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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 […]

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Chattanooga Flowers – Photographer’s Guide

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Are you new to Chattanooga or possibly vacationing? Perhaps you’re wondering what to do in Chattanooga? Well you’ve come to a wonderful city. Indeed, there’s a reason lots of people are moving here and staying. We’ve got mountains, lakes, a river, and a vibrant downtown life. There are so many yummy restaurants worth visiting and […]

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What to do in Chattanooga?

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One of my favorite things about providing Signal Mountain newborn photography is meeting new families, but also catching up with dear families I already know! When I came to the Dowlen home, the amount their sons had grown shocked me! I last photographed the Dowlen family in the fall at an event for Chattanooga Roots. […]

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Signal Mountain Newborn Photography

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 […]

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Kensington Cove Farm Engagement Photography Session – Kate and Zac

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

Summer sessions can be challenging for families with littles, ya’ll! The sun goes down really late in the summer. this pushes the ideal timing for photo session past bedtime. Nonetheless, the Gibson’s nailed it when we got together Chattanooga birthday photo session at Renaissance Park to document Turner becoming a 1 year old. Katherine put […]

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Chattanooga Birthday Photo Session – The Gibsons

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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. […]

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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 […]

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Fayetteville TN Family Photography Session- The Hatchers

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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, […]

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Lookout Mountain Family Session – At The Retro Pad

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

I met the Boyds for an early morning Chattanooga birthday photo session to mark Kinsley’s 1st birthday. She had celebrated with a full day of birthday festivities the day before our shoot. Despite the busy weekend, Kinsley gave us some of the sweetest little toothy grins at Heritage Park. Through work, church, and this photography […]

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Chattanooga Birthday Photo Session: The Boyds

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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 […]

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Hoagland Beach Trip – Orange Beach -2021