Lisa & Alicia at Spring Hill Battlefield

Lisa & Alicia are both dancers so I had the idea to bring a trampoline up to Spring Hill battlefield since it is such a high point that it would be easy to have lots of sky in the shots as they jumped up and did ballerina poses. I decided to hold off on the trampoline but they could really leap so we ended up getting some pretty fun jump shots anyway. The shot included that looks like Alicia is falling was just a jump that I rotated 90 degrees and it really looks as though she could be falling. The portraits we did came out especially good b/c I was able to get such a great balance between the sunlight in the background and my strobe with the beauty dish in the forground. I love simple, minimal settings like this for portraits!

Keya May - Rainy Day Shoot

This was a tough day for a shoot b/c everything was wet. It rained every half hour all day but we got some really pretty photos in the end. Keya has experience doing a lot of professional modeling but took a long break for school and now she is looking to re-build a portfolio for herself so she can get back into it.

Eaton Morgan - 1 Year

These are shots of Eaton Morgan who will turn 1 year old on Tuesday (Election Day) November, 4th. We were working without a nap or lunch so we may do a make-up appointment in hopes of getting more smiles. He sure is a cute kid!

Tarrah & Austin - Portraits

Tarrah Wilkerson and Austin Pinkstaff will be married on October 4th. They decided that rather than wait to see each other at the ceremony they would knock out their formal bride and groom portraits a month before the wedding. We were able to capture 375 amazing photos. This will enable us to focus on the families and the wedding party on the day of the wedding so that they won't have to miss a minute of their reception.
I enjoyed trekking around Nashville with them and home they love their photos!
-Matt

Jesse Cook's Bridal Portraits at Cheekwood - Aug 13, 2008

Jesse met me at Cheekwood for photos at 7:00PM on Wednesday evening. You can tell from the photos that it was a race with the sun as it dropped behind the tree line. Our goal was to shoot during magic hour to get natural backlight from the sun to light up Jesse's hair and veil. We were successful but I will upload some of the shots that we got as it got darker since they will look more unusual.

Towards the end of the shoot; we decided to use a strobe and get a shot by the reflecting pool. I sat by the edge to demonstrate a pose for Jesse and I heard a plop.... it was my cell phone. If you need to reach me, send me an e-mail b/c I wasn't able to fish it out.

-Matt