Ruthie & Kevin Engagement

Ruthie & Kevin will be married on October 2nd at St. Henry's Catholic Church.  Its been a big year for them starting with graduating and now they have recently moved to Alabama where Ruthie just landed a job.  I had a lot of fun hanging out with them and I'm looking forward to shooting in cooler weather this October!  We started our shoot at Centennial Park and covered about 50 miles of ground driving all the way up to Springfield before we called it a day.

Engagement Portraits at Centennial Park and the Old Spaghetti Factory

Courtney and Wesley will be married on October 16th.  I've photographed engagement portraits in Centennial Park at least a dozen times and yet we still found locations that I've never used before.  I always try a few things that have worked in the past but also try to stretch myself to get something unique.  It was great hanging out with them on a beautiful day and I'm looking forward to the wedding.

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Richard & Hillary

I was flattered that Hillary and Richard flew down to Nashville for an engagement portrait session with me.  They live in the Northeast now but their old stomping ground was Belmont University and the Hillsboro Village so we made sure to incorporate some of those spots into their e-session.

It was a hot afternoon and they proved to be one of my more adventurous couples in a while.  They let me soak them in the fountains in front of the downtown courthouse!  I was burning up at that point and had to resist jumping in myself.

Kevin and Stefanie - Engagement Portraits

Once upon a time in college, I was the guy that was always crashing on Kevin's couch.  We had some good times back then and I've really been looking forward to catching up with he and Stefanie over engagement portraits.  Kevin and his room mate Zach threw one of the greatest house parties I've ever been to.  They allowed me to bring my fog machines and fog it out so thick that you couldn't tell who you were dancing with and while the band was playing and everyone was moving to the beat... the floor in their living room actually collapsed.  That is how you know that the party succeeded and why you should never buy a house within a mile from a college campus.

The wedding is in August and I am secretly hoping that the floor will collapse... that is if it is a first floor reception ; )

Paulina & Mike Engagement

Paulina and Mike were married last year in Vegas but soon they will be holding a reception in New Orleans to celebrate with everyone who couldn't make it.  It was fun hanging out with them and dodging raindrops.

Sun & Snow

Jacob and Miranda have had a long engagement but their big date is just around the corner on March 27 at West End United Methodist Church.  I first met with them to discuss the possibility of being their wedding photographer over beers at Bosco's over a year ago. 

Fortunately Jacob drives a Jeep Wrangler so we had no trouble driving around Spring Hill finding snowy spots for their photos.  Rippavilla made a beautiful backdrop for their engagement shots.  One other photographer showed up for some landscape shots while we were there and I think he had the right idea.

It was doppleganger week on Facebook and I told Jacob that he reminded me of Jude Law but he said he usually gets Bradley Cooper and I can definitely see that.  You be the judge.  He and Miranda make a cute couple and I had fun hanging out with them.  

Engagement Portraits in the Snow + A Little Sledding

It has been such a great day!  I enjoyed my exciting and challenging drive home from Nashville (counting cars that ran off the interstate and nearly joining them), then after getting a little work accomplished, Cory and Addy picked up my family in their 4-Wheel Drive to do a little sledding and knock out some engagement portraits.  Cory and Addy will be married in just 5 more weeks.  We shot photos for about 15 minutes before I felt the need to protect my camera from the sleet.   Then we took turns on my brother Will's sleds while he buttered them up with cooking oil.... Christmas Vacation style!

Our location was a hill off of Kedron Road in Spring Hill with a Civil War Canon at the crest.  I have always thought it would be a great place to go sledding if we got the chance.  It really was fun but a ski lift would have been nice.

                                         

Since we didn't have long to shoot before the sleet caused mascara to run like Chariots of Fire, we booked a follow-up session.  Following are a couple of the shots!

Jason & Jessica Engagement

I met Jason & Jessica at the Nashville Zoo for a set of engagement photos on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. It was a fun shoot! I tried a shot of a couple on a carousel once before but I'm happier with the way this one came out. I think they were laughing at how hard it was to kiss a moving target like that. I'm looking forward to photographing their wedding next summer at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Nashville.

Ross & Jill Engagement Portraits

Ross and Jill will be married on December 19, 2009 in Centerville, TN. It was a beautiful day and we began shooting on Ross' family farm before heading up to Jill's farm where the soon to be married couple are building a house. I enjoyed shooting in the house though it was unfinished b/c we had such great light and lots of walls for fun shots with negative space. My favorite shots of the day involved lots of heavy equipment at Ross' farm. The couple seemed unsure about it when we started shooting but they were sports and they have since told me that they were their favorite shots from the session!