Aden and Patrick

Aden and Patrick had a gorgeous wedding day at Laurelwood, on Signal Mountain. The ceremony took place under the trees; you could feel God's presence in this beautiful setting.










All the guests gathered for a quick photo op...













The wedding party had a great time! Aden's choices for unique decorations and attire were so wonderfully coordinated with the just-starting-to-turn trees.













These two are soooo romantic!

Mary Ann and Jim's Wedding

The Little Brown Church in Summertown, on Walden's Ridge, is quaint, secluded, and surrounded by natural mountain beauty... a perfect setting for Mary Ann and Jim's wedding.

All the girls got ready for the big day at the home of the bride's grandparents. Must be every little girl's dream...

They were delivered in style in an amazing mega-limo.










Jim and Mary Ann are a wonderful couple, and radiate love and happiness.
























After the ceremony, they took a little stroll down the lane and we caught them stealing a quick kiss!


















May their love last forever!

Chad and Jennifer

I guess over a year ago now, I got inside information that Chad was going to ask Jennifer to marry him. Jennifer was finally getting her ring! When Chad popped the question, I guess there wasn't much doubt that she would accept!



...And how flattering and humbling to me that Leigh trusts me enough to call me and schedule the wedding day beforehand. She simply said, "Put them on your calendar!" I do feel like one of their own. Jennifer and Chad are the fourth couple in the family that I've shared wedding days with.





However, it's getting harder and harder to top the photographs from the last one. But... Wow! Jennifer chose fall colors for the wedding that perfectly complemented the day, the season, and mostly HER. Her auburn red hair was electric in the bright fall sun! And her smile outshined even that!

Hello Ruffner!

We got to photograph another new baby boy! We love having our brides and grooms call us with the news that they are expecting a baby. When they ask when is the best time to first bring their new little one for photographs, we tell them "anytime" is the best time. But we especially love it when they are very young, the way they fold up, cuddle in, and oftentimes fall asleep in the middle of the session.



Ruffner was so alert, cooperative, and easygoing, and it was obvious that he has filled his family with lots of joy!

We meet baby Maddox!

We are always so excited to get a call from our brides and grooms that they have a new family member. We couldn't wait to photograph Maddox, Suzanne and Brad's new little baby boy. He was so bright and alert, and he kept us all hopping.
































None of those sleeping-baby poses for him!


















We had fun, and judging from his little smile, he did too!

Awesome couple / Awesome party!

It was on a particularly clear and cool evening on the grounds of the historic Fillauer House in Cleveland. The late summer sun, lying low in the west shone golden in the treetops and splashed over the old stone walls, lighting the lawns among long, irregular shadows. Cicadas and crickets buzzed softly, hardly noticable beneath the melodies of the stringed quartet playing under the trees. Roses, callas, and hydrangeas were laced in the vines intertwined around the brilliant white pergola set on a bright green lawn surrounded by 360 degree seating. With all family and friends in place and anxiously looking on...



Alexis and Miller got married!!!

































..and what a party they had!

Beautiful Smoky Mountains evening...

I've known Louise a very long time. We go way back!


The last time I was at her home in Benton, overlooking the mountains, I told her that sometime I wanted to photograph her family with those beautiful, blue mountain tops as her setting.

Wow! Did the evening weather cooperate... and Wow, did little Brown manage to hold off the sandman long enough to smile a few times before bedtime... and Wow, we owe Abigail a lot (She got Christin home through I-75 traffic jams and has a very special connection to Brown!)

We're very pleased that these turned out so beautifully and know that Louise is going to love them on her walls!










(Oh, and I think Granbe will love them, too!)

Hyson (and Tippie)

Hyson seemed a princess in a dream to us, in her formal dress of layered white organza with a contrasting teal sash and sitting in that big, leather chair. I loved her intensity and focus ....and what spunk! She kept us hopping.

























It was easy to make a beautiful, formal portrait of Hyson for her Nana, but Hyson really was more interested in her new puppy, Tippie, than us, and we struggled to get a few photographs of her WITHOUT Tippie. And when the time came for Tippie to join her in a few, she just lit up. Tippie has to be the cutest and sweetest puppy I've ever seen ( a Yorkie ).



















The portrait colors are going to perfectly coordinate and look fantastic on Nana's formal brick fireplace.

Ashley and Patrick's Wedding at Laurelwood

We just keep on being amazed at how fantastic our wedding couples can be and how much in love they are!




















...and how beautiful a couple!

























...and one of the most enthusiastic groups of friends we've ever met!
















Oh, yeah! Did I say enthusiastic? Brides always say that, "You've seen it all!" And truly we've seen a lot at weddings, but we've never seen a spontaneous football game break out at the reception between the groom's team and the bride's team. (No one was hurt and all were winners when the DJ called them back inside to dance!)

Trent and Paige

There are only a few weddings ever that I think I could post ONLY photographs of the bride and groom... This is one! Trent and Paige are so good together, that the emotion, passion, and beauty rise above the ordinary.






They chose to marry at the Rock Creek Fellowship quite a drive into the boondocks on Lookout Mountain. Yet, the chapel was filled with family and especially friends from Texas to New York to China. Wow! ...and they are friend magnets, too.








In the surround of their friends and family they committed their lives to God and to each other in a very moving and fun ceremony. Their lives will never be boring!

We wish them only the best of everything in life... But their families and friends have that covered for them!






We loved sharing the day! ...and the night!

Wes and Amanda

What a fun wedding day Wes and Amanda shared with their many friends and families! Amanda's brown-and-turquoise-colored theme was carried out beautifully from the bridesmaids' dresses and floral arrangements all the way to the monogrammed cookie favors.








Their puppy, Leroy, showed up in his bowtie just in time for a quick photograph.

















We went them off through a flurry of bubbles, and we all wish them the best!

Madeline and Sophie

Madeline's mom, Amanda, was in a panic!

Madeline has FIVE loose teeth. We have to get this photographed soon and no pizza for dinner.

So... after a couple of missed attempts we finally settled on a morning appointment in our portrait garden. And it sprinkled rain throughout. I reassured Amanda that the light would be beautiful for the portrait and a few spots on these beautiful dresses would not show.

Need I say more? They are beautiful!

2008 Cotton Ball

King Charlie Hon and his family...

One Hundred Years!

Last Sunday morning I was privileged to have been chosen to photograph the congregation of the Union Chapel in Walden (or as we all know it, The Little Brown Church). The occasion was their 100th homecoming celebration.

I was very pleased to have beautiful light, if only for a moment, when it came time for the photography. The people were very cooperative and all went as well as could be expected for this large a group.

We will be offering 8x10 copies at $20 each (Includes tax and shipping) through Karen Stone.

(Click on picture to enlarge it!)

Hugh

Hugh is Eric and Nancy's third... and a bold and self confident BOY! I can at least say that no one, nor any equipment, ended up in the creek.

I've photographed all of her kids at this location. It just works!
















We managed to tag-team him and somehow we ended up with excellent photographs.






























This one of Hugh playing in the water with a stick was an afterthought. I was trying to get a traditional photograph of him on the rock and looking at the camera, smiling. Well, he loved the water eventually and gave Nancy several photographs that look more like a painting.

Sam and Angie

This is getting to be a habit with us! Again, I've seen a young child that I began photographing very young, grow into a beautiful woman and become one of my brides.

With all of their brothers and sisters in the wedding and looking on, Angie's dad stopped the ceremony, giving her away and told the world how much he and her mother loved THEM and blessed their marriage. Wow, was that moving!!!




































Angie is as beautiful on the inside as on the outside. She's a teacher in Atlanta and I think her students have it made! Sam, you have a good one here!!!

They headed to a fabulous honeymoon in Hawaii and look forward to a fantastic life together.