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You know that feeling when everything just comes together beautifully? That was the feeling of this styled photoshoot! While the collaboration of several woman-run businesses made the event extra beautiful, the main credit should be given to Vanessa at Moser Manor Farm. This event was the product of her vision. She provided the beautiful setting […]

Commercial and Brand Photography, Families

Moser Manor Farm – Spring Tea Party

Moser Manor Farm Tea Party

When your creative outlet becomes your career, one can easily push parts of one’s creative voice to the backseat while dreaming up art for other people. I certainly wouldn’t trade my business, but several creative mentors reminded me lately that it’s good to take the time to make low-pressure art for yourself. So that’s something […]

Families

Valentine’s Day Photoshoot

Girls playing with mother's hair during hanging flower Valentine's photoshoot.

I’ll get straight to the point. I don’t have a green thumb, but I love photographing flowers. More specifically, I love photographing people with flowers. Blooms just bring such lovely color and texture to portraits. Thankfully, our area offers a variety of beautiful blooms throughout the spring and summer. Here’s my little guide to Chattanooga […]

Families

Chattanooga Flowers – A Photoshoot Guide

Photoshoot with Chattanooga Cherry Blossoms

I loved that Kate and Zac chose to take their engagement pictures at Kensington Cove Farm! This is where they will be saying “I do” in the spring of 2021, so it obviously will be a place of special meaning for them for the rest of their lives. Even a gloomy day that had us […]

Families

Kensington Cove Farm Engagement Photography Session – Kate and Zac

Kensington Cove Farm Engagement Session - Casual Engagement Session - Chattanooga Photographer

What an honor to be asked to document something as meaningful as a wedding day! Alex and Tyler’s Stratton Hall wedding day was beautiful. During the pre-booking consultation, Alex and I both chuckled when she told me her wedding would be outside in June. We both imagined 90 degree temps and thick as mud humidity. […]

Families

Stratton Hall Wedding : The Kitchens

Bride and groom portrait - Chattanooga Wedding Photographer - Stratton Hall - Chattanooga Wedding Venue

I ventured into this whole photography thing in the first place to document family. When Natalie asked me to schedule a Fayetteville TN family photography session to document Dru’s 1st birthday, I was thrilled. Long before I knew how to shoot in manual or owned a good lenses, I was the aunt taking all the […]

Families

Fayetteville TN Family Photography Session- The Hatchers

Fayetteville TN Photography Session - family of 3 lifestyle posing

Dayna reached out to book this summer vacation Lookout Mountain family photography session back in February. The whole extended family was coming from Michigan to vacation in Chattanooga. On top of it all, they were celebrating their youngest member’s 1st birthday! Chattanooga is such a great vacation spot for families! When I was a kid, […]

Families

Lookout Mountain Family Session – At The Retro Pad

Lookout Mountain Retro Pad - Lookout Mountain Photographer - extended family photos

Of course, I took about 1000 pictures during our trip to Orange Beach in May, so I thought I might as well blog them along with a few of my favorite memories from the trip. Beaching with three little ones is no joke, especially when two of them are loud crazies and one is a […]

Families

Hoagland Beach Trip – Orange Beach -2021

When Kara reached out to me about scheduling Signal Mountain family photos , I thought, “Wait, I recognize her!” We really should have met before now. Kara and I share so many connections. We graduated from the same high school just 2 years apart. We go to the same church (but different services). One of my […]

Families

Signal Mountain Family Photos – The Hamiltons

Signal Mountain photographer Kelley Hoagland takes family photo at McCoy Farms Chattanooga photo location. Family posing sitting.

5 grandsons, 2 daughters, and 50 years of marriage. Happy Golden Anniversary to the Nolans! It was such a joy to play a small part in this couple’s celebration by providing a Lookout Mountain anniversary photo session. When Andy was recovering from surgery a few weeks ago, inspiration struck. He decided it was time to […]

Families

Lookout Mountain Anniversary Photo Session: The Nolans