Engagement Photography| Shelbyville Engagement Photographer

I hope everyone else is cheering their way into this New Year. This couple was an absolute blast during their engagement shoot. They let themselves enjoy each other and had lots of laughs, genuine laughs. People tend to overthink their session and what they should do during their shoot. My advice is genuinely to be yourself and let yourself have fun with your photos. You want to look back on your engagement photos and remember your session being a fun time. Bring a beer and have some fun.

Fall Photography| Sparta, Tennessee Photographer

Fall mini’s are always some of my favorite sessions to shoot. Most of my fall mini clients are recurring clients, so I love seeing how families change between sessions. Fall photos turn out to be some of the best photos for clients. I think the golden sunshine, fall wardrobe, and the fact it’s not 90 degrees outside helps with that. If you only choose one time of the year to have portraits made, definitely pick the fall. The colors always pop.

Reality of Picture Day| Middle, TN Children's Photographer

I know we all love looking at the Pinterest perfect pictures of kids photos, but let's be honest kids have off days. They could be perfect little angels and do everything just how you want them to or they could cry the entire time. This family session turned out to be a good session, but there was a lot of crying and very few smiles. That's the reality of kids though, their true reality. They cry, smile, throw fits, have off days, etc. I know when you get to finally have family photos taken, you want them at their best, but having a photograph of them smiling or having one with them also being themselves throwing a fit, is a good photo as well. Embrace the perfection, but also embrace the other side of it. Remember that's reality for the rest of our lives!

Agee Wedding Photography| Sparta, TN Photographer

Even though this Mr.and Mrs. got married in Gatlinburg, they wanted to have a session at home with the kids involved. If you decide to elope, you can still get dressed up and have pictures taken at home or after-the-fact. Sometimes when you book a venue out-of-town, you don’t get much say so on who your photographer is. I mean, I know the groom won’t want to get dressed up twice, but what bride doesn’t want to get dressed up in their wedding gown again.