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Robin & Stephen were married in a beautiful outdoor ceremony at Cheekwood last month.  It literally rained all morning and then stopped just in time for the ceremony.  We were so happy that they got the wedding they had dreamed and planned for!  We have enjoyed working with both of them so much and they are truly some of the nicest clients we have ever had.   Robin & Stephen, enjoy this sneak peek of your wedding and I hope you had a great honeymoon in France!

Kristin Carolan with Simply Stunning Events did a great job coordinating and keeping everything running smoothly.  Here are some beautiful details from the day!

We are so excited to finally be able to share some from Lindsay’s (aka Angelina Jolie) bridal session.   Lindsay and Chad were married last Saturday in a beautiful wedding that we will be sharing in the weeks to come.  For now, enjoy some images from her session at a beautiful historic mansion in Murfreesboro.  Enjoy!

Last week Ashley & Trey came into town from Arkansas for their engagement session.  We couldn’t ask for a better couple to hang out with for the afternoon.  They laugh a lot which makes our job so much fun!  On top of that they are super smart.  They are our “pharmacist” couple because they are both pharmacists.  I know, we are not very creative with our nicknames.  So, of course we quizzed them about what allergy medicine we should take since it’s that time of year!  Anyways, we cannot wait for their January wedding with the fabulous Kristin Carolan of Simply Stunning Events.   If their engagement session is any indication, it will be a very fun wedding  Enjoy!

Paul lives in Canada. Jennifer lives waaay up North, right below Canada. Jennifer’s family lives in Kentucky.  No one is from Nashville, but we’re so glad they are deciding to bring all of their friends & family down here for a wedding/vacation and we get to be apart of it! Even though they live far away, we have already had a couple of chances to hang out and get to know them before their big day. They’re a super sweet couple and we are really looking forward to their wedding in July with the fantastic Mary Alice of A Delightful Day! Last month they made a trip down to take care of many wedding details, one being their engagement session. We had lots of fun, and even though they “said” they weren’t comfortable in front of the camera, I think they pretty much nailed it

We had so much fun a couple of weeks ago photographing Ryan & Jessica’s engagement session in downtown Nashville.  They are such a sweet couple and we are so excited to shoot their wedding next July.  It will be held at the swanky new Hutton Hotel!  We love shooting in new places  Anyways, here are a few of our favorites from their engagement session.  Enjoy!

We got kicked out of Urban Outfitters for this first shot…it was worth it  Props to Jessica & Ryan for rockin’ it so well in one take!

So here is the big finale for Ken & Lindsey’s wedding…so sad to see it end!  These guys were troopers and woke up early the day after their wedding to meet us in the French Quarter for a “day after” session.  For those of you who do not know, a “day after” session is a session that happens after your wedding (pretty self explanatory).  It can be the day after but some couples opt to do these weeks after their wedding.  The great thing is we have more time to spend with the bride & groom than we normally do at a wedding, and it we also get to be a lot more creative!  Anyways, we had a ton of fun with these guys and we love how they let us do whatever we wanted  Enjoy!

Earlier this month we had the awesome opportunity to photograph Ken & Lindsey’s wedding in New Orleans at the incredible Oak Alley Plantation.  It was so much fun…Ken & Lindsey are the best, not to mention they are both beautiful to photograph.  Their wedding had a fun theme of Mardi Gras, but we loved how it was understated.  Dawn with Premier W.E.D. did such an incredible job bringing it all together!  We have been so excited to share these images, so please enjoy some of our favorites.  Click here to register to view all of the images.  More to come from our “day after” session with these two in the French Quarter!

This is Ken’s son, Aiden, giving “LaLa” a kiss…he’s so stinkin’ cute!

Last but not least, two of our absolute favorites

We were so excited to photograph Brian & Marie’s wedding last month, not only because we love them, but because it was finally the kick-off to our 2009 wedding season!  Brian is a fellow member of The Nobility, which you may recognize from this wedding.  It’s always fun photographing a wedding with people we have photographed before.  The wedding was held in East Nashville.  We love weddings in this part of town…the churches are historic and beautiful.  If you are a bride and wanting Scarritt-Bennett but either can’t afford it or your date is already booked, seriously look in this part of town.

After the ceremony, we all headed to the Rymer Gallery for the reception.  This is also an insanely cool spot for a reception that I had never even heard of.   It was a playground for photographers…. all the crazy artwork served as really cool backdrops for shots, and the place is all white, which is perfect for photography.   Anyways, take a look at some of our favorites below and click here to register to view the entire event

Purple is going to be big this year!  It is so great to have a little color to work with.  (Brian’s socks were a wedding surprise for Marie.)

After we shot the bridal party shots James Bond Brian was able to jump in the mustang, save the world from destruction, capture an evil madman, and still make it back in time for his wedding.

Brian watching his wife walk down the aisle to him.

Here is a shot of Marie’s cool purple flats, and a shot of her using them to walk down the aisle!

Brian doing the “Happy Wedding Day” Dance!  I believe we were discussing ABBA when he decided to break it down.

You might recognize this hot couple!  We shot Stephen & Amanda’s wedding a few months ago. This photo cracks us up.  Stephen is halfway between a gangsta “what-up” and some sort of religious pose.  Which one?  You decide.

I am not positive but I am pretty sure that the man in the middle of these two ladies is getting a “double gooseing” right now (hence the faces!)

This $36,000 painting made a very nice background.  If anyone remembers the artist’s name please leave it in the comments below so I can link to him/her.

This was so awesome!  Brian & Marie sneaked upstairs to check out the art and spontaneously broke out in dance, their first dance in fact.  I am glad Mindy was able to grab this image, it might be my favorite from the night (can’t sneak one by her!)

We wrapped up the night with cool shot of The Nobility (Brian plays drums) and a drive away in the red mustang.

Thanks again to Brian & Marie, we truly were honored to be a part of your wedding day.  We hope you enjoy the photos as much as we enjoyed making them!

A few weeks ago Dawn with Premier W.E.D. asked us to photograph a private 40th birthday party she was planning.  Of course we jumped at the chance to work with her again, since it is always a great experience  The party was so fun, but since it was a private party, we decided to only blog some of the cute details that Dawn put together (& a cute one of Dawn hard at work!).  The theme was Auburn and I love it was carried throughout every little detail.

A few weeks ago we got the fantastic opportunity to mooch off of our dear friends, the McLellans, and hang out at their condo in Orange Beach, AL with some of our favorite people…who just happen to be wedding photographers as well   The trip was a blast, but since it was windy and dreary and we weren’t doing much hanging out at the beach, we decided to end the trip the right way by having an impromptu photo shoot.  The boys had tennis in mind so we went to Target to buy some sweat bands.  It started out just being a shoot of the boys, but of course the girls found some mini-stuffed dogs and it took off from there.   What can I say…the boys definitely have the comedy down and aren’t a bit shy to ham it up in front of the camera, but hopefully you can appreciate the girl’s tacky outfits just as much even though we are a little more camera shy!  So, below check out what Phil and I shot and you can check out everyone else’s images here:  the McLellan’s, the Carlson’s & the Scott’s.  (you might have to search on their blogs a little…they were a little quicker about getting up their shots…oh well, what can I say, we were in New Orleans shooting a wedding!) Note:  We love taking the post processing to the limit and trying new ideas on these images considering they are just for fun.  Let us know what you think!

This first one is probably the funniest.  Peter was totally goofing off acting like some sort of extreme photographer getting shots of the girls while in the kiddy pool.  Also, Peter was left out of the “HUGE GRAPHIC NAME BEHIND YOU IN THE PICTURE” thing from the last wedding photographer trip so we thought we’d hook him up in this post.  Peter is also new to twitter so be sure to follow him if you haven’t already, his twitter id is in the right photo below (and here)

Here is Mindy doing her best blue-steel and then cracking up about it.  Her theme was pink I guess.

This one of Sean cracked us up.  It looks like he is playing hacky-sac or something.  No, the tennis ball is not a product of Photoshop.

It looks like Chris is reading the text on the ground in this one!

Phil playing the tennis racket ukulele.

Okay, I know we already did a “BIG GRAPHIC WORDS BEHIND THE PERSON” image of Peter but I just couldn’t resist on this one.

The grand finale!

There are a few more of the girls to come in upcoming posts…so check back!

Here is a look at me and some of my closes friends in highschool.

Left to right: Tim, Jenn (they ended up marrying each other) then Brad, and Me.

Oh the good ol’ days. I think this was taken during a road trip to Kentucky Kingdom.

You might have noticed we added a new header image to the site (currently “phour phils”). We will be rotating these out frequently as we get new pictures we want to share with you all. One day you may even be able to scroll through them and view different images (if I can talk Greg into codeing it for me). Anyway, we will also be makeing some new post this week showing everyone some recent happenings that nobody has seen yet… ooooo, i bet you can’t wait to see! Big shout out to Greg for all his help with this blog (even while he was having fun in vegas).