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Krystal + Ben : Nassau Engagement Session Preview

June 26, 2013 by Jensey 6 Comments

Nate and I just finished a whirlwind three week Orlando trip for five weddings: Three in Orlando, we flew to Philadelphia for Erin and Mark’s wedding, and then we ended the trip with a three day Disney Cruise Line wedding! Life is tough. ;) Krystal and Ben’s wedding was on Castaway Cay (those preview photos to come shortly), and we photographed their engagement session the day prior in Nassau. Nate and I had only been once, but we loved our adventure with these two for engagement photos around town!

First off, obligatory Disney Dream photo. :) Disney Cruise Line Disney Dream Engagement Session Nassau Disney Cruise Line Engagement Session Nassau Looooooved all the color! Now for some Disney Dream love! Krystal and Ben, we hope you had a wonderful honeymoon- Wedding teasers coming SOON!

Disney Cruise Line Disney Dream Pirate Night Fireworks

Want more Disney Cruise Line love? Head over to Cassie and John’s wedding posts here. :)

Maevy + Carter : Nashville Family Session in Centennial Park

June 25, 2013 by Jensey 3 Comments

Remember yesterday how I told you about my love for Robyn in her engagement session post? Well, the love fest for this sweet family continues, with a family session we photographed in Centennial Park here in Nashville. This is Robyn’s beautiful sister Amy’s family.

Even though I’m pretty sure I only remember meeting Amy a couple times in high school, I’ve been a blog stalker of hers for a few years now. Amy writes one of my favorite blogs I follow called “March Forth with Maevy.” Maevy is Amy’s vivacious four year old, and Amy’s blog posts are all written to her. I would LOVE to have something like this to look back on as an adult! I followed Amy’s blog in my reader for a while, but it wasn’t until she wrote about Maevy’s first time watching The Wizard of Oz that I was truly hooked. I’ve become such a Maevy fan that I’m pretty sure when we photographed Robyn and Jake’s engagement session around Nashville, I spent more time asking about Amy’s family than them!

My favorite Maevy posts in no particular order, which you can read by clicking the descriptions below :

– The time she watched The Wizard of Oz and cried real tears, constantly worried about Toto.
– The time Maevy (correctly) insisted Tink was a light, and Jasmine shouldn’t show her tummy.
– The time Amy and Ryan told Maevy she was going to be a big sister.
– So Call Me Maevy!

A little over a year ago, Maevy became a big sister to the equally adorable Carter (Not to leave little Carter in the dust- I only recently realized I hadn’t been following along with Catching Carter, Amy’s blog for all things Carter!)

Enough fawning over these cute kiddos- On to the photos! First off, probably my favorite family portrait of the year.

Nashville Family Session in Centennial Park Carter following a trail of Cheerios, a la E.T. :)Too. Much. Cute.
Nate loved having someone to climb trees with on a photo shoot! Thank you, Maevy. :):)Maevy wowed us with her kitten impression (left) before letting me know with one look that it was time for a potty break. ;) Nashville Family Session in Centennial Park Maevy, Carter, Amy, and Ryan, thank you for the fun time! We can’t wait to see y’all this fall! :)

Maevy’s Aunt Robyn’s Engagement Session

March Forth with Maevy

Catching Carter

Robyn + Jake : Downtown Nashville Engagement Session

June 24, 2013 by Jensey 6 Comments

I was a freshman in high school when Robyn’s oldest sister was a senior.

I was a sophomore when Robyn’s middle sister was a freshman.

I was a senior when Robyn was a freshman.

I only met her oldest sister Amy a couple of times in Mock Trial, a club I joined and then had to quit shortly into the semester. Her sister Lesley and I were in a class together and we always got along swimmingly (and both had a crush on our film teacher, of course.) When I was a senior, I decided on a whim to take Honors Spanish 1 after three years of French. It ended up being one of my favorite classes of my senior year, the biggest reason being walking into first period and being greeted with Robyn’s smiling face every day! She’s sweet and bubbly and absolutely cracks me up (and has the cutest voice ever) and just the sort of friend every girl wants.

When I went to college, Robyn and I wrote a couple of letters and then lost touch. When I joined Facebook, she was one of the first people I tried to find. We finally got in touch and now she’s engaged and I practically begged her to let us photograph her wedding day… It was sort of embarrassing. :)

Nate and I photographed Robyn and Jake’s engagement session around downtown Nashville (I know, I know- We do photograph in our hometown once in a while!) I’m so looking forward to their fall wedding in Memphis and then making Robyn and Jake be our next best friends. :)

Root Photography Downtown Nashville Engagement Session

I had some high expectations for Jake and he absolutely exceeded them!

Root Photography Downtown Nashville Engagement Session

Know how sometimes when you see someone for the first time in a decade all you notice is how different they look? Robyn looks the exact same as when we said goodbye 11 years ago. Not a wrinkle, extra pound, or hair out of place… I’m pretty sure she’ll look just like this in 50 years from now. :)

Root Photography Downtown Nashville Engagement Session

I love you guys. :)

Root Photography Downtown Nashville Engagement Session

Nashville Centennial Park Parthenon Engagement Session

Robyn and Jake, I love you both and we’ll see y’all soooooooooon!

Nashville Centennial Park Parthenon Engagement Session

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Erin + Mark : The Old Mill Wedding in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania Preview

June 21, 2013 by Jensey 3 Comments

When Nate and I pulled up to The Old Mill in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, my jaw dropped and I was convinced we had the wrong location!! The Old Mill is so incredibly perfect and Erin and Mark were so incredibly perfect and their families were so incredibly perfect! Favorite venue, families, first look, vows… I loved it all and truly wish we could do it all over again. :)

This first look just melted me!

Wedding at The Old Mill in Rose Valley, PA I love this shot Nate grabbed of Erin and her dad right before the ceremony. :) Faaaaaaaavorite. :)Erin, Mark, and sweet families of Erin and Mark, we cannot wait to share the rest!! Thank you for being awesome. :)