Bridal Portraits at Riverwood Mansion and Cheekwood

I photographed Katie's wedding last weekend so its finally safe for me to post a few of her bridal portraits.  I shot these about 2 months ago but the only shot that has been posted is the shot of the legs sticking out of the tub since you couldn't see who it was anyway.

More about the wedding to come.  Katie is not only a gorgeous bride but a really sweet person and I'm so glad I got to be a part of her wedding to Derrick!

Ali's Test Shoot - Riverwood Mansion, Capitol Grounds, BlueBar

Now that I am booking photosessions throughout the week, I was excited to have spent Tuesday helping Ali put together a modeling portfolio to help her show off a variety of looks to various agencies.  We started our session at Riverwood Mansion with the help of Stephanie Womack who not only helped with make-up and hair but went above and beyond to stick around for the entire shoot and helped us secure our final location.  We stopped into BlueBar since we were going for a sort of edgier, shaddowy make-up look and couldn't have felt cooler when Stephanie knew the band performing and I had a chance to catch up to my old pal Brad who was bar-tending.  Now, I'm hoping to get a chance to do some shots for Brad before his tour begins.

Best of luck Ali, you are beautiful and we had a blast working with you!

Ashlee and Brian - Riverwood Mansion Wedding

Ashlee and Brian were married September 19th at Riverwood Mansion in East Nashville. Ashlee's mom made her dress and the cake topper they used was from Ashlee's mom's wedding. I love shooting at Riverwood and this couple was a lot of fun. It was one of my favorite weddings of the year, though it was absolutely the most challenging wedding of the year during the ceremony since it was nearly pitch dark outside and the only light was backlight from Christmas lights. The bride walked down the isle to Rocky Top triumphantly even though UT lost to Florida earlier that afternoon. These were true fans. The groom's cake was a miniature Nealand Stadium and the bride had a layer of orange ruffles under her dress.

View the rest of their images by clicking here: BRIAN & ASHLEE

Carolyn & Chris - Reception at Riverwood Mansion

Carolyn & Chris were married in Las Vegas but held a reception for all of their family and friends at Riverwood Mansion in East Nashville. Riverwood is an amazing place for a photographer. Not only for it's mature trees, well manicured garden, it's amazing and antique furniture, its nicely textured paint for light absorbing backgrounds, but also because the have a large pavillion in the back where I was able to aim my lights towards the top and have the light bounce everywhere I needed it... like a giant photographic umbrella.