Scott and Amy’s wedding graced our website as a feature in our early days. We just loved them so much and knew we would be happy photographers if we photographed lots more couples just like them throughout our career. Now, years later, they are the same wonderful, beautiful people with an equally wonderful, beautiful son. I was thrilled to be able to photograph their little family last week!


This kid has most certainly inherited his parents’ charm. ;)





Scott and Amy – we are happy for you beyond words! Congratulations on your handsome little man! :)

– Mel and Sean

Many of you have said that you’d like to see more behind the scenes stuff so this post is for you. :)

One of the things Sean and I teach on the most is how to find something beautiful when you think there’s nothing you could possibly work with. One way to do this is to look beyond what an object is and search for textures and patterns in your surroundings – no matter what they’re found on.

Take this image for example. I love the color and the pattern on this background. It has a great modern feel and the way the light falls in this location is lovely. Can you tell where it is?

That’s right – it’s an old kitchen mat out back of a restaurant in an alley way. That sounds like a terrible place to make a beautiful image, but by looking for patterns and textures, a floor mat becomes something so much better. (And the awesomeness is just amplified by these two and their awesome posing. ;P)

Just looking for these elements, I bet you can see several great photo opportunities in this small space, right? So next time you’re out shooting and you think there’s nothing to be found, ignore the titles your brain wants to place on objects and look for the pleasing elements that make up those objects. The possibilities for beautiful imagery are all around you. :)

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Stacey and Shane are two of the sweetest people you’ll ever meet! Sean and I have had the pleasure of photographing them twice now and we enjoy them so much every time we see them. Now that all of the wedding-related shoots are done, I’m going to have to start pushing for babies so that they’ll have an excuse to come back to us sometime soon! ;)

We roamed the streets of Nashville one evening recently for some relaxed, post-wedding portraits. These are always so much fun and I’m so pleased with what we got from this particular session! Hope you enjoy them too! :)