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{Just Married} Jennifer + Chris

July 17, 2014 2:44 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

As promised, here are photos from Jennifer and Chris’s wedding day!

Jennifer and Chris were married at Lichterman Nature Center.

The string quartet playing incidental music before the wedding

Jennifer’s sister Stephanie helps with the train

Jennifer’s father and mother seeing her for the first time in her wedding dress

Jennifer’s father, admiring the beautiful bride

Jennifer’s bouquet (all the wedding flowers were really beautiful!)

Getting ready for some photos in front of the big fireplace in Lichterman

Jennifer and her parents

Bride and bridesmaids (Stephanie, Crystal, and Corinna)

Waiting for the ceremony to begin, surrounded by stuffed wildlife! Truly a unique experience at a wedding.

The ceremony itself was in the amphitheater at Lichterman.

Chris, waiting to see his bride

Ring bearer – Jennifer’s son Liam


Chris, showing Liam that the bridal party is making its way down the aisle

I think someone’s just catching a glimpse of his bride for the first time!

The bride has arrived!

Giving her away

Ecstatic bride

The couple’s friend/officiant serenaded them during the ceremony

The flower girl, with a front row seat to the ceremony

Jennifer’s mother, sitting with Liam

You may now kiss the bride!

The receiving line after the ceremony

Lovey dovey

*Clink*

Bridesmaid, holding the flower girl’s basket AND the bride’s train

With the flower girl and ring bearer (plus the ring bear?)

Mother and son. So sweet.

Chris and Liam. Look at these sharp-dressed men!

I liked the way she was stood there with her hand on Liam’s shoulder

The littlest members of the wedding party

Jennifer and Chris, with their respective parents

We went down to a wooded area by the lake to take portraits of the wedding party.

Getting the wedding party arranged

Corinna, holding up a tree

Groom and groomsmen

While the guests were having “cocktail hour,” the three of us went down to a gazebo to capture some images of just Jennifer and Chris…


After we finished taking portraits of everyone, it was time to head to the reception! The reception was held in the Davidson Special Event Pavilion on the nature center’s grounds.  Because the wedding took place mid-morning, the reception featured brunch foods.

Taking their places at the reception

Details from the reception

Scenes from the reception


Jennifer and Chris’s “first dance”

Liam, watching Jennifer and Chris dancing

A very tender father-daughter dance

Cake cutting

Liam wanted a bite of the cake, too!

Time to retrieve the garter!

Tearing up the dance floor

June 1, 2014, • Lichterman Nature Center • Memphis, Tennessee

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{Just Married} Susan + Scott: The Bonus Photos

December 12, 2013 1:41 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Better late than never, I’ve finally gotten together a few film photos from Susan and Scott’s wedding!

This was my first time using my Bronica ETRSi at a wedding, and I think I will have to bring along an assistant to carry it next time I use it at a wedding! Since Susan is a fellow film photography enthusiast, I gave her a bit of a thrill when I let her hold the Bronica – though she’s so petite that the camera looked super-sized in her hands! She must not have found that to be a problem, because she got herself an ETRS not too long after 🙂

Bronica ETRSi • Kodak Portra 160 color film & Lomography Lady Grey 400 b&w film

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Weddings, as a Guest {Part One}

October 17, 2013 11:10 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Subtitled: “Mirrorless Wedding Photography

If my calculations are correct, it had been a full THREE YEARS since I’d attended a wedding as a guest rather than as the wedding photographer. Having two weddings to attend in the month of September was a wonderful treat for me. Being me, of course, I didn’t go to the weddings sans camera. That would be just plain silly! One of my favorite things to do as a photographer is document fun times I’m having with friends, and that’s just what I did at these two weddings.

This actually another post about my Samsung NX1100. When I whipped that camera out at my friend Matt’s wedding, those around me were impressed with its looks and were more than happy to let me photograph them with it (pro tip: never underestimate the value of having a cool looking camera when you want to have people engage with you and allow you to take their photograph.) This was also my first real opportunity to use the little accessory pop-up flash that came with the NX1100.

Part One: Matt & Lauren’s Wedding Reception • Central Train Station • Memphis, TN 

Bouquets on the wedding cake table

Wedding cake

Groom’s cake

Central Train Station

Guest book table in the lobby

The clutch I carried to the wedding. It’s where I stashed my NX1100 when not in use.


Cutting of the cake

And so begin the snapshots of my friends…

Amy and Daniel, who also got married a few weeks after this! 

The Wagenschutzes

The only and only Jason Baker

A family portrait of sorts: Jason, Kimberly, Adam, and Ty

Jason and Amy

So much dancing

Jason and Eli

Brotherly love between JoelG and JasonB

We obviously had a blast, so it’s fair to say that this camera will be accompanying me to social occasions where I just want some fun snapshots of my friends. Plus, I thought the NX1100 delivered on some of the nicer photos I took around the reception venue. I’m so glad I sold my point-and-shoot digital camera and picked up a mirrorless one. Never looking back!

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{Just Married} Susan + Scott

October 11, 2013 1:54 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Susan and Scott’s wedding day!

Susan and Scott’s wedding was at Grace-St. Luke’s in Memphis.  As Susan showed me around the church and the hall where their reception would be held, I asked her what she wanted from her wedding photos. Her reply was “Impressions of the day.”  So impressions of the day were what I tried to deliver!

Susan’s bouquet (later named “Bob”) and the bridesmaids’ bouquets 

Corsages for Susan’s mother and those who read scripture/prayers during the service

Susan helping her mother get ready before the ceremony

Bride and groom portraits before the service

Scott’s girls/Susan’s bridesmaids, Sarah Grace and Shannon

More pre-wedding portraits of the wedding party

The bride made the bread they’d use for taking communion during the ceremony! 

Susan, looking over the wedding program

Susan and her mother

Rev. Lawson, the wedding’s officiant 

Acolytes, preparing before the service 

Rev. Lawson, conversing with Sarah Grace and Susan

While the guest list was small, making the wedding an intimate affair, Grace-St. Luke’s is a rather large church. The wedding guests were allowed to sit in the choir seats in the chancel (area around the alter) instead of the pews in the nave. I thought that was really awesome! Having a wedding in a large, beautiful space but with the feel of a smaller chapel with your friends and loved ones really close to you during the ceremony!

The ceremony

Yay! Married! 

The OBVIOUSLY happy couple

Getting the marriage license paperwork taken care of has never been so cute! Look at Susan!

Reception noms

There’s good ole Bob the Bouquet again

The BEAUTIFUL wedding cake (and tasty, too – I felt compelled to verify its deliciousness)

These young ladies clearly enjoyed themselves at the reception

Scott and Susan, with Susan’s brother and his family

Time to cut that cake! 

First dance as husband and wife

Guests tearing up the dance floor at the reception

Photos with friends

I hope I gave Susan and Scott “impressions” of their wedding day with these photos. I also hope that everyone can see how truly happy everyone involved in the day was – from the bride and groom, to their good friends and family who were in attendance. Happy faces, all around! Congratulations, Susan and Scott!

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