Amber & Rachel’s Wedding
Sunday, November 6th, 2011I was honored to chronicle the wedding of Amber & Rachel a few weeks ago here in Nashville. Obviously, there are some ways in which this was an unusual wedding for Tennessee… but over the course of the day I was far more struck by the fact that this wedding was fundamentally the same as most that I shoot: two people who love each other were married in a solemn church ceremony, surrounded by family and friends. Just another beautiful Saturday in Nashville celebrating a couple’s commitment to each other.
Amber & Rachel: thanks for letting me be there to celebrate with you.
Gesica & Dan’s Wedding
Sunday, June 12th, 2011Gesica & Dan were married in Rochester, Michigan at the Oak Arbor Church, with a reception that followed at Cherry Creek Golf and Banquet Center.
The schedule for this wedding was a little different than the way most days run down here in Nashville: we started coverage at 7am, but the reception was over around 6… with all of the bridal party scheduled to remain after for an extensive portrait segment. As we moved through the afternoon reception, I noticed that the weather was looking highly questionable, so I pulled Gesica & Dan aside for some quick portraits out on the course. The end of the reception came, and we had just enough time to do some quick group shots before the sky opened up, and we all rushed back inside to the now abandoned reception hall.
There weren’t a ton of indoor settings that were speaking to me for the portraiture that we still needed, so we commandeered the projector screen that had been used for the slideshow, lowered it as close to the floor as it would go (held down with chairs), and set up a mini-studio. I feel that these images have a unique character and definitely show off the personalities of the bridal party.
Thank you to Andrew Welsh of Rochester, NY for providing your skill and perspective throughout the day.
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images by Andrew Welsh
image by Andrew Welsh
image by Andrew Welsh
image by Andrew Welsh
image by Andrew Welsh
image by Andrew Welsh
Melissa & David: Eloped
Friday, October 22nd, 2010Melissa and David are great friends of ours. They had been planning on getting married next year, but shifted their plans to a very relaxed spur-of-the-moment nuptial…. this is a screen capture of their actual decision-making process:
(Notice the time-stamp on those messages).
Anyway, I had taken the weekend off for my 30th birthday… but Melissa asked if I would come out for a few hours and take pictures of her wedding, and we wouldn’t have been anywhere else. You may recognize the tall lady in the background, helping Melissa get ready. You know what I love about this wedding? Everyone is having fun. Nobody is hung up on appearances, and everyone is thrilled to be there. Even when the zombies showed up, everyone kept having a good time.
Oh, the zombies?
Melissa & David had checked downtown Nashville’s schedule for Titans games, Predator games, and other various events…. but they neglected to realize that 10/10/10 was also the scheduled date for the Nashville Zombie walk, and Riverfront Park was ground zero. So we had a ceremony surrounded by zombies, although they were mostly fairly considerate flesh-eating ghouls.
Tech note: This set was shot entirely on film.
Melissa’s cat: Studmuffin
Purchase of the wedding cake
First zombie sighting
The carriage driver’s dog was awesome
‘Lissa doesn’t seem impressed with the ice cream
Let me tell you, this zombie was motivated. Low-crawling on pavement is rough.
Shelby & Alex’s Wedding
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Shelby & Alex were married at Connell Memorial United Methodist Church in Goodlettsville, TN this past Saturday on a sultry (hot!) summer day. Shelby got her hair and makeup done at Z Salon, while the guys spent the morning golfing at the appropriately-named Shelby Park Golf Course.
One thing that I saw that was new to me was that Shelby & Alex chose to combine a unity cross instead of the more traditional unity candle. They combined a piece from each of them to form one cross, which will be displayed in their home. You can see detail photos in this set of both the separate pieces and the finished cross.
My favorite image in this set is of Alex’s grandfather spinning his girlfriend around the dance floor. The man has some moves.
The couple also chose to have an anniversary dance, and I enjoy the image of the couple bracketed by both sets of parents on the dance floor.
The last photo is significant in that Alex is a huge Memphis Tigers fan, and so certain unnamed individuals decorated his car with a strong University of Tennessee theme, including a profession of love for UT’s head basketball coach Bruce Pearl. Alex was bemused.
Thanks for having Daniel and I as part of your day guys!
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
Alex & his soon-to-be father-in-law
image by Daniel Shaw
image by Daniel Shaw
The New Vintage Collections Sample
Thursday, June 24th, 2010The new Vintage Collections sample is here!
This is a hand-made matted album, constructed lovingly and of the finest materials. This sample is 12×12″ in size, and is comprised of 62 exquisite darkroom fiber prints from Jennifer & Eric’s wedding (shot entirely on B&W film). The prints are sized 4×6″ and 6×9″. The book is protected by a beautiful hard case. This is quite simply the finest album that I could put together, working with the best craftspeople in their respective fields. If words like “hand-made,” “artisanal,” and “classic” resonate with you, then you owe it to yourself to see this volume.
