Holiday Portraits!

We are running a great promo this next week! Book your holiday portraits by Sept. 30th, and receive a bonus 16x20 print. All holiday sessions include:

(1) 8x10

(2) 5x7

(24) Custom Holiday Cards

Holiday Sessions are $249 and must be completed by October 20th in order to receive your goodies before Christmas. Enjoy! 

Rachel and Kyle are Getting Married!

Rachel and Kyle are getting married next spring and we were so happy to meet up with them for their Loveshoot!  At the beginning of their early morning shoot Kyle was telling us about how he proposed to Rachel, high on the roof of a downtown building. Such a sweet idea--just check out the view in the slideshow below!  Kyle also had two scooters (one was out of commission however) so we didn't waste any time having them zoom around downtown tandem style! LOL! Rachel was a little nervous but was such a trooper! 
It was such a blast getting to know them as a couple and I love watching Rachel's eyes light up as Kyle kept her laughing the entire time. Enjoy their slideshow and call us at 423.386.5324for your loveshoot today! 

Sunday Afternoon Activity

A week ago, we went to our first Sunday afternoon polo match here in town with some of our friends.  The players were incredibly agile and the athleticism of both the riders and horses was just breathtaking at times. I'm looking forward to next year when they come through once more.  :)

Marinna and Milo

The homies--Beau was behind the camera

Paulette and Travis

I wanted to share some more of our work from this past weekend so check out Paulette and Travis' engagement shoot below! We had a blast, thanks again guys for not even batting an eye when we mentioned cooling off in the fountains!

Funny Side Story: While capturing them in the water and thinking what great sports they were being, yours truly ended up getting shot with water directly in the back of the head from one of the statues...After the intitial shock and "Oh crap--my camera!", I decided it felt REALLY good! I love my 5D--that's the 3rd time it's been at the mercy of water and its still going strong!

Grace and Dustin

This past weekend was a riot!  I'm finally slowing down enough to update the blog a bit more...Stay close for more updates as we showcase our adventures.

Grace and Dustin tied the knot Saturday and we were so honored to be commissioned as their photographers! Grace truly lives up to her name--she was one of the sweetest and most "gracious" brides I'd met.  She just couldn't stop smiling and you could tell she was so ecstatic to be marrying her best friend, Dustin! We wish you guys the best and look forward to hearing from you after your honeymoon in Hawaii!

I loved her golden bridal suite, it definitely gave us some impactful lighting!

Dustin was so stoic as Grace entered....

Hot couple #1....

Super hot couple #2...  :)

This shot is one of my faves. I think it just speaks volumes about the beauty of having someone to hold onto through life's storms.  :)

Dustin was quite the golfer! Can you believe that almost everything was edible on his groom's cake?

Their first dance was so precious! They were just so into each other!

Amber's Wall Portrait

What I love most about my job is the creative freedom that it so often affords.  I wanted to show off Amber and Sam's uber cool wall portrait that they just selected.  Amber and I were discussing whether the wall's horizontal lines would be too overbearing, but I think they create the perfect contrast. I'm so stoked to order their big print!

Our albums and wall portraits are so much fun as they allow for your pictures to become so much more than just images!  Tell me what you think...

Summer Update!

Hey Everyone! A little studio update...

 

We only have 4 more wedding dates available in 2008 so call the office (423.386.5324) to set up a meeting. 

We are now booking for 2009 and are so pumped to see what the rest of this year has in store! Beau and I have LOVED getting to meet all of you new couples--so drop us a line to get in on the action! Enjoy!

Lauren and John

Please enjoy the sweet story of Lauren and John, winners of our LoveStory Contest. We were so honored to capture their untouchable love for one another just a few days ago...

Lauren and John

When I was four years old, my family moved from Ooltewah to Signal Mountain. I anticipated that I would have to go to a new school and make new friends. However, I was not expecting to find my best friend so quickly. A few days after we moved in, the neighbors came to greet us. I was pleased to find out that there were two other children on our street named John and David. Even though John was three years older than me we immediately became friends.
We were always outside building forts and being adventuresome on the mountain. We also frequently played "house" on a large boulder on our street. John and I were the "parents" of my little sister. Since his mother was a stay at home mom he insisted that that is how our "family" was going to be. So he made me stay home on the rock to sweep and take care of my little sister while he rode his bicycle down the street on his commute to "work". We played like this for years.
Once I realized that I really liked John, I began to become very shy around him. So every time I wanted to play, I would convince my sister (who is three years younger than me) to call his house to ask if he wanted to "play". Occasionally this took a little bit more than convincing, and she required some compensation, such as my allowance, to call him. After all of the endless days and nights of playing together as young children, I knew we had something very special between the two of us. John says that it took him longer to accept that he liked me more than a friend. He was concerned about what his friends would think of him liking a girl three years younger than him. It took until I turned 16 for him to finally accept the fact that we should take our friendship to the next level. It was then that we became boyfriend and girlfriend and that is how it has been to this day.
When I talk to other couples, everyone always says that they have had to work through the ups and downs with their partner, but I have to say that we have always been "up". I attribute this to the fact that we have built our relationship on an incredible friendship that we have had for practically our entire lives. We are always doing something exciting whether it is traveling or picking up new hobbies together. We especially love the outdoors. I believe this comes from the beginning of our friendship when we were enjoying nature together as young children.

Our relationship has blossomed over the past 5 ½ years and we recently became engaged. John took me back to where our friendship first started to ask me to marry him. It was on top of that boulder where we used to play house that I agreed to start our real family 18 years later. My mom has always told me to marry my best friend and I am lucky to be able to say that I will. We are so excited to start a new chapter of our lives together in May.

-written by Lauren

Katie's Senior Portraits

Check out our newest Senior, Katie. We loved working with her during this shoot, she had such great poise and a sweet personality (and she's a heck of a basketball player too). When she stepped out with her rocker outfit we knew we were in for a treat--please check out the heels!!!!!

Thank you so much Katie for contacting us for your senior portraits! Good luck as you begin your last year of high school soon!

Happy Anniversary!

Today is such a wonderful day...it's our ANNIVERSARY! Three years ago I was thrilled to marry the sweetest man alive and begin this wonderful adventure that we call life. He puts up with so many of my crazy ideas and dreams (ie. see below), and we both love to explore what this life has for us. It has been such a fun ride and I am so thankful for my loving and supportive hubby--I just pray that every girl is able to marry their best friend, too!

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Photo by Caroline Johnson Photography

The old English song, "Daisy Bell", also called, "A Bicycle Built for Two", was a favorite when I was a little girl. So naturally I wanted to leave the church on a vintage Schwinn bicycle built for two!

The lovely Michelle made sure my train didn't catch...

Beau was a LOT more skeptical than I was and wasn't so sure we'd get moving...

But we prevailed and took off towards the road---corset strings flying and all! This is my favorite picture and it hangs proudly on our wall!