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Allie + Lauren : Vanderbilt Campus Family Session in Nashville, Tennessee

November 17, 2014 by Jensey 1 Comment

I’ve known Allie Gay(tor) since I was 6 years old and in the first grade. With her blonde curls, amazing singing voice, and perfect southern accent, we grew up polar opposites of each other, but somehow our friendship just worked.

One of the highlights of my high school years was watching my best friend take the stage and completely losing it in the audience when senior year, she finally scored the lead as Polly in Crazy for You. It’s no surprise that today she’s a musical theater teacher; I can’t think of a more fitting career for my sweet friend!

While Nate and I lived in Nashville, Allie contacted us for photos of her and the fuzzy little man in her life- Her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Riley. Oh, and her sister Lauren came along, too. :)

Riley for the win!

I think the last time I saw Lauren she was in middle school and Allie was locking her out of her bedroom. I love how close these two beautiful ladies have become!

We also got to meet Lauren’s little lady, Elanor Rigby. <3

My favorite! <3

I love you, Allie Gaytor!! Come visit Florida soon! <3

Sarah + Nick : Butler Memorial Presbyterian Church and Butler Institute of American Art Wedding in Youngstown, Ohio

March 10, 2014 by Jensey 1 Comment

Sarah and I were in the first and second grade together.

It was the second grade when I decided I didn’t like her. No… I hated her, even.

You see, my elementary school had this sort of contest every year. Each student would draw a picture and in each classroom, one child’s work was chosen to hang as a banner outside the classroom. The child’s parents would then help make the picture come alive on fabric so it’d serve as a little flag. Super cute, right? Well, Sarah’s Wizard of Oz inspired piece was so good, the art teacher chose it to hang outside the main office! The same art teacher ripped my work to shreds, saying at my age I shouldn’t be drawing people looking like hot dogs. Isn’t it funny what you remember as a kid?

The worst thing I’ve ever done to another person was to Sarah. We were in the second grade and long story short, I tried stealing her adorable horse necklace and passing it off as my own. Of course I got caught, our teacher threatened to tell Mom, and yadda yadda yadda, Sarah asked us to photograph her wedding ~20 years later. :)

Obligatory first grade class photo! Ps, can I just point out how cute my childhood bff Kolby looked rocking that American flag dress?! Good on ya, Cheese! <3 Oh, and random fact: I was shooting a wedding at the Boardwalk Inn a few years back, and bumped into my first grade teacher, the beautiful lady in this photo! Small world, indeed. :)

You may remember Sarah and Nick’s engagement session around Memphis Botanic Gardens. She and Nick held their ceremony at the Butler Memorial Presbyterian Church in Youngstown, Ohio.

Love her momma.

One of our all-time favorite getting ready photos! So much going on in one frame.

Sarah has always loved color, so her floral was rainbow inspired. :)

Remember how I told you out of our huge elementary school, Sarah’s drawing was chosen to be the one representing our school outside of the main office? Well, lo and behold, she’s an artist today! Sarah couldn’t have picked a better reception venue than The Butler Institute of American Art. Besides the cool factor of having your wedding reception in the middle of this gorgeous art museum, there’s a walkway connecting it and the Butler Memorial Presbyterian Church where they got married. It was super convenient for their guests!

Each guest got to take home a little postcard featuring a different work of art by Sarah herself.

SO fun doing a family session with these two the morning of the wedding and then seeing them later on in the day. :)

Sarah and Nick, you know we love y’all! Here’s hoping our paths cross again soon! :)

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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. :)

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

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. :)

I love you guys. :)

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

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