Ty Carreker Portraits

Ty is a guitarist / singer- songwriter in Nashville who has recently transplanted from Detroit.  We met at the Heart and Soul benefit back in February and only just recently had a chance to get together for a portrait session we had been planning.

John & Katrina

John and Katrina drove down from Clarksville where they have been going to school to do their engagement photos downtown.  They will be married at Wales Baptist Church in Pulaski, TN on July 24th.  It makes me happy to hang out with people that are so visibly in love.  Its one of the great things about being a wedding photographer!  Couples can inspire me to want to go home and kiss my wife!

Ryan & Lorna

Ryan and Lorna will be married on 10/10/10 and I'm looking forward to spending more time with them.  What a great and photogenic couple they make.  They met in college and Lorna has moved to Nashville to work as a physical therapist but Ryan still lives in Alabama. He will be moving to Nashville soon and I look forward to doing more photography together once he gets here.

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.

Michael and Miranda

It has been a few weeks since I have had a chance to update my blog so I will be brief in my comments about the next 10 posts.  I hate to be so cliche' but I will have to let the images speak for themselves.

This engagement session couldn't have landed on a more beautiful day.  I believe it was the first of 5 e-sessions in one weekend.  I loved the way the shot in the Tulips came out.  I posted it to Flickr and was asked whose flower bed we ruined.  It was a spot that had already been pretty warn down at Centennial Park, I had them put their feet on the outside and had Miranda lay on top of Michael in an attempt to cause as little collateral damage possible.  We may have killed one or two flowers but this photo will last so much longer than they would have anyway.

Amanda and Collin

Amanda and Collin will be married on September 4th at Clearview Baptist Church in Franklin with a reception at the Old Natchez Country Club.

Collin had been planning to fly into town for this photoshoot for months and it turned out to be the most beautiful weekend so far this year!  I don't know if they realized how much exercise they were going to get hiking around with me but despite the heat, they had fun with with each other in front of the camera and I think it shows through!

Amanda & Hugh Engagement Portraits

Amanda and Hugh agreed to meet me downtown for their engagement photos last weekend.  The first spot I took them to was an overlook with the bi-centennial mall in the background and Germantown just behind that.  They informed me that they are building their house in Germantown and should be able to move in shortly after the wedding.  I love that I get to spend such amazing two on one personal, get-to-know-you time with so many couples during what is sure to be one of the more action packed years of their lives. 

This was the first engagement portrait session that I've held so far this year in which it was sunny.  You would have thought a tornado was about to suck us into the sky at both of my e-sessions the week before and the two I had before that were both ankle deep in snow.  It was great to see the sun!  It is officially wedding season!!

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.

Jacob & Miranda - Wedding at West End United Methodist Church

Jacob and Miranda were married on Saturday, March 27th at West End United Methodist Church in Nashville.  It was a beautiful, warm, and sunny day.  Very different from our engagement portrait session in the snow just a couple months ago.  I enjoyed getting a chance to spend time with their friends and family.  They were all great sports as I distracted the guys on the ping-pong table and crammed everyone together on the photobooth backdrop.  The highlight for me was getting to enjoy one of the best smoothies of my life at the reception and catching some shots of the wedding party on the playground after the ceremony.  Congratulations to the newlyweds!  I'm looking forward to hearing all about their honeymoon in Jamaica on our 3rd meeting/dinner at Boscos.  I love traditions like these and making new friends through photography!!

View the rest of their wedding photos at the following proofing site:
http://pictage.com/813520