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Tyler Layman is the epitome of a country boy. If he isn’t working, he can probably be found out on the water fishing, in the woods hunting, or on a baseball field. The light was gorgeous during his senior session at Greenway Farms Hixson. But honestly, I was more excited about spending time with him, […]


First Birthday Session with Mom’s Wedding Dress | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer Little Miss Eleanor’s officially a one-year-old! We celebrated with an extra special first birthday session at Black Fox Farms. Before the session, Katie had the cutest idea of having Eleanor sit on and wear her wedding dress. What a sweet way to repurpose mommy’s […]
A Session for High School Sweethearts at Historic Church in Downtown Chattanooga | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer They were high school sweethearts. He was her first date and first kiss, and now they’re engaged! How much cuter could Haley & Blaine’s love story get?! Actually, it’ll get even more cute after their elopement in Alaska in […]


Bree & Jonathan Lowery’s Anniversary Session in the Cherokee National Forest | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer Am I getting old? Bree’s my childhood friend’s younger sister. In my mind, she should still be playing on a middle school’s playground, not celebrating her second wedding anniversary!!! It was so wild for me to have gotten the chance […]
Hidden Springs Venue | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer I was just entering my busiest weeks of business EVER when Jessi asked me if I’d come two weeks later to photograph this Vintage Charleston Styled Shoot at Hidden Springs Venue. I had just toured the venue the week before, and had just done another styled shoot […]


A Southern Blue Ridge Mountain Wedding | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer Having a wedding during a pandemic isn’t easy on anyone involved. It attempted to steal so much joy from Danae & Scot’s wedding at a Blue Ridge Mountain wedding venue. In some areas it undoubtedly did. How could it not?! But Danae & Scot inspired me […]
Woodland Styled Shoot at Kensington Cove Farm | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer I’m still over the moon about this shoot and all of the vendors I got to work with who made it easy to photograph gorgeous images at the Kensington Cove Farm Styled Shoot. Since there was so much to photograph there, Hollyn & Nathan […]

Whimsical Styled Shoot at Kensington Cove Farm | Chattanooga Wedding Photographer When Betsy asked me to be one of the three photographers for a styled shoot at Kensington Cove Farm, my fingers sped across my keyboard to quickly answer, “YES!” For a while now, I’ve been watching Betsy and her family’s labor of love as […]


Like everyone else and their mother, we started a home garden during the COVID-19 quarantine. I’m not one to jump on bandwagons, but we’d been talking about it for some time, and with food shortages and other concerns during the pandemic, we decided to go for it! Gardening is foreign to me. Thankfully, Jimmy’s family […]