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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 – Ryan & Jessica

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!

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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!

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kristel wyman - love the colours in these!

adrian hitt - love the urban outfitters shot! she really pops in her purple. great job you two!

laura - LOVE the UO shot. great stuff.

New Orleans “Day After” Session – Ken & Lindsey

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!

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Darren Sabino - Lovely!

chris. - last shot = bees knees.

Jen Creed - These are absolutely fantastic! Love it!
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Bri - WOW these are amazing!

Lesli - OMG!
You guys like totally nailed it!

adrian hitt - love the first one!

Sarah - I’m loving every one of those pictures. They’re all fantastic! I’ve never been to New Orleans, but now I really want to go :)

Franklin, TN Baby Portraits – Mason!

A couple of weeks ago, Phil and I photographed a cool little dude, Mason.  He just turned 9 months old and is one happy baby, which makes our job easy!  Until Phil and I have our own little guy, we will go ahead and give the award for cutest baby ever to him:)

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Mason enjoying his first cookie ever.  This is at the beginning when he is still clean…we will just tell you he thoroughly enjoyed it :)

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This is one of the very few images we have of Mason not smiling, but his expression is priceless!

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alex - LOVE the last one in the bath. very cool

Adrienne - I’m totally commenting even though you posted this a while ago. You guys rocked this baby session!!!

Emily Beaty - oh how i LOVE the cookie image!

Ashley McWhorter - Love these. Wish we lived closer so you could photograph our little ones.

New Orleans Oak Alley Wedding – Ken & Lindsey

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!

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

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Last but not least, two of our absolute favorites:)

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tim king - these are the best oak alley photos I’ve seen – no one else can do this venue justice – great work, will follow you on here now!

Kimberly - Lovely photos! Who did your flowers? I’ll be getting married there next October – so I’m looking for some vendor recommendations.

Amber - You definitely need to submit this to Southern Weddings to be featured! Great work! :)

Jen Creed - WOW at the shot of the bride with the columns! Incredible!

Lesli - Ok… I suck! These are amazing!!!

amy - Aww man! Sean & Mel get to shoot in Asheville and you two get to shoot in New Orleans – I’m jealous in all directions! Love these shots…I’m a sucker for the south!

Kayla - These are totally gorgeous! Love them!

Mel McLellan - Love them! Great job guys!

Emily Beaty - Wow – seriously beautiful images! What an amazing location, too!

Scott Carpenter - Wow! Great job.

Brandy Gardner - These pics are great!! You did a great job that day! The one with Emily and Aiden (flower girl and ring bearer) making the funny face is hysterical!! (especially since that is totally her personality!) Can’t wait to see all of the pics from the wedding and N.O.

Dennis Bullock - These turned out so great! I am sure your client is going to flip for them!

adrian hitt - LOVE these! she is gorgeous and did a fantastic job with everything. my faves are the one of the flower girl and ring bearer – love everything about it. and then i love the one of him kissing “lala” – super sweet moment and those trees are incredible! can’t wait to see the day after session!

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Tennessean Wedding Feature – Ken & Lindsey | Phindy Studios - [...] Ken & Lindsey were recently interviewed about their wedding for the Tennessean.  Click here or if you have today’s (Sunday) paper, you can read about it in the Life & Travel section.  It’s titled “Proposal in paradise leads to Cajun wedding”.  It’s a fun read and gives you a little behind the scenes look at their proposal and wedding.  Enjoy! 0 comments  Email This Post | link to this post [...]

East Nashville Wedding – Brian & Marie

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:)

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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.)

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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.

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Brian watching his wife walk down the aisle to him.

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

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

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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.

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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!)

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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.

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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!)

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

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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!

Missy - Would you be able to tell me at which church these pictures were taken? It is lovely and the pictures are fabulous!

Natalie - What church was this ceremony held at?

Lesli - I LOVE the striped socks! And the triple chins! Crazy!

Krystal Mann - Love the color on these! Her shoes are so cool and everyone looks like they had a blast! Great job!

Sean McLellan - I like the purpleocity of the first one–super rad

amy - very cool, phriends! (get it? phindy-friends, phriends?)

love that location – its so rare to find a gallery that will let you hold events AND photograph with the art in the background – very lucky!! :)

great job as always…

adrian hitt - guys these are totally rockin’! i can’t decide which is my favorite. i love all of the different textures and colors you incorporated. what a rad lookin’ couple – good taste obviously since they picked you guys! :)

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