The Root Photography Blog

He works with numbers, and she likes words. Eve is a speech language pathology graduate student, while Phil is a rocket scientist for NASA. No.. Seriously. They have a pug named Mia, who they treat like their child, which clearly I know nothing about. ;)

I’m so sad we were booked for their wedding date, but thankful that Eve was born in Nashville, because they decided to come here for their engagement session! It was our second time to shoot in downtown Nashville, and I fall harder and harder in love with this city with each session. Who’s next?!

Eve is also a brand ambassador for Spirit Hood. I’ve loved these things since seeing Allison rock one on America’s Next Top Model… I seriously wish I could pull one off!

There’s so much texture in downtown Nashville- A photographer’s dream!

I love how Eve styled their shoot.

Bahahahahaha. :)

We headed to the Parthenon afterwards for some photos in the park, and lucked out with this bright yellow tree which of course, Nate climbed. :) Eve and Phil’s engagement session was after peak leaf changing time, so I was beyond happy there was still some autumn left. :)

While Nate shot from above, I grabbed this of gorgeous Eve.

Love my monkey! :)

Eve and Phil, thank you so much for coming to Nashville! Best of luck with your Disney wedding. :)

Wait- Stay awhile! Here are some more Nashville sessions :

I’m gonna tell you a little story.

Nate and I met Jeffrey Stoner about 3 and a half years ago. We fell in love with him after 30 seconds of talking to him, which I’m sure is how every person who’s ever met Jeffrey feels. He’s just so darn kind and has an energy about him that is so incredibly comfortable that you immediately want to 1- Tell him your whole life story and 2- Be his best friend in the whole entire world, ever. Jeffrey and Nate are two peas in a pod… They honestly could be brothers. And he had a gorgeous sheltie!

We didn’t see Jeffrey again for one year, six months, and one day. In the meantime, we’d become Facebook friends. Whenever someone in the industry would bring up his name, we’d say all excited, “Oh, Jeffrey! We love him!” and then I’d suddenly feel completely and utterly embarrassed if it ever got back to Jeffrey, because he probably didn’t even remember us! We were in friend love. With someone we’d only met twice. It was awkward.

But that second time we got to work with him, Jeffrey started telling us about his new relationship- It was with a gorgeous gal he’d been best friends with for a decade, and he was on cloud 9. 19, even. I remember asking him what he loved most about Lisa, and he said it’s like they’re on the same frequency. It was beautiful. :)

Fast forward quite some time, and we still never got to hang out with Mr. Stoner. I Facebook friended his gorgeous lady friend, the Mary Poppins of the wedding industry. She’s a wedding planner and holy moly, her events put the Royal Wedding to shame! I mean, did you see Taylor and Michael’s reception?! I was so intimidated to meet her- All I knew about her was that she was crazy gorgeous, talented, and really into fashion. Seeing as I never quite mastered the art of walking in heels, I was pretty much set on the idea that we’d have nothing in common. The four of us would have a nice lunch and go on with our lives.

Ohhhhhhhh, how wrong I was! They asked us tons of questions about our elopement and we got to share why we did it and why it was the best decision ever. It probably took all of 10 minutes before Lisa and I bonded over our love of all things Disney… Not only that, but she, too, was once a cast member. *Swooooooon!* We left lunch with big grins hoping we’d found our new best friends!

It was a while later when we received a top secret email from Lisa and Jeffrey- They were eloping, no one knew about it, and they wanted us to document it. Honest to goodness, my first response to Nate was, “Oh my gosh… This is so awkward. I think they sent us that email by mistake- Just write back and let them know.” I was wrong- It was no mistake. Two short months later, and we were flying with them (and Lisa’s two charming daughters- More on them later!) to New York to get ’em hitched!

These photos were taken when no one knew they were getting married- But us. I had butterflies the whole time. :)

Whenever we watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, there’s something about Jim Carrey that reminds us of Jeffrey. I think there’s further proof here!