Here are some of the photos…

Tommy and Heather’s long awaited wedding day started out as a rainy Halloween morning. But by early afternoon the sun came out and provided the backdrop for another beautiful Cedarwood wedding and reception.

Since this was my first “Halloween wedding,” I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was very impressed by the planning and design done by the team at Cedarwood. From the creatively carved pumpkins, table settings and floral arrangements (by Cedarwood’s Karen Wright) to the masquerade masks and china balls, this wedding was really fun to shoot…especially in High Definition!

Tommy & Heather, you guys really know how to have fun! Thanks for letting us be a part of your awesome day. Enjoy your video!

We also enjoyed working with Doug & Arline with Ace Photography, and you’ll see many of their incredible photographs incorporated into the Highlight Video (posted above).

Below are some still frames I’ve taken from the video.

Normally I blog about video and photos I take for other people, but this post is about MY family! My wife Marie and I took our 3 kids to Walden’s Farm to pick out a pumpkin, but we also played in the corn maze, rode a hayride, fed some animals, climbed giant hay bails, etc. It was a great time and I took a few pictures along the way.

A few days later we carved one of the pumpkins and the video above captures that little experience. Below are some photos from the pumpkin patch…

Shooting the Daswani family was a lot of fun! Vinay and Nice have 3 awesome kids that know how to pose for the camera (well, most of the time). It’s always a challenge when young children are involved in a photo shoot, but I love the challenge. They actually had a photo session a few years ago at this very location, so they wanted to come back and do it again.

Here are a few more of my favorites…

For Cesar and Susan’s engagement photos, we decided to head out to Centennial Park in Nashville one brisk Fall Saturday morning. They brought along their 2 dogs, Bella and Benny, who of course had to be in the photos as well!

We will be shooting Cesar and Susan’s wedding (both video + photography) next Summer but we wanted to shoot the engagement session now in order to take advantage of the Fall colors!

Here are a few more of the photos…

Clinton & Lymari’s wedding took place at the beautiful Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville. They were great couple to get to know and I enjoyed being able to video their wedding. Helen Morisette did a great job as usual coordinating the wedding, as well as the reception which was at The University Club. There was certainly no shortage of dancers on the dance floor this night!

It was also great to get to work with their photographer Angie Sliger again!

Here are some stills from the video…

I love shooting families (in the good way of course)! The Evan’s family are great friends so that makes it even more enjoyable. We actually did this photo session in November of 2007. I wasn’t blogging back then so I thought I would share these photos as I start shooting Fall Family Photos this year!

The Evan’s are an awesome family with a great story (that I don’t have room to go into here!). They grew up in Belize as a family of 7, and I have had the pleasure of meeting all of them at one point or another. Mom and Dad still live in Belize with 2 of their 5 children, and the other 3 children live here in Nashville. So while they were here visiting, we took the opportunity to take some family shots with their oldest girls (Tanya & Nila) and 2 of their adorable grandchildren (Ella & Zoe). Even Grandpa Evans came along to join in the fun (the last photo with him is my favorite).

Charles & Abby had a beautiful wedding at Brentwood United Methodist Church. Their wedding planner, Jenny Richter (jennyrichterevents@gmail.com) made sure every detail happened just as they had planned, and the reception at Richland Country Club was full of dancing, good food, and awesome memories.

The song Charles and Abby selected for their first dance was “L-O-V-E” by Nat King Cole, and it’s also the song they selected to use for their Highlight Video (posted above). As the night went on, the little flower girls and ring bearer, after having about all they could bare, laid down on the couch (right next to the dance floor) and went to sleep. I’m not quite sure how kids are able to do that. See the stills below to see a couple shots of that.

It was also great to get to work with their photographer Helen Burrus again (helenburrusphotography).

Here are some stills from the video…

Whenever I am asked to be a part of a couple’s rehearsal dinner, I always feel a special bond is created. I learn so much about them, their families and friends during that time, and it helps me know how to better document the rest of their weekend.

The ceremony at Scarritt-Bennett was beautiful, as was the reception at Cedarwood. At the reception, Adam & Ava’s first dance started off nice and sweet like one would expect, then abruptly broke into a myriad of crazy dance moves along with the appropriate medley of iconic dance songs. You’ll have to watch the highlight video to know what I’m talking about. I’ve actually seen a few couples do this kind of first dance this year. Fun stuff!

The dancing didn’t stop there, nor did the fog machine and light show. I loved the frog prince groom’s cake too (see photo below)!

It was also great working with Chris their photographer (Christopher Brady Photography).

Here are some still frames from the video…