As many of you know, my photography focus is and always has been children and families. I will refer weddings to other photographers who love to shoot them. But every once and awhile I have a client, who is a dear friend, ask me if I will shoot their wedding. This was one of those cases. I’ve known Fred and Kim for years and have watched them grow closer. I was extremely excited for them when I heard they were getting married and when they asked me to photographer their wedding, I couldn’t say no.

Kim and Fred’s wedding was a small family affair that took place at the beautiful RT Lodge in Maryville, TN. The weather was rainy and dreary until around 45 minutes before the wedding. At that time the sun came back out and it was beautiful. Kim and Fred had a beautiful outdoor ceremony officiated by one of their dear friends.

I had a wonderful time photographing Kim and Fred’s wedding.  Here is a photograph of them on their wedding day.

Enjoy the video of their wedding photographs.

I had the wonderful opportunity to tag along with 3 great photographers a few sundays ago and photograph a couple in the beautiful Cades Cove. I have been to Cades Cove many times, but I take it for granted.  It took going with a couple of Australian photographers to open my eyes and see the beauty of the area that I am blessed to live in.  We had a blast shooting this wonderful Bride and Groom.  Seeing the other photographers work made me realize how much more I need to learn about the small details of lighting and posing.  But I have never said that I have learned everything I wanted to know about photography.  If you get a chance, check out these amazing and wonderful photographers: Rob Heyman, Steve Scalone, and Steve Chastain.

Enjoy the photos and let me know what you think.

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Joanna & Matt at Cades Cove

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I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Chattanooga this weekend and photograph Brandy and John’s wedding.  Brandy and John are such a cute couple and I was happy to be part of their wedding.  The ceremony was beautiful.  This was the second opportunity recently that I had the chance to assist Expressions Photo with a wedding and it was a lot of fun, but this should be the last wedding shoot for awhile.  Enjoy the photos.

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I had the wonderful opportunity on Saturday, August 8 to photograph the wedding of Kelsey and Shane in Knoxville, TN.  Plus I had the chance to shoot with Steve from Expressions Photography, who is an amazing photographer, teacher and friend.  Steve’s daughter was part of the wedding so this gave me the opportunity to shoot with him.  This is definitely a break from my normal stuff.  I had a blast shooting and wanted to share some of the photographs.  Enjoy!

Shane and the groomsmen

The wedding band

The beautiful Kelsey

Prayer time with the guys

The beautiful ladies praying

Kelsey + Shane = Wife + Husband

The cake