Wedding at Smiley Hollow Barn in Goodlettsville, TN

Amy and Stephen were married on Friday, October 1st at Smiley Hollow Barn in Goodlettsville.  This was a really fun couple and an equally fun place to get married.  There were old trucks, barns, a red caboose, put-put, basketball, fire pits, a huge dancefloor, and open fields.  Smiley Hollow recently served as the set for the Hannah Montana Movie.  They covered cracks all around the barn with garbage bags so they could shoot throughout the day and have it look like it was night time.  They also filmed the fair scenes in a nearby field.  Amy and Stephen took advantage of the great dance floor and put on a show for everyone to kick off the reception.  We set up an orange photobooth which everyone seemed to enjoy.  At the end of the evening, the guests lit off dozens of hot air lanterns during the big send off and the bride and groom left in the original police car from the Andy Griffith Show.  It was definitely a fun wedding.

Following is a video of the last dance of the evening to "Lets Get It On" by Marvin Gaye.

 

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Laura Cessna - Fitness Model

Laura is a signed fitness model and competitor in national bikini competitions.  She works hard on her figure and hired me to get some shots to show it off but also, to get a different look than she has been getting. She says that most of her professional shots up to this point are taken in gyms and she has worked with some photographers that she isn't that impressed with.  We went for some beauty shots that are a little different than what she usually gets.  We started out our shoot in the country and took advantage of the big contrasty sky for some dramatic looking shots with the strobes in a dried up cornfield.  Then we did some bikini shots at the lake and I used multiple lights to make the sky look even more ominous than it already did.  Lastly, Laura's parent's own a Halloween Express so she brought a Cougar outfit to do some fun shots and we went to a lounge where I was able to get a shot of her looking up at a light fixture that was reflecting on a fiberglass backdrop and it looks pretty MTV / Lady Gaga if I do say so myself!  We even got some silly shots of her shopping at Krogers with oversized sunglasses in the cougar outfit.  She definitely turned a lot of heads.

Perfect Spot for Yoga

I recently photographed Emily's wedding and she was nice enough to hire me again when she needed some portraits for her new endeavor.  She and her husband recently bought a new house with a beautiful enclosed deck with a fireplace where she plans to teach some yoga classes.

Wedding at Clarksville Country Club | September 18, 2010

Cindy and Derek were married on September 18, 2010 at Clarksville Country Club and it was a beautiful day to get married!  The staff at the country club were nice enough to stage some golf carts for the wedding party to drive around for photos after the ceremony and it really worked out well.  We were able to make it to some beautiful spots along the course and not spend too much time shooting before getting everyone back to the party!