Abby and Donavan are just the sweetest couple. I first met Donavan when he came to work at the same company I work at. He has such a great personality and the first time I met Abby, I just thought they were oh so sweet together. I am just so thrilled with how the photos turned out for this shoot. I hope they love them too!

Venue: The Belle Hollow
Florals: J. Botanica
Hair: Nicole Gordon
Makeup: Katelyn Hamaker
Dresses: Wedding Belles
Invitation Suite: Sweet As Honey Studio
Sweets: Thistle Sweets

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I also have an amazing part II of this shoot coming soon and I can’t wait for you to see it!

OH. MY. WORD!

So, I got to be a part of something super exciting and fun! I was contacted a few weeks ago to photograph an engagement party at one of my favorite venues, The Belle Hollow. Little did I know… it was a SURPRISE WEDDING!! I arrived at the venue early and when a man walked in, dressed ready for photos, I asked if he was the “groom-to-be” and he said “shhhh, it’s a secret.” I think I had a little look of confusion on my face because he then said “nobody knows”. I think the next thing I said was “but they know you’re engaged, right?” and he said “yea, but they don’t know we are getting married”

I’m pretty sure, that at this point, I was making the classic stupid-confused face. It seriously makes me laugh out loud to think about it. Chas, the groom to be, then went on to tell us that they were going to surprise everyone and get married at their “engagement party”. HOW FUN!!!

I’ve never been involved in a surprise wedding and it was just an amazing night! Their parents didn’t even know!!! I got an amazing photo of the moment that Casey’s mom found out that she was about to see her daughter get married!

Their ceremony was so so sweet. I had to hold back sweet tears for them a few different times. I may have just met this couple tonight, but I felt that this type of wedding fit them so well and was so perfect for them. I can’t wait to show them all the photos, but for now, I hope they enjoy my favorites that I was able to edit tonight.

Casey and Chas, I wish you long and loving lives together!

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UPDATE
to see all of the images from this surprise wedding, just click here!

i have been so excited about this wedding since the moment that allyssa and josh decided to hire me! their fall engagement session is one of my absolute favorites and i knew that their wedding was going to be stunning…and i was sooooooo right (i usually am, just ask my husband!)

the weather had us all a little worried…there were pop up storms all over clarksville the morning of the wedding and i just kept praying that it would all clear up and sure enough, it did! the sun came out and it was actually cooler out than it had been the entire week leading up to the wedding.  it was perfection.

these are just a few (ok, maybe a lot) of my favorites from saturday’s wedding.  if you would like to be notified when i have the rest of the images done from allyssa and joshua’s wedding, just head over to my facebook page and “like” it to see all my galleries when they’re complete!

wedding details:
ceremony | Living Hope Baptist Church
reception | The Belle Hollow
florist | Sango Village Florist
wedding cake | RheaAnn Nicholson

i also want to give a huge THANK YOU to courtney zenner photography and bethany ann photography for being my second shooter and helping me with this wedding…with me being 30 weeks pregnant right now, these girls took great care of me and made me to take a few much needed breaks during the day! love those girls!