2007 Year in Review

January 1, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

January -
Bradley’s 9 month portraits in Smyrna

Staff Photos for the FBC Smyrna website

And I shot 10 “For His Eyes Only” sessions of beautiful ladies as gifts for their husbands, but you’re not them so you can’t see!

February
Hung out with my friends in the Pictage User Group

Bridal Portrait of Maris in Murfreesboro

Second shot a bat mitzvah in Nashville with Whitney & Peter of Dove

Landon’s 4 year portraits in Murfreesboro

Asher & Lilly’s newborn portraits in Smyrna - TWINS

Carl & Liz’s engagement pictures in Indianapolis, IN

Attended OSP Indy, a conference for photographers and it was AWESOME.

March-
Got a new camera - a Canon 5D - and I LOVE it still.

Addie Mei’s portraits in Smyrna

Kicked off my wedding season with Drew & Sarah’s wedding in Nashville with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter.

JD & April’s wedding in Memphis with Kyle as my second shooter

Overby Family pictures in Murfreesboro

April-
Buddy & Amber’s engagement pictures in Murfreesboro

Christy’s Maternity session in LaVergne

Mike & Jen’s engagement pictures in Franklin

Becky’s bridal portraits in Murfreesboro

Canaan’s Senior pictures in Smyrna

Sophie’s first birthday party pictures in Murfreesboro

Traveled to Belize to shoot my first international destination wedding. Carl & Liz were AWESOME and Mom, Kyle and I had so much fun hanging out on the island of San Pedro for a few days.

Fox Family portraits in Belle Meade

Bewley Family portraits in Antioch

Bradley’s 1 year portraits in Smyrna

June -
Steve & Donna’s engagement pictures in Franklin

Traveled to Chicago with my Mom and spoke at the Pictage Partner Conference about Blogging as a way to promote your business

Mom brought my poster home and protected it carefully on the airplane and shuttles

Hadley’s 1 year portraits in Murfreesboro

Buddy & Amber’s wedding in Murfreesboro with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter and Rebecca Adamson as my assistant

Sarah & Mark’s maternity session in Smyrna - my favorite maternity that I have EVER shot.

Lanie Ann’s birth story at Baptist Hospital in Nashville

Charleston & Malacy’s wedding in Birmingham, AL with Andrea Hallgren as my second shooter

Rylie Grace’s 18 month portraits in Brentwood

Got to do a fun session with Chad & Steph

Mike & Jen’s wedding in Brentwood/Franklin with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter. I worked with Jen’s dad to book the wedding and he was such a joyful spirit. He passed away suddenly later this year and I wanted to express my condolences to the entire Engle family.

Jason & Deborah’s engagement pictures in Antioch

Darrell & Jennifer’s engagement pictures in McMinnville

June-
Steve & Donna’s wedding in Franklin with my MOM Karen as my second shooter

Lanie Ann’s newborn portraits in LaVergne with her big brother Landon

Got my Shootsac and loved it

Ricky & Nichole’s engagement pictures in Murfreesboro

Couey Family in Murfreesboro

Bob & Misty’s wedding in Murfreesboro with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter

AND, NORAH BECAME OUR DAUGHTER. This kind of rocked my world…

July -
Jake & Amy’s engagement pictures in Franklin

Darrell & Jennifer’s wedding in Dickson with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter

Joey & Amy’s engagement pictures in Knoxville

Ricky & Nichole’s wedding in Huntsville, AL with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter. Erin came along for the road trip and it was fun to see her too for a change!

Mike & Julie’s engagement pictures in Memphis

And shots of Julie’s two beautiful daughters

Shot some awesome Senior Sessions with Stephanie Edens in an auto salvage yard and an old abandoned building in McMinnville. It was HOT!

August-
Brandon & Crystal’s engagement pictures in Franklin

Josh & Becca’s engagement pictures in Antioch

Steph and I traveled to North Carolina for the Secret Workshop where we photographed child models and learned more about commercial children’s photography. This is another direction that we will be exploring more in 2008.

Corwin’s 3 Month Portraits in Smyrna

Norah’s 3 Month Portraits in Smyrna

Lanie Ann’s 3 Month Portraits in Smyrna

Jason & Deborah’s wedding in Franklin with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter

Joey & Amy’s wedding in Knoxville with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter

September -
Jadyn Grace portraits in Smyrna

Dave & Amanda’s Engagement Pictures in Mount Juliet

Hank’s newborn portraits in Smyrna

Adie’s 9 month portraits in McMinnville

Sydney’s 4 month portraits in Memphis

Mike & Julie’s wedding in Memphis with Kyle as my second shooter

Gibson Family portraits in Murfreesboro

Brandon & Crystal’s wedding in Tullahoma with Matt Dunmore as my second shooter

Dave & Amanda’s wedding in Mount Juliet with Kyle as my second shooter

October -
Lily Grace’s 3 year portraits in Murfreesboro

VanDyke Family in Murfreesboro

Jake & Amy’s wedding in Franklin with Byrena Kirkham as my second shooter

Jeff & Anne’s Engagement Session at Radnor Lake

Second shot Josh & Christina’s wedding in Chattanooga with Matt Dunmore.

Began volunteering for Celebrating Adoption, an organization that provides complimentary photo sessions for newly adopted children and their families.

Shot my first Celebrating Adoption Session - Kiel’s 1 Year Portraits in Smyrna

Wheliss Kids in Belle Meade

Josh & Becca’s wedding in Monterey and bride & groom portraits in downtown Nashville with Kyle as my second shooter

I launched the “Mini Session” concept for our business and it was very successful. Each session was at Turner Farms in Antioch, and included 20 minutes of photography time and a high-resolution image to use for Christmas Cards and unlimited prints. I expect this area of my business to grow in 2008.

Williams Family Mini Session

Rustici Family Mini Session

Moore Family Mini Session

Vits Family Mini Session

Shackelford Family Mini Session

Freeman Family Mini Session

Wakefield Family Mini Session

November -
Mary Elizabeth’s 3 month portrait in Hendersonville

Hadley Jane’s 18 Month portraits in Smyrna

Beckey Family at Turner Farms

Sophia’s 6 month portraits in Smyrna

Brad’s Senior Pictures in Smyrna

Kristin & Brody’s wedding in LaVergne with Byrena Kirkham as my second shooter

Corwin’s 6 month portraits in Smyrna

Jeff & Anne’s wedding in Franklin with Phil Thornton as my second shooter

Lanie Ann’s 6 month portraits in Smyrna

Norah’s 6 month portraits in Smyrna

December -
I didn’t shoot anything for my business this month. I was too busy playing catchup and am still working on that! I spent some much needed time with friends and family.

Some special thank you’s for the year -
-to God for the gift of this profession that I love
-to Brad, my husband, for being so understanding and supportive when I run here and there to document other families’ happy moments. Adding Norah to our family this year created extra responsibility for Brad each time I need to work instead of just leaving him with a day to himself. He is a great father and doesn’t mind being on his own with the baby and that’s just another reason that I love him so much.
-to Matt, who was a dependable and talented (okay - super talented) second shooter and pretty much a partner for me this year. Matt gave his time to us this year and edited several of my weddings for me when Norah arrived in our family so that I could take time off to be with her and not worry about work. Thanks to Erin, Matt’s wife, who let him do all of those things (wink wink). Your time is coming for me to return the favor.
-to my clients, who were so understanding a patient this year when Norah arrived and I needed to take time off to be with her. It was a crazy year and for those of you still hanging on for the ride, we’re still trucking and this year should be full of new surprises around every corner!

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