McKinley's 6 month maternity session

6 months down, and 3 to go!  McKinley will be shooting another session with us in a few months. We are blessed to be able to have shot this mini-session with her. We did all this in about 10 minutes of actual shoot time. She's also a wonderful person!

   This was officially THE coldest photo shoot I have ever done. I don't know the temp, but it was ...... c-o-l-d.  It was quite windy also, which made things very skin-chilling. It's hard to tell by looking at the photos though, but it was freezing!  We are now in the middle of a super-duper cold snap in the nation.

   So enjoy the photos, and some very blue eyes!  I mentioned the other day that I would be blogging more this year. Here we go...blog #2 of the year, and we are still in the first week.  To see more of my work, visit my website by clicking  HERE.

Ashley's maternity session + Peyton.

I'm back.  It is time to start blogging regularly again. I've done very little blogging since April 2012.  I have been shooting a lot, but not posting much at all.  But now, I resume...

   This is Ashley and Peyton. They are expecting their first baby in December. I have a special place in my heart for maternity photos. I don't know why, but I find them very beautiful. I hope to do much more of this in the future. I photographed the wedding of Peyton and Ashley this past year at our own church.   I love this young couple!

  Enjoy the photos. Spread the word, if you know of anyone else who may be expecting. We plan to do a lot of this type of work, as well as continuing our weddings and family/lifestyle photography.

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Zach + Tiffany engaged

OK, I have seriously been MIA on my blog this year!  Some self discipline is in order.  ((smack))

This post is a showcase of a wonderful couple who lives near to me. Meet Zach and Tiffany!  We did some serious backwoods trail blazing to get to the location you see here. We had a great adventure of a time doing this, and we were thrilled with the results.

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Jenna's "Rock the dress" photo shoot.

This beautiful model's name is Jenna.  After about 3-4 hours of driving and shooting, we had created so many beautiful photos, I don't really have room to post them all. Below is a sample though!

I wanted to spend a few hours with a bride or a model so that I could show off some things that can be done when time is permitting. I want to encourage future brides to plan for lots of photo time on their wedding day.  Either that, or plan a "day after" shoot.  Or maybe a "Rock the dress" shoot. How about a "Trash the Dress" shoot?  (yeah, the dresses usually only get wet, not actually trashed)

   Jenna was great to work with, and I hope to shoot her actual wedding, whenever that day may happen!

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(see the new "featured gallery" on my site if you want to see a lot more from this photo shoot)

Brittany + Bobby New Year wedding!

Wedding date: 1/1/11

This is how you start a year off properly. You get married! Bobby and Brittany gave me the honor of photographing their wedding in Gallatin on New Year's day. The decor theme was "Phantom of the Opera". Gotta love it!

There were some really amazing things that even lead up to me being chosen for the job. Some of them, you really have to say "yeah, that was God".

Well, as I do sometimes, I showed up at the hair salon early before the wedding. My second shooter for the day, Shellene, was also on hand. We got plenty of those special "getting ready" shots of Brittany and her girl crew. One of these photos is posted below. The wedding itself was very special, as are the bride and groom.
Thanks to you both.

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(this well framed photo above, shot by Shellene)