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Hello friend!! I am so thrilled you are here and browsing the site! Finding the perfect photographer for you and your life long memories is a pretty important task. My style is one that fits well with those that want a timeless, classic, true to life gallery that is full of laughter and joy.

It was so great to reconnect with Brittney and Jon this past week. It feels like an eternity since we have last seen each other. We first met up in early February (you know before the world stopped spinning due to a global pandemic) 😳 and started talking about their wedding day. These two are […]

Fall Golden Hour Garden Engagement | Brittney & Jon

September 22, 2020

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The day has finally come! Drew & Savannah started their new journey as husband and wife in a beautiful forest wedding ceremony at Hiwassee River Weddings and Events last week. I have been waiting for this wedding for such a long time and it was everything and more I had imagined. Last June I received […]

Lush Forest Wedding in Blush and Navy

September 20, 2020

The Knoxville Wedding Collective began earlier this summer as a place to help local Knoxville wedding vendors network and collaborate and learn and grow together as a community. I am so excited to be a founding member in the photography category. Last week, we had our first styled shoot showcasing downtown Knoxville and an elopement […]

Downtown Knoxville Styled Elopement | Knoxville Wedding Collective

September 7, 2020

Garden reception at the Boyd Harvey House and Gardens Caris and Jacob has been a couple for over 2 years and through long distance and life changes they are so ready to start their lives together. They actually met through a dating app, she in Knoxville and he in Nashville all while they were both […]

Intimate Garden Wedding | Caris & Jacob | Knoxville, TN

August 23, 2020

Intimate garden wedding

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Capitol Theatre Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Pack. Mallory and Hunter were married just two short weeks ago in a lovely intimate catholic ceremony. The ceremony was held at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Townsend on the banks of the Little River. The ceremony included a […]

Intimate Catholic Wedding | Townsend, TN | Mallory and Hunter

July 31, 2020

Avery and Eli have been planning their wedding day long before Covid-19 and Quarantine were words used in the daily lives of Americans. So while they will be celebrating again in April of 2021 with the regularly scheduled “wedding day”, these two still took their vows and were married on their original wedding date of […]

Married during Quarantine – Avery & Eli

May 2, 2020

Skylar and Sean are getting married this fall and I can not wait for their Halloween wedding. Last week we were able to finally meet up for their engagement session. The nasty world pandemic caused us to delay our session for a few weeks, but I was so happy to be back out photographing my […]

Spring Engagement Session | Skylar & Sean

April 30, 2020

Merry Christmas Eve!  Perfect timing for a new blog post. You guys!!! This fall season has been one for the record books.  I have been so blessed to work with so, so many amazing couples, families and seniors this year and this fall has been so very busy.  I was so honored when Avery and […]

Downtown Knoxville Engagement Session | Avery & Eli

December 24, 2019

I was blessed to be asked to photograph an amazing intimate Catholic wedding on December 6, 2019.  You see Danielle and Matthew were actually married in a small, private courthouse wedding nearly 12 years ago.  Last week they were finally able to have the wedding they always wanted… in front of their Church, their family […]

Intimate Catholic Wedding | Danielle & Matthew

December 18, 2019

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So prepare yourself for ALL this beauty coming!!  You may remember earlier this summer when Drew reached out to me to photograph his proposal to Savannah!  You can look back on that surprise moment here. After photographing the proposal I was lucky enough to be selected as their wedding photographer!!!  I CAN NOT wait.  Drew […]

Hiwassee River Weddings | Engagement Session | Drew & Savannah

October 27, 2019