I’ll be taking some time away from work Feb. 21-28th. Phone calls and most emails will be returned after that time. Thank you for your patience!)

It’s been 6 years since I shot a wedding entirely on film and, to be honest, I miss the excitement of getting the images back from the lab. This weekend I decided to tape up the back of my camera, just to get that feeling back again, during a couple’s session with Kristen & David. As hard as it was to adjust to, finally seeing the images as I loaded them onto the computer brought back that excitement of the unknown. Thanks for hanging out with me, K & D!

Ever since we photographed their wedding last March, Steph and Chris have become some of our dearest friends. Randy and I threw around ideas of shooting their After Session at the beach in April but when the snow hit this afternoon I KNEW that I had to call them. It rarely ever snows in our area of Tennessee and it never stays on the ground for more than a day. Steph, who disliked anything wedding related, shocked me by yelling “Awesome!” and an hour later we were scaling a fence for their shoot.





Steph said the weather reminded her of their first date because it was freezing cold and she had to snuggle into Chris for warmth, like this…



“Here Chris, hold my camera while I climb over.”
“Pictures? Okay!”
“Noooooooooooo!”
And there you have it, folks. Snowy Kate straddling a fence.