The Root Photography Blog

Kellie + Derek : Dixon Art Gallery Wedding in Memphis, Tennessee

October 26, 2015 by Jensey 4 Comments

This is our second fall now not living in Tennessee, but our first year not taking a trip back to see the leaves change! It’s hard to plan a yearly trip now since fall is our busiest time of the year, but I’m so thankful we were able to make it back last year for Kellie and Derek’s wedding. This wedding was a favorite of last year, not just because of the gorgeous leaves and the abundance of stunning details all thought up by this creative bride, but also because I’ve known Kellie since I was a senior in high school and she was a freshman. :)

In high school, I took French 1-3, but senior year I decided to take Spanish 1 just for kicks. I was the only senior in a class of freshman, but the girls I met in that class made it one of my favorite classes I ever took! This is now the second wedding we’ve photographed with a bride that was in that Spanish 1 class with me, and we’ll be photographing our 3rd this December. So crazy and so incredibly wonderful!! This was our second wedding at the Dixon Art Gallery in Memphis and I’m still swooning over this location.

Kellie, I wish we could repeat your gorgeous wedding every week. Thank you so much for bringing me home. :)

The only thing more beautiful than that lace gown is the woman wearing it!

And now an abundance of gratuitous detail shots. :)

This dresser greeted their guests and held the programs for the wedding- How cool is that? Also, Kellie designed and made her own letterpress invitations and programs.

Love a groom who knows how to bustle. <3

Ashley + Brian : Lingrow Farm Wedding in Leechburg Pennsylvania

September 28, 2015 by Jensey 2 Comments

The first day of fall was September 24th, so I think today is the perfect time to share a gorgeous fall wedding we photographed last year in Pennsylvania! :)

Ashley and Brian were married at Lingrow Farm in Leechburg. It was such a cute venue with this little house for Ashley to get ready in, a gazebo on a lake with colorful trees in the distance, and a barn for the reception.

Ashley and Brian found us when her best friend Krystal (right) got married on the Disney Cruise Line. Ashley and her then-boyfriend sat across from us at dinner every night, and I was so excited when they wrote us after getting engaged! :)

Ashley thought she’d be walking down the aisle, but she was surprised with a carriage ride, instead! <3

Nate may have jumped an electric fence to get this photo, but it was totally worth it!

Oh yeah! Krystal was pregnant at the wedding. <3

Ashley and Brian, thanks so much for letting us be a part of your day!! :)

Virginia + Lindsey : Downtown Memphis Wedding

August 10, 2015 by Jensey 2 Comments

I’m embarrassed to admit the actual number of weddings we photographed in our home state when we were Tennessee residents, but the ones we did shoot, we loved so much! :) Virginia and Lindsey were our last TN couple, and we shot their wedding right after deciding it was time to move back home to Florida but before we put our home up for sale. It was a scary time not knowing if we’d be able to sell the house, whether it would sell quickly or we’d be there for months and months, where exactly we’d live when we move back to Florida, if it was possible to fit everything in a moving van, if friends in Tennessee would forgive us for moving or Florida friends would still want to see us, etc. etc.

When we moved to Tennessee, my number 1 wedding bucket list hope was to photograph at the Peabody Hotel. It is the most special place in downtown Memphis to me, and where I spent every Thanksgiving growing up. My family would get all gussied up and go to the fancy Thanksgiving Day brunch, hang out with the ducks, get a photo in front of the giant Christmas tree, and then head home to decorate our own. It’s such a special place and it was an absolute dream to finally be able to shoot there. :)