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    Phindy Studios specializes in beautifully modern wedding photography. Husband and wife team, Phil & Mindy Thornton, search for the story behind the wedding. They seek to document not just the look, but the laughter, the love, and the moments in between.

    Please take a moment to view some of our recent weddings below. We love interacting with our visitors so please feel free to leave us a comment and let us know what you think! Also, don't forget to check out what we're up to by viewing the Twitter tab to the far left of the page. Thanks again for stopping by.

Nashville Engagement Session – Michael & Eileen

Michael & Eileen are the sweetest.  We are so grateful for the wonderful clients that we are getting to work with in 2011 and we were excited to kick off engagement session season with these two!  Lucky for us, they were willing to brave the freezing cold and snow.  I love the wintry feel to these images.  Michael & Eileen, thanks for being so great!  Can’t wait for your sunny & warm wedding next May!  Enjoy a few of our favorites:)

Caroline - Lovely pics, folks! Looking forward to the wedding! :)

Carmelle - you guys look amazing. so sad i won’t be there to celebrate your big day. look forward to seeing all the beautiful pictures.

Catherine Dale - Love the pictures! Can’t wait for more at the wedding. You guys are the cutest :)

Norman - Three lovely coats

Nizar Mukhtar - Eileen looks gorgeous! Still not sure how you did it Mike, but you’re one lucky man! Love you guys!!!

Kyla Terhune - Love it!

D reezy - Amazing, love the pics!

Allison - These are great pictures! I can’t wait for your big day!

Neena - I am so happy for you guys. What a cute couple and the pictures are beautiful!

Emily and Jason - beautiful pictures! We are excited for the wedding!

Felicitas Koller - Beautiful pictures. Can’t wait for the wedding

Akshay Shah - Charlotte is so cute! You guys are okay too.

Atithi Chakma - Very nice pictures..loving couple :)

Amanda Young - I absolutely LOVE the contrast in these pictures. You all look great, especially in the picture with Charlotte. <3 <3 <3

Sarah - Wow! What a beautiful couple!!! Your pictures are AWESOME. If the doctor thing doesn’t work out, you should be couple models for picture frames.

Hai Nguyen - Wow, so lovely pictures in snow. See you soon.

Tam Nguyen - I love all the pictures, and the first one is the best. Can’t wait to see you both in May.

Tammy Aman - Beautiful pictures! Congratulations you two!!

Olivia Nguyen - These are so beautiful. You both look like models. See you in May.

Ha Young - Beautiful pictures. I like the one you took with Charlotte.
Love U all.

Laura Phan - You two look so amazing! Love these photos. Can’t wait to see you both and celebrate your big day!!

Susie Marcial - Beautiful pics! Congratulations to both of you…see you in May :)

Leeann Ly - What a great looking pair! Looking forward to the wedding!
All the best,

LL

Lisa Tran - Beautiful pictures of a beautiful couple! Can’t wait to see you both in May!!

Jaimee Nguyen - Congratulations michael and eileen! See you guys soon!

Stephanie Pham - I CAN’T WAIT!

Jimmy Thang - That is one handsome couple

Tina Phan Lê - You two look like professional models :) . I am looking forward to meet you in person in May! Hugs, Tina

Lynda Trieu - These are absolutely gorgeous!

VyVy Young - Sigh. What beautiful pictures! I’ve been looking them over and over. I can’t decide which one is my favorite. But I think the bottom-most right side one might win out. Although the top-most one on the left is a close 2nd. I love you guys. And I’m SUPER excited for May!

Life with Kaishon - These pictures are just lovely. I love their smiles : ) Wishing them a lifetime of happiness together!

adrian hitt - these are lovely! and what a handsome lab they have!

Jamie Pigmon - A beautiful couple and beautiful. I look forward to finally meeting Sean’s sister!

Sean Duggan - Very aesthetically pleasing. ^_^ Looking forward to seeing you guys come May.

Patrick Duggan - Oh my gosh, These are spectacular. Congrats on getting such excellent engagement pictures and thank you for telling me about them.

Brian Duggan - Very nice pictures. Charlotte certainly looks ready to be the Dog of Honor (bridesdog?).

Peggy Duggan - Very lovely!!

Bradford Watson - Heck yes snow. Flippin’ jealous. I love the last shot on the right the most!

SEO / Social Media Secrets Intensive

What do your 2011 business resolutions look like?

It’s been well over a year since my last SEO Workshop and boy have things changed. Google is a completely different company and uses a completely different algorithm since the last time I had the opportunity to give this workshop. Things have changed so much that I have decided to take a slightly different approach. From the beginning I have had one goal for these workshops and seminars: let the attendee walk out with some actionable intel. That is military speak for “information that you can actually do something with”. I am anti-fluff, anti-ego, and pro-results. I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at where our inquires are coming from and to say that SEO is the only thing that does that is shortsighted. So this year I am adding a social media aspect to the workshop to make sure you guys are looking at the big picture when it comes to your business and the web. We will look at the time wasters and the money makers (we all know that there are far more time wasters than money makers in social media)! You will learn to track “conversions” not just “traffic”. You will learn how to develop your brand online and how to create true fans on the internet.

Of course, you will also walk away with an incredibly strong SEO strategy that will get you the rankings you want. With the right strategy, information, and some work, anyone can see huge jumps in their Google ranking. We will talk about the single biggest thing you need to be doing daily to increase your rankings. We will also learn what disastrous “SEO Tricks” actuallyhurt your rankings and should be avoided at all cost.

If you are ready to stop paying hundreds or thousands for “click-through” advertising or online listings and want to develop your own traffic sources and inquires, this one day intensive is for you. The price is the same as last year, I try to keep it accessible to as many people as possible at $200. The date has been set for February 16th and will be located at Phindy Studios. We will also be having drawings for some great discounts and prizes from our sponsor, liveBooks (the best web developers for photographers, designers and other creative professionals.) Due to the venue for this workshop we have a limited number of spaces available so please act fast if you are interested. Last year sold out pretty quickly. Register here or click the banner below.

*New this year: Since it’s 2011, which is basically “The Future”, we will be offering this seminar via Streaming Video as well to our out of state friends who want to get the goods but save some travel money! It’s the green thing to do!:)If you are interested in viewing the streaming seminar, Register normally and just let me know via email!

Here are a few shots from the speaker session I did on SEO for photographers last November in New Orleans at  Pictage’s PartnerCon.

Airika Pope - Hey Phil! Do you still do one on one SEO consults too? Where can we find more information?

Anna Rebecca - Phil– thank you for offering another workshop! I hated missing PartnerCon where you spoke there. I will definitely try to make this workshop!

Hope, Faith & Photos For A Cure

On February 27th we will be taking part in a very special fundraiser for a very special girl, Ashley.   Please view the details of the fundraiser & video of Ashley’s story below.  100% of the profits will go towards Ashley’s medical expenses.  Come out, have some fun and get some great family or individual portraits – all for a great cause!  We hope to see you there!

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Kristyn Hogan, photographer and friend.

We recently had the honor to photograph our friends Kristyn & Matt!  They needed some new photos for their business and we were happy to help. Here are a few images from our new favorite hidden spot in downtown Nashville.:)

Aaron - Such nice work! Really beautiful

Rhonda Patton - Beautiful job guys!!!

Bradford Watson - You guys shot Kristyn! So cool. I love the first shot.

Stephanie Beckman - Oh hello (think “Father of the Bride” movie)….these are amazing. Kristyn is right……I LOVE these pictures :)

Alyssa Beckman - Love the photos! :) What a good looking family… i’ve heard the rest of her family is just as good looking ;)

Kristyn Hogan - You guys are the best :) We love love these photos. And more importantly, my mom loves them :)

Thanks for being such awesome friends & awesome photographers!

Tami - Awww I love this! They are adorable & so sweet :) Love the Phindys & Hogans!

Featured: Elizabeth Anne Designs

Quick shout out to Ami with Elizabeth Anne Designs today for the fun feature on Trace & Danielle’s wedding!  We loved this wedding…it had so many fun & unique details!  To see the full feature with all the fun vendor info from the bride herself, click here.  Have a great weekend everyone!

mitchel - GREAT IMAGES WOW

Nashville Wedding Videographer | Rossi Wedding Films - Ah, those shoes! I’m such a sucker for details like that. :)

Brian

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