Saturday afternoon with Baby Grace

Today we had our second session with Grace for her 6 month pictures. She is sooo sweet. I love working with her and her family. We had her Grandparents there today and had a lot of fun getting to know each other and playing with Grace. I am looking forward to meeting everyone for our Thanksgiving family session. It will be a fun day spending time with the entire family. 

Friday night with JB & Dette Sallee

Lori and I decided to be apart of the "I shoot people" tour. We had a great time meeting and hanging out with JB and Dette Sallee of Sallee Photography. They are an amazing couple and we shared many similarities and it was just great to be able to talk and hangout with people who understand your type of work and the type of issue's you deal with on a daily basis. 

Lori and I hope to be able to meet up with them again at Imaging USA in Phoenix and get together again for dinner and hang out some more. What a great mini-seminar right before TNPPA's this weekend. Looking forward to trying some of the great new things we learned and shared tonight. 

Thanks guys you were awesome to hang out with and it was cool getting to know you both!!!

Crazy Friday!!!!

Today we were filled with great stuff to do. We started this morning at one of the clinics for one of our health care clients, doing promo material photos and clinic marketing spots. 

We then met with one of our friends for a Senior session. Brian and his mom Pam came over to the studio and we were able to do a partial session for his yearbook today and will do the other half in the fall. When the temp is cooler and the leaves change and we don't have a deadline to work within. We also went over to the park and gets some shots around the Parthenon. Centennial Park is such a staple of Nashville, I love it and people love to have their pictures taken there. 

Finally we ended the evening with a great party for one of Nashville's finest photographers. Russ had his birthday today. I will not tell how old he is but lets just say he is old enough to have taught me almost everything I know about great light and a way to see things and the world around you differently. He is an incredible guy and we love hanging out with him and Johnetta. They are great people. Oh and most importantly about Russ he coined the phrase "make something out of nothing" long before anyone in the industry even thought about it  or how to MacGyver through a shoot. Here's to your Russ!!!! You are awesome!!!!

Here are a few of Brian's pics....

This week....

We have been doing a lot of work since we arrived back in town. A couple of corporate jobs for my corporate client Healthmark and the Barr Group. Yesterday we also had Reiley come in to the Studio for her senior session. We had a great time hanging out and getting some great pictures even though it was really hot! :-) We were all sweating soon as we stepped outside but Lori was there to take care of the girls and keep them cool while we were shooting. It is awesome to have a great team to work with every day. Check out the results of what we have been doing for the past couple of weeks! 

Here are a few images of Reiley's session. 

A bit of travel

I have been in and out of town for the past few weeks. One thing in particular, Lori and I were able to go down to South Carolina for her Dad's 65 b-day. Arnie is an amazing guy and while we were celebrating his birthday at the lake house we did a little wake boarding on Bobby's boat. I have never been waking boarding before and so it was a lot of fun learning a new sport and taking pictures of the guys doing tricks. We had an amazing time while we were there for 4 days. Well hope to be able to visit with them again soon. Happy Birthday Arnie!!!

Rachel & Scott's Wedding day

Today was Rachel and Scott's wedding day. It was a gorgeous day and especially nice for a 4th of July holiday weekend. We were able to go to the Lowe's early and get some shots of the girls getting ready and hanging out before running over to the Gaylord Springs Country Club to start with shots of Scott and the guys over on the golf course. We had an amazing time and the day could just not have gone any better. We partied the night away literally and enjoyed some great food and music. Can't wait till they get back from Cancun to show them there great pictures before they move up to Pittsburgh. We wish them all the best as they begin there new journey!!!

Click here to see their slideshow. 

We say farewell

Gabriel went to the airport today here in Nashville for his trip home to Brazil. We all wanted him to stay and be with us longer but his Mom was more than ademant about him coming home. :-)

We will see him again, maybe by the summer time. He is so cool I am really really going to miss him a great deal. 

GAB WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Gabriel's last day

For those of you who know Gabriel Dominguez came from Brazil 11 months ago as an exchange student. He is absolutely amazing guy. I first got to know Gab really after the Halloween party last year at church. He came as the circus mime which sounds really silly and it was but his costume was so original and authentic you would have sworn he just left Barnum & Bailey and came in to the Youth group that night. Well long story short Gab won the costume contest with some lobbying by yours truly and we became friends. 

In January Gab started being apart of my small group on Sunday night. I teach and work with the teens at our church and he ended up being one of my guys. Our group is called the "Double G" or "Gentry's Gentlemen". I had nothing to do with the title the guys made it up themselves but I do love it....what can I say it fits. :-) 

So as with everyone else in my life who is important to me I asked to take pictures of them and he will be a senior this coming year in high school so we of course had a senior portrait session and then had some friends come over for a few as well. Everyone loves him and he is close to like everybody in our group so we had to keep numbers a little smaller than he wanted. The pics turned out awesome and Lori and I hope to visit Gabriel and his parents in Brazil sometime in the next year. We have even talked and hope to have him go on the senior trip next summer. Hopefully I can go and not have too much work on my plate. Peace out!!! 

Krista & Tony Engagement

Today I was able to meet up with my new friends Krista and Tony. They are such great people! They both are so giving and show it in how they talk to you and each other. It is really cool to meet people who are truly in love and giving of themselves in their work life as well. We had a great time getting to know each other better and traveling around town getting some pictures along the way. We were all pretty tired and ready for some dinner by the time we were finished but it was so worth catching that great sunset. Let me know what you think about the new pics!! 

Click Here to see Krista & Tony's slideshow. 

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. 

Click Here to see Shana & James slideshow