Shana & James Wedding

This weekend I was able to be apart of my first Rabbi wedding! :-) Shana is a Rabbi with The Jewish Temple her in Nashville and her and James are an amazing couple. It was a beautiful day and they had been planning this day for months trying to get the plans laid out perfectly and they did just that. The food was exquisite and the family and friends were so gracious and we all had an incredible time celebrating their union. We were all having so much fun it barely felt as if I was working. What a wonderful day and an awesome couple!!!! Looking forward to getting together with them when they get back and sharing some great photos of the day. 

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Cara & Bart's Wedding

This past Saturday I was able to go and meet Cara & Bart for there wedding day. It was a cozy little wedding behind this nice house in the Old Hickory area. It was a gorgeous Saturday if you weren't aware. We had perfect weather and a really great time to go along with it. The building had this classic log cabin feel and the outside grounds were amazing with a little bit of wind to blow back Cara's veil. Congratulations and I look forward to seeing you guys when you get back from the Honeymoon! 

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THANK YOU!!!!!!! NIKON D3 Finally arrived....

Well I finally had "my" baby delivered to my house about a week ago after waiting several months after it's release, I have it. I love this new Nikon D3!!! It is hands down the greatest purchase of my life so far other than the engagement ring I gave my wife. Quick save right fellas!?!?!?

I am able to create absolutely amazing shots so much quicker than before. I never would have imagined that I would be this stoked and gaga over a camera like this Nikon. I feel like I just opened a whole new world for my creativity to spread and open. 

I can not thank them enough but none.... absolutely none of this or anything else good in my life would have happened if I hadn't had such amazing parents. I know that sounds really cheesy but it is one of the 2 absolute truths in my life. The fact that they are no longer here hurts and pains me so but I work hard to continue to make them and the rest of my family proud. I love them and without them, my wife or my Church I would have nothing. Thank you God. 

Grace Newborn Session

Today I was able to hangout with Baby Grace and her Mom & Dad (Amy & Brandt). Chandler referred Amy to me after doing Baby Madelynn's pics a few weeks ago. It has been a lot of fun working with children and baby's these past couple of weeks.  

Baby Grace is soooo cute and sweet. She barely made a peep about me taking her pictures. We were able to go all over the house and spend a day in the life of Baby Grace and capture some sweet shots of her being herself with her Mom & Dad. 

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Kirstin & Matt's Wedding

On Friday the 9th Lori, Jamie, Melissa and myself were all at Matt and Kirstin's wedding at Riverwood Mansion. We had the event well covered with Lori helping direct traffic, and the rest of us shooting we were able to get a lot done for them and have a good time doing it! 

It was a great day for a wedding, Kirstin and Matt have been so cool to get to know I could really not believe it has come so soon. It was really exciting to see our new friends so excited about the day. Kirstin had all of her girls from one of her dance classes come and participate in the event so it was really cool to see them so thrilled, jumping around and having fun there was 13 little girls in pink running around the beautiful bride. I can't wait to get these back to them before they get back from the Carribean. 

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Jayla & Cheryl Portrait Session

We have been moving the past week and to break up the madness Lori and I were able to go to the park for a little time hanging out with Cheryl and playing with her cute daughter Jayla. We met at Centennial Park in downtown and decided to go over to the flower garden close to the Parthenon. It was a beautiful morning and lucky for us the rain had stopped for a few hours and the sun came out for about 3 hours and we had our window of really great pictures. Lori and Jayla played in the flowers and ran around the garden before heading off for the day. We had a great time and really hope to do it again sometime. Jayla is such a Pro and great model that maybe someday we will see her in some GAP Kids ads or something before too long! 

Great job Jayla can't wait to see you guys again!!!!

Schmerhorn - Hymn Sing

Sunday April 13th 2008 was an excellent Sunday. I was asked to participate and photograph in the Nashville Hymn Sing with the Nashville Choir & Nashville Symphony at the Schermerhorn in downtown. They invited an inspirational group to come and be apart for 2 shows on Sunday one matinee and one evening concert. 

John Coates contacted me to come and photograph him with several of the guests and then take part in capturing images of the worship service. The guests I was able to meet while documenting John's day was Amy Grant, Bill Gaither and some other members of the the Gaither Family, Melinda Doolittle, and Travis Cottrell. Everyone was extremely nice and just made for a tremendous afternoon to be able to be apart of such an event and hear such amazing talent. I feel really blessed to be apart of our Christian community.  

I was fortunate to have my family in the audience and particularly my Grandma who was thrilled to say the least that I could get her a ticket for the day. :-)

I was also able to reconnect with Matt Andrews a friend of mine and fellow photographer who was also hired to come and participate for the afternoon. 

The hall itself is exuisitly decorated and probably the most beautiful building in downtown Nashville to say the least. This is my third time to be apart of events down at the hall and I hope many more will follow for both business and personal. 

Baby Madelynn

This afternoon I had the pleasure of visiting with some good friends, Paul and Chandler. I was blessed to be apart of their wedding day in July of 2006 and today they allowed me the honor of photographing their new addition to the family, Madelynn. Paul and Chandler are the proud parents of this little cutie and they should be she is adorable. Madelynn or"Squirelly" as they call her was amazing for her first photo session with me and briefly lived up to her sweet nickname. We had a great time catching up and I hope to take many more photographs for her as she grows up. 

Super Monday!!!

Today was my first SUPER MONDAY!!!!!! I have to say at first I was dreading it since I was a little tired from a great wedding day yesterday but was really glad once I arrived at the Hampton Inn in Green Hills for the seminar. David Wright was our speaker and he taught us about how we can better ourselves and our photography by taking the time to work hard and earn our degrees and certification from PPA of which we are all members. PPA is a great organization to be apart of for anyone from an aspiring photographer or if your an old pro. You will love the networking, the great people, and enhancing your skill as well as getting to know other wonderful photographers in your area or nationally. 

For those of you who know David, this comes as no surprise but I love to see and be around him. He has an amazing attitude is an exceptionally gracious human being and if you didn't know anything else he is easily the best wedding photographer in Nashville today. Can you tell I admire him?!?!? Plus I hadn't seen David since we were at Imaging USA earlier this year in Tampa. 

Today we were able to bring in some of our work and talk about our images and get feedback on what we are doing today in photography. I was fortunate to meet some other really cool photographers of which I already knew Joe Burlingame which was a great surprise to see him again since it has been a few years now since we worked together. Joe is a really great commercial photographer and all around great photographer. I was also able to get to know Scott & Kimberly Butler of Butler Photography from Florence AL who are a really sweet husband and wife team and do some timeless portrait artistry and also Elaine Hudson from A Private Gathering, she is really sweet and fun to be around and I hope to be able to get to know all of them so much better in the future. Not to be cheesy but what a Super Monday it was. I am excited to go again and to get the prints going for some competition. 

Katie & Jason Wedding on Sunday April 4th 2008

Yesterday was an amazing day! I was able to photograph Katie and Jason's Wedding here in Nashville. We had wonderful weather 70's, sunny and a little wind which anyone would love to . Both of their families were so gracious and wonderful to work with we really had a great time. We started off the day with some outdoor pictures before going in for some family pictures before the ceremony. 

I have to brag on them for such a incredibly unique bridal party entrance into the reception. Katie had the girls wear sashes as if they were in a pageant or Miss America and then Jason had his boys come out wearing custom made basketball jerseys and did a hilarious intro with them dancing or dribbling in to the reception it was great!!! 

A good time was had by all who attended the reception and then we topped the night off with some really cool dusk shots outside of the Union Station Hotel as well as doing some stuff inside the Hotel and in their room before saying our Good-bye's. I know they will have a wonderful time on the honeymoon and really enjoyed getting to know them better they are amazing friends. It was an awesome day!!! 

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