Knoxville Wedding Photography - Sarah + Terence 08.13.10

What do you get when you mix a paddleboat, a zoot suit, peacock feathers, tattoos, gorgeous skies, and a ton of humidity? The awesome wedding I'm about to show off!

Sarah, our landlord and owner of Vivid Tattoo in Knoxville, asked us a few months ago to photograph her Friday the 13th nuptials to Terence on the Watts Bar Belle in Lenoir City. How could we pass it up? It was hot as Hades (I was begging for a few more knots out of the ol' Belle so we could have had some sort of breeze), but a beautiful day nonetheless. Here are a few faves...


Sarah had a ton of cool DIY projects at the wedding.


Decorating the top of the boat.


Don't worry, no one saw you drop that paper lantern into the lake. Well, I did. And I took a picture. ;p




Check out the cool hat!


This is Terence, the groom, by the way.




Waiting...


Walking… (looks like a bunch of puffy clouds above them, huh?)


Marrying...


Happy.


They timed it perfectly… check out the post sunset sky!


Mr. and Mrs. Gordon.










Hail mary!


That's some hard core gang signs boys.


Yummy sky!


We hijacked the wheelhouse for a few minutes. It was the coolest spot on the ship. I guess the Captain needs his AC. It's good to be the king.


I *love* these next few with the video light...




Old Hollywood style!


Sarah baked AND decorated the cake!


Birds of a feather...


Don't worry, grandma isn't smacking Terence. :)


A little group shot at the end of the night.


And check out the old Dodge Terence owns! I wish we could have played more with it, but as you can see, it was pretty much pitch dark by the time we made it back to shore!

Congratulations Sarah and Terence!! You had a beautiful and fun wedding!

Dandridge Wedding Photograpyhy: Halie + Michael 06.26.10

And back to weddings for a while! Last month we traveled to Dandrige for Halie and Michael's wedding at the Mountain Harbor Inn on Douglas Lake. Halie and Michael's wedding was our first time at the Inn and it was beautiful; right on the water with gorgeous views of the mountains!

Let's kick things off with some details...

How's that for a dress photo?


Our third shooter/assistant Brittany played with the shoes.


Getting ready.


Michael and Halie after the first look… they're such a sweet couple.


Check out those eyes!






I love these two images.




The Mountain Harbor Inn had a bunch of cool places to shoot.






One of these guys is doing his own thing.


Watching guests arrive.


Even though Halie and Michael's wedding was earlier in the day, it was still a scorcher. On the way to the ceremony, I asked Halie if she wanted to cool off a little and she took me literally.


Um, no sweetie, you're supposed to throw the petals, not pick up the ones that the other flower girls have already tossed.


I love a wedding full of smiles. :)


Fine. I'm taking my petals and going home.


Told you this place was gorgeous.


I'm not sure what was said, but I'm sure it was funny.




The Mr. and Mrs.


Halie gave out activity bags to all the kiddos.


What's going to work? Teamwork!


Bride stumps toe on table. Bride mutters expletive under breath while groom laughs. Family takes photos.


Danielle grabbed this while waiting on the single ladies to get in place for the bouquet toss.


I had fun looking for different ways to shoot the rings. I tried crayons, the flower girl's Cabbie Patch doll...


But I think some homemade cookies from the candy bar were my favorite.


The day ended with Michael and Halie taking Brittany and me for a ride in the family boat. Fun stuff!


I'm sure we're breaking all sorts of maritime laws here.


We stopped at a little floating chapel outside the Inn on the way back for a few minutes.



Thank you Halie and Michael!! And congratulations on a beautiful wedding!!

-Wes