Ilana and Norbie are the kind of people who make me really sad that they live so far away because their personalities are so infectious and I just want to spend more time with them!

This gorgeous couple was married last Saturday at the VIP Country Club. It was a flawless day with amazing people, beautiful scenery, and lots of great emotion. I could go on, but I’ll let the photographs speak for themselves…

Ilana and Norbie, thank you so much for having us up to New York to spend your wedding day with you! I don’t know how I’ll ever narrow down your wedding images – you guys were just too amazing from start to finish! :) Congrats again you guys!

– Mel

Melissa and Reg didn’t want a lot of posed wedding photos. They weren’t concerned with details or having everything be just so. They designed their wedding to focus solely on celebrating their love with family and friends and they wanted their wedding photos to reflect that without pausing to take them away from the celebration.

When we shoot together, Sean falls most naturally into a photojournalistic style, keeping a close eye out for emotion and for friends and family to interact with each other–so we knew this wedding would be a perfect fit for him. It’s a rare break in routine for one of us to photograph a wedding without the other, but he did such beautiful work that I might hire him out solo more often! ;)

Here’s a little snippet of some of my favorites from their day…

I love this one of Melissa and her dad right before they walked down the aisle.

The wedding took place at Events at 1418 in downtown Nashville. It was the perfect cozy venue for this casual and intimate event. They started off the wedding with a cocktail hour, and at the end of that, the DJ told everyone to take their seats and the ceremony happened right then–in the middle of the reception venue.  Such a fun idea and the guests loved it!

Absolutely love the emotion in this one; one of my favorites this year

I can tell from the hundreds of crazy dancing photos that this group is too much fun! The evening was everything a great wedding should be. :)

Congratulations, Melissa and Reg!

 

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! :)