Sudha and Saagar

On June 19th I was welcomed to cover Sudha and Saagar's Wedding at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro. It was absolutely stunning! It was so unlike any other ceremony I had ever covered and it was exciting to see all the different traditions. I hope somewhere in the 2400 photos taken I managed to capture the true beauty of their union!

Welcome Baby Judson!

I would like to introduce the newest addition to the Poag Family, little (and I mean tiny) Judson!
I went out to meet the little man and visit with Angie a few weeks ago, and here are a few of the results!

Stay tuned for their family portrait this fall. After visiting their farm I am full of ideas!!

Family Portraits: Making the most of your time.

I wanted to write briefly about Family portraits. Scheduling can be really hard for some families when you have so many other things on your calendar. Several people book an appointment then have to postpone, reschedule, or cancel altogether. Then I inevitably hear how much they wish they did not wait so long. Now, ideally, you would have an hour to devote to your photos. In this situation you have so much more time to capture unexpected moments. Here are a few examples from my most recent session with John, Megan, and Mary Dudley Hill.
We not only got a great family portrait

and perfect portraits of Miss Mary Dudley

but we also captured spontaneous moments and precious memories.
Like....
Flying with Daddy

and flying with Mommy AND Daddy

stopping to smell the flowers

and just getting to express her personality for a while

There is no question that time is a luxury.
However, some people just have too much to do and a milestone can slip away. The best example I have is of my older sister. There is always a soccer game, or a PTO function, or a sleep over to excuse not taking pictures of her boys. And these are my own nephews. I wanted you to see a handful of the over 100 photos I got of the kids in only 15 minutes.
Two different setups of the boys together

as well as individuals of each boy

So, before you rule out scheduling a session just remember that we can do a lot with even a small window of time!

Blair and Andrew

Wow! It only took me 3 months to write about this one!
You have already seen Blair's stunning Bridal Portraits, so I wanted to share a few from her actual big day.
Andrew and Blair were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Columbia with a reception at the Memorial Building. It was my first time to work in both places and I loved them! The Memorial Building really had a lot of character for such a large space (not large enough, Blair and Andrew had such a crowd they still had to have a tent for overflow!).
Here they are in the sanctuary..

I love this one in front of the doors to their reception. The moss covered initial is so gorgeous. Her sister Neely made those!

I really loved all of the details at their wedding, honestly. I think the orange and blue were just perfect.

There is nothing I love more at a reception than a couple who really enjoys themselves. It is wonderful to see them dancing and just loving their first party as husband and wife!!
I wanted to also take a moment to mention Blair's wedding planner, Vickie Stanton. You should really see what she can do! http://yourbellawedding.com/blog/

Bridal Blair

Blair and Andrew were actually married on March 20th, but I took over 2000 photos at their wedding so those are not finished and ready for posting! Here are a few photos from Blair's Bridal Portrait session the week before at Rippavilla Plantation. Again, EXTREMELY hard to narrow down my choices!

Sudha and Sagaar, the camera loves them!

Sudha and Sagaar will be married this June and if I was looking forward to their wedding before I am even more excited now that I have shot their engagement portraits. They seriously do not take a bad photograph! I have posted several from their session at the Opryland Hotel. It took a while to narrow these down!!

Congratulations Derrick and Leiah!!

About one month ago I was asked to do something extremely cool! I was hired to cover a birthday party for Derrick, but it was all just a cover so he could surprise Leiah with a proposal later that night! Derrick (Uncle to the adorable Forrest you see in the cowboy hat and belt buckle on my website) had put together a DVD of lots of photos of his childhood and his relationship with Leiah. At the end was a series of new photos where he posed with different signs popping the question. Here are a couple of shots from the surprise moment. It was such a joy to be included. I was so nervous all night that I was going to slip and say something, or that Leiah would wonder why I had a camera trained on her face the whole time they were watching the DVD! And of course, I cried.

Let me tell you, if any of you guys out there want to hire me to cover your proposal I would be thrilled. This was one of the sweetest things I have ever been asked to do and I will never forget it.