I’m excited to post my first baby announcement shoot on the blog! We had beautiful weather and they brought the cutest props – baby shoes are the best. They’re just so tiny. I met Tara and Dave at Belmont University – Tara and I were colleagues in the history department and Dave and I worked together in the library. I was thrilled when they asked me to do their baby announcement shoot and I am so happy for these two! Baby Bergfeld is going to be adorable! Congratulations Tara and Dave!

I’m so happy for these two! I have been friends with Katie and Eddie since the fall of 2008 when Katie and I entered the Center of Latin American Studies master’s program at Vanderbilt. Eddie graduated from the same master’s program in the spring of 2008 and he and Katie met that fall through CLAS mutual friends. They started dating pretty soon thereafter and have been together ever since – and they are one of my favorite couples on the planet. In the spring of 2010 Katie and Eddie were the very first couple to ever hire me to do a shoot – just a fun couples shoot around the Vanderbilt campus so Eddie would have photos of the two of them when he moved away to DC for work. I was so excited when they asked me to shoot their wedding – I feel like I’ve come full circle now. Their wedding was in Miami where the two of them now live and where Eddie grew up. The wedding was bilingual with Latin flair and the two of them worked up an awesome theme that centered around time – the past, present and future of their lives. The centerpieces were amazing – each one was interactive and had little artifacts from their lives like yearbooks, photos, little items from their childhood, even their Vanderbilt ID cards! It was so creative and I loved each little detail. That goes for the whole wedding – it was gorgeous all around, as you can see! Congratulations Katie and Eddie!!!

Wedding Coordinator & Designer: Beauty in the Making 

I’m past overdue on posting about this beautiful wedding! Lindsey and Bob got married on a beautiful October night in Austin – and I do mean beautiful. The weather was incredible and the location was right on the water with the sun setting behind the ceremony right as the couple was announced for the first time. The whole night was a giant party – the dance floor (also right next to the water) was occupied the whole night! I’m so glad to finally get the photos up – congratulations Lindsey and Bob! 

I am so excited to share these photos! Meaghan and Paul got married on a beautiful fall day in September at Traveller’s Rest Plantation. This is my favorite season of the year and everything about this wedding had “fall” written all over it – from the gorgeous colors of the bridesmaid dresses to the pumpkin decorations and apple cider refreshments. Paul and all of the groomsmen are in the Air Force and – to my delight – they did the arch of swords during the recessional and blocked Meaghan and Paul’s exit til they kissed. It was awesome. Also, if you’re wondering about the sleeves of the guys’ shirts – apparently those “party shirts” are an Air Force tradition. The guys have the sleeves replaced with fabric that could represent a team (or anything they want). So, between the awesome couple, fall weather and decor, military traditions and the adorable kiddos running around the whole time I had a total blast shooting this wedding. Enjoy the photos!

The Mudgett family is one of my all time favorite fams on the planet. Kellie Mudgett, the lovely blond mama of the bunch, is best friends with my aunt Shelley (yes – Shelley and Kellie! double trouble when those two get together) so we’ve been hanging out with this family when we go out to California every summer since that friendship started. Scott, Kellie’s awesome husband, plays in the garage band (and other bands around LA!) when we do the garage jam in the summers and both of them have been coming out to Nashville in the fall with my uncle John and aunt Shelley for the last 2 years to party it up on Broadway in the honkytonks. Javi and I can’t keep up with all of them (and my parents) – they stay out til the honkytonks close and then go get Waffle House. What a life. Kellie was also a superstar at my wedding and whipped us all into shape getting a schedule set for the reception and doing all kinds of awesome last minute decorating miracles before the reception started – she’s the Culinary Director at Disney and has the magic touch when it comes to planning events. I love her forever and ever for making my reception awesome. And then there are the Mudgett sisters Emily and Elise – two great girls that I’ve had the pleasure to get to know over the years who are smart, sweet and gorgeous to boot. When they asked me to do some family photos of them on the pier in Seal Beach I was obviously thrilled and, let’s face it, I couldn’t have an easier job – it’s hard to get a bad shot with such a fun group of folks. Kellie’s mom and Scott’s parents were also there for the shoot, so we got some great extended family shots as well. Enjoy!!

Meet the Stahl family! While I was in California my aunt booked a few sunset shoots with friends of hers for me, so I got to hang out with this fantastic family for an hour or so and photograph their awesomeness on the beach. Kali and Kris (adorable brother and sister – first pic) and Lisa and Bill are a tight-knit family and obviously have tons of fun together. Kris brought along his doggo – a little chihuahua named Bucks – who is just as much a member of the family as anyone (he even has an instagram account! check out @fatal_bucks). The weather was perfect and I love how the photos came out! Enjoy the photos and check out Lisa’s blog and the family’s clothing line Fatal (awesome stuff!).

Deanna is my smart, talented and absolutely stunning little cousin. “Little” – the girl is 3 or more inches taller than me but I try not to think about that too much. She’s going into her senior year in high school and needed some senior photos for her yearbook. She lives in Washington state but wanted some photos on the beach, so we met up back in June in Seal Beach where some of our family lives and got some shots along the pier, under the pier on the beach, in the water and along Main St. It was so much fun for me to take her senior photos and get to hang out with her for the weekend in California and I’m thrilled with the way everything turned out! Here’s to an amazing senior year, Deanna!

Happy engagement to Jon and Heather! I’m so excited to be working with these two – they are an adorable couple, super fun and have some enviable organization skills. When I met these two they had only recently gotten engaged and they already had their date set, location (at a vineyard in TN! Ah!) and band booked. I think it’s safe to say this is going to be a really fun wedding!  We had a blast at the Ellington Agricultural Center – 8 years living in Nashville and I’d never heard of this place til they told me they wanted their photos done there. It was a beautiful area with plenty of opportunities for awesome photos and we definitely took advantage. Can’t wait to shoot their wedding in 2013!

This year’s 4th of July festivities were pretty different from last year’s! We weren’t poolside, there was no beer pole, Choripan isn’t an adorable little puppy anymore and we didn’t go over to my parents house. We did have a fantastic day full of American beer, grilling out, fun photos and little Anne Claire (the adorable toddler wearing the USA ‘fit in last year’s post!). Around mid-morning Melanie and Steve came over with AC and we grilled out, swung AC in the hammock and enjoyed air conditioning and good company while AC was passed out on our bed for her mid-afternoon nap. Around 5 or so Javi and I went over to our friends Josh and Sandy’s house for more grilling out, beer, bocce ball and good company. Obviously I wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to take dozens of photos of AC, sizzling food, cigar smoke and American things, so below are some favorites for your viewing pleasure! Hope everyone had a great mid-week holiday!

I’m so excited to share these photos!! About a month ago Ann and Patrick got married here in Nashville at Second Presbyterian Church. Ann is a friend of mine from Second and I was thrilled when she asked me to shoot her wedding. Everything Ann plans, organizes, creates and dreams up is elegant and classy but at the same time super fun and laid back, which is a hard combination to achieve! I knew her wedding would be something special and it definitely was. Ann and Patrick met in 2010 when Ann was living in New York and rooming with Patrick’s brother’s fiancee. Patrick came in town from the UK for a few days to visit his brother and was introduced to the lovely, charming Ann and, as fate would have it, the volcano in Iceland erupted grounding air travel to and from the UK for a couple of weeks, extending Patrick’s stay. After a year of back-and-forth travel between the UK and NYC, they got engaged in Portugal in 2011. It doesn’t get much more romantic than that! Patrick is in the British Army (a captain, if I’m not mistaken) and returned from Afghanistan about a month before the wedding and now they are living in England together. Their wedding was a total blast and I had such a great time capturing the whole thing. Congratulations Ann and Patrick!!