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Engagement Session- Brad & Alicia

My long-time dear friend and roommate Alicia is engaged and getting married in a few weeks! I was so excited to go out with her and her fiance Brad last week and do an engagement photo session. I'm in the wedding, so I won't be photographing the actual wedding, but I know our friend Katy is going to do an amazing job (she's an awesome photographer in the Baton Rouge area if anyone needs a photographer there!). After doing this session, I'm actually a little jealous of Katy that she gets to photograph them on their big day! But it will be fun to just sit back and enjoy a wedding. It's been awhile since I've been able to do that :)

Anyways, Brad and Alicia and I drove out to Leiper's Fork area and had so many options for backdrops, I was going a little crazy. There are a lot of pictures in this post, but mostly because I know you all want to see them. So here we go...





Isn't Alicia just SOOOOO beautiful?!?



Awww, look at how sweet Brad is to Alicia....



And of course, we had to take a few with the sweet little pups!

I am sooo excited for Brad & Alicia's wedding in just a few weeks! It's gonna be a great celebration and I'm so honored to be apart of it. And don't worry, even though I'm not photographing the wedding, I will probably take my camera along that day and take a few pics. And I promise to stay out of your way Katy!!

Baby shower - Melissa

Melissa is about to have her first baby girl, and she contacted me to photograph the shower her lovely friends hosted for her a few weeks ago. Her friends did a wonderful job decorating with lots of pinks (and some blues), and had an easter/spring/birds theme throughout.



They had a sweet bird cake made by Puffy Muffin Bakery, and the baby will be named Presley June. What a sweet name!

Melissa is glowing with excitement for her baby girl, and she had a lot of fun opening all the sweet gifts from her dear friends.

Congratulations Melissa! I can't wait to meet (and hopefully photograph) Presley June!

Baby session - Maddie

Spring has finally showed up in Nashville. Welcome back, Spring. We have missed you. This might be my favorite time of year, especially for setting up photoshoots. I just want to be outside all the time! The sun in shining, the trees are blooming, the breeze is a-blowin' and it makes for a beautiful backdrop for photos.

I recently spent some time with a sweet little girl named Maddie in Centennial Park. Her mom Emmy contacted me about doing some 6 month photos of Maddie, and we thought the park would make the perfect location. I was so excited when Emmy showed up with a lot of fun spring outfits for Maddie and props for the shoot. Here are a few of my faves from the shoot.




I really loved these of Maddie in a basket.

Engagement Session- Jesse & Camille

I am so excited about these photos...I can't believe it took me so long to post them! I did this session in January before I left for India, but got distracted with the photos from my trip.

I heard about Camille through many mutual friends, all of them swearing that we must know each other. She's a photographer and it seemed like we should of met each other long ago, but we just met for the first time at Davey & Erin's wedding back in August. Long story short...we met, hit it off, she saw the photos of Davey & Erin's wedding and booked me to photograph her and Jesse's wedding in May! I was really excited because they are such a fun, creative couple, and I knew Camille would know how to work it in front of the camera since she spends so much time directing people from behind the camera (p.s. she is an AMAZING photographer). Anyways, I met up with Jesse and Camille in downtown Franklin and our first stop was McCreary's Pub, (location of their first date) where we had a pint and captured these awesome shots.


Then we just took a stroll down main street and Jesse and Camille did their thing.


Camille is gorgeous and her eyes are this piercing blue color. I loved these two shots.

And one more fun shot.

I'm so excited to photograph Jesse & Camille in a few weeks at their wedding!

Family Session - Jon/Kelley/Isaiah/Aaron

I've really been slacking on the blogging lately. I've done a few shoots over the last few months that I have not blogged about yet! I know my 10 followers on here are DIEING to see what I've been photographing lately ;) So to my ten beloved fans/followers, I am sorry. But I have some good stuff to post! I'll start with the lovely, amazing Owens family! They have been featured on my blog before, but they've had an addition to their family. Meet sweet little Aaron.



Of course, I had to do a few fun shots with the full-of-life-and-fun Isaiah. This kid cracks me up!


Peace out!

Paris

On our way back from India, Jan and I decided to stop in Paris for two cold, but fun-packed days in what has now become one of my favorite cities in the world! I've been to Paris before, but maybe I was young and didn't appreciate it as much, but I could not get enough of it while we were there. I've been thinking about it a lot since we've come back and can't wait to visit again.

This is how Jan and I started every day: amazing coffee and delicious croissants in a quaint cafe!

The first day, we had a full day. Walked from our hotel so we could see more of the city, and visited Notre Dame, with its beautiful exterior and interior shots. I was having to refrain myself from taking too many pictures!






Then we headed to Sainte-Chapelle to see the gorgeous floor to ceiling stained glass windows, and they were worth the price and the wait in line to see them in person.


Then we had a bit of lunch and wandered around the George Pompidue Museum for a few hours, taking in some art, and rode the escalators to the top to see this view of the city.

We ended our day at the Eiffel Tower. It was gorgeous at night!

The next day, we headed to the Louvre, only to discover they are closed on Tuesday. We still took a few photos outside of it.


Decided to stop for some espresso and a crepe.

Next we headed to Montmartre, and climbed up the streets and the stairs to the Basilique du Sacré-Coeur and saw a group of children getting ready to release balloons. We weren't sure what it was all about, but it was fun to watch.


It was adorable hearing all the children say "Au revoir!" to the balloons as they floated off into the sky.

The rest of the day, we just wandered around the streets of Paris and enjoyed it all.



It was sad to go after only two days, but I will definitely be back. If you'd like to see even more pictures of Paris, click HERE and enjoy!