Lara & Charles’s Wedding
Saturday, June 4th, 2011Lara and Charles were married a few weeks ago at Congregation Micah in Brentwood, with a reception at the War Memorial in downtown Nashville. The event was superbly coordinated by Kristin and her team from Simply Stunning Events. Studio BBC styled the girls’ hair and makeup, Holliday handled the flowers, Chef’s Market prepared the meal, Cakes by Shara made the cake, and Cosmo Creations provided the music for the reception.
So in this case I met with Mom first, as the couple were busy with making Vandy Med look easy. Mom told me “my daughter looks kind of like a young Meg Ryan,” while I nicely smiled and nodded thinking “sure… EVERYONE’S mother thinks they look like an attractive celebrity.” However, I will now admit that I totally see what Lara’s mom was saying: score one for her. As you might guess from the acrobatic donning of the garter shot and the seriously impressive groom lift on the dance floor, Lara has a pretty serious athletic background in addition to being pretty and brilliant. Ya did good Charles.
My images were recorded on Kodak Portra and Ilford B&W films using Leica, Mamiya, and Canon equipment.
If you are interested in registering to see the entire wedding and/or to purchase prints, you can follow the link here.





image by Daniel Shaw





image by Daniel Shaw

right image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw

images by Daniel Shaw

image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw

image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw



Jennifer & James’ Engagment
Friday, May 7th, 2010Jennifer & James are a gorgeous couple who are good on camera, willing to jump in a flooded creek for photos, and they like grainy B&W film.
I’m in love.
They will be married at Riverwood Mansion at the end of the month. Thanks to Jonathan Fletcher for the able assistance and behind-the-scenes shooting.

Kodak Tri-X 400

Kodak Tri-X 400



Ilford Delta 3200 @1600

Ilford Delta 3200 @1600

Ilford Delta 3200 @1600

Ilford Delta 3200 @1600



Ilford Delta 3200 @1600


Ilford HP5+

Ilford HP5+
image by Jonathan Fletcher
Courtney & George’s Engagement Session
Sunday, April 5th, 2009Mother nature was throwing curveballs on Sunday: alternately beautiful and blustery. Courtney, George and I went back and forth a few times on whether we were going to postpone the shoot, but ultimately decided that Tennessee weather in the spring is going to be unpredictable no matter what. Got a bit of a late start, but we made the most of some patches of beautiful light before the storms started rolling in. An hour into the session, the serious weather showed up and we snapped a few dramatic sky shots before calling it a day. You guys still owe me a game of mini-golf!
These images were photographed at Percy Warner Park, home of the Nashville Steeplechase!












