Nashville Engagement Preview: Rina + Fady (1)

We don’t leave for Europe until later this week, but I wanted to go ahead and start rolling these out (mentioned here). One from Rina and Fady’s engagement session in Centennial park – I can’t wait until their wedding at the end of May.

A new image will be coming every other day – so keep checking back.

Spring




Spring has finally arrived in Nashville. I’m thrilled that I get to be the wedding photographer for so many wonderful couples over the next six months. Posting will be on autopilot for the next couple of weeks while my wife and I are in Europe – so I hope you’ll enjoy looking at some of my recent work.

Nashville Engagement: Ashley + John

I met Ashley and John recently to do their engagement pictures in Centennial Park. They are a great couple and will be getting married in Cape May, NJ later this year (one of the top ten beaches in the world in case you didn’t know). Here are a few of my favorites from their engagement session – Congratulations!

Lindsay - Love these! Some of my favorites yet! My fav is the one where you are looking through the yellow forsythias. Great job – I bet they love them!

Sully - Dude, nice t/s water shots and well done on the flash silhouette

Leo Druker - Dude, these are awesome! Love how comfortable they are and the shots with the skyline behind them are killer. I also don’t have to tell you that the last photo is amazing.

Eric Yerke - That last shot is bonkers

Joshua Gull - Last shot is ridiculous. The whole session is on point though. Great work Paul.

nadine - what a beautiful couple! The cityscape shots are especially beautiful!

Nashville Wedding: Karen + Brad

Karen and Brad’s wedding and reception took place earlier this month at the Cannery Ballroom. There were so many great moments throughout the day – but my absolute favorite is when they saw each other for the first time. Here are just a few of my favorite images from their wedding. Congratulations Karen and Brad!

Daniel Brown - Awesome job as always, Paul. That picture in the alley in the rain with the umbrella might be one of the coolest wedding photos I’ve ever seen. Nice job.

sam hurd - the backlight rain shot & reception shot with the hands in the air are both epic wins.

awesome set all around!

Tamara Kuzminski - So many amazing photos from this wedding. And you’ve captured the atmosphere brilliantly. Love them.

Branden Harvey - I love these shots! Very timeless feeling.

Nessa K - These are so gorgeous! I love love love the mood at the reception. It’s beautiful and comfortable and familiar and just puts me in an amazing mood. I can’t get over them. SO GOOD!

sam hurd - yup, i’m feelin’ virtually every single image in this post. cannot wait to shoot with you.

Alan - Dude, those are crazy good!

Drew - Great light on the dance floor! Absolutely love the umbrella shot in the alley!

Jenny Meng - Great work! So many beautiful shots, bu tI especially like the street view with the shoes and the rainy shot.

Michael Wachniak - Are you freaking kidding me with that night shot in the alley?!!??!? These are money. :)

Lyn Ismael-Bennett - I love their portrait in the rain. Great use of light!

Andrew Childress - Brilliant from start to finish Paul. The rain shot under the umbrella is incredible, as is the first look section. Amazing work Paul.

ayesha - yeah… that rain alley picture… brilliant!!! :) but there’s so much more here to admire – love the first look pics, they look so happy! LOVE the drama in the lighting for the reception, specifically the first dance – well done!

Natalie - Wow! Such a beautiful wedding! I love love love that alleyway shot.. It’s truly inspiring!

Steve Koo - Nice work, Paul – love your getting ready shots!

Heather Nan - Yep… you do some fine work. Great emotion, fantastic details & beautiful portraits.

Tyler - love those reception shots. really well done making use of the light. awesome work, paul.

Preview–Jackson Wedding: Gina + Joe

I traveled to Jackson, MS last weekend to shoot a wedding with Sully Clemmer, who is a very talented wedding photographer.

Here’s one of my favorites so far — more to come from this gorgeous wedding.

Ryan Chan - That’s an epic photo, Paul! It worked out perfectly having the sparkles just above them but still having their faces clear.

sam hurd - wait. is that tilt shifted?! freaking awesome.

Preview–Nashville Wedding: Karen + Brad

At some point during the reception we stepped out in the rain to take exactly 9 pictures. This is one of them — more to come.


Daniel Brown - This is awesome. Just brilliant.

Amanda Perry - You did it and it’s amazing! LOVE the light and walls and shadows! Everything about it is just great! Congrats!

Lindsay - Love this Paul. We’ve been waiting for rain at night so we can try this! Great great job and perfect location!

Nashville Engagement: Nicole + Jerome

I had a great time doing engagement pictures for this awesome couple. We visited various parts of downtown Nashville prior to watching the sunset over Green Hills. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our afternoon together — if you can’t tell, they’re kind of in love with each other. Congratulations Nicole and Jerome!

Sam hurd - Someone is loving that tilt shift… executed perfectly. Killer location too

Jennifer Hamilton - Love these Paul!! They look so awesome!

Nessa K - That first photo is mind blowingly good.

David Robertson - 10th shot down (TS), probably one of the most AWESOME couples shots ever!

Caroline Ghetes - I love every shot in this session! What a beautiful and passionate couple! Love the fourth one up from the bottom!

Leah Muse - LOVE the shots in the garage. Awesome colors and location and couple! :)

Daniel - great lines and i love the shadows. good job!

Kelsey - Wow! What a hot session! I love them all.

Laurie Peacock - their smiles are so adorable. I love how they look at each other.

George L Koroneos - I’m a huge fan of the photos shot with the sun behind them. A wonderful set all around.

Becca Dilley - Killed it – love the lighting and how totally comfortable the couple clearly is.

gabe aceves - keep on doin it paul. these are awesome.

Brian Kraft - Very, very nice. Nice play with the focus and flares. I like the little heart too.

Marianne Wilson - this session FTW! Love it throughout.

Keao - You know you’re a great photographer when you make a parking garage look romantic=) Amazing use of backligting in your pictures. They look so in love.

Jackie - I love these photos. Nicole and Jerome’s love for each other have been captured beautifully. Great job!

Leo Druker - Paul, these are awesome! I’m with Sam on the T/S – superb work!!

Tall - Those backlit shots are awesome! Really great.

Heather - I adore that third one! So awesome!

Nashville Engagement: Lauren + Andre

This was Lauren and Andre’s first visit to the Music City. Prior to arriving in Nashville they decided this is where they also wanted to do their engagement pictures – they emailed me and so here we are. I enjoyed spending this chilly afternoon with them as we hit up a couple of different spots prior to finishing up on Music Row (in front of Robert’s Western World actually). This awesome couple will be getting married in Canada later this year – Congratulations!

michael - Incredible. These are pictures of my daughter and future son-in-law and you captured the essence of their love for each other. Love them!

Elissa - Wow! You did a fantastic job! These are all really lovely!!

Ryan Chan - Great set, Paul. Are those freelens shots or with the PCE? Love the second from the bottom.

Does this mean you’re coming to Canada to shoot a wedding this year??

Tony Kieu - The couple look lovely and very happy.
I love the creativity in all the photographs. Great job!

Daniel - Great stuff! Love these photos.

Adam Houseman - Paul, the b&w night shot on the street with the slow shutter motion blur is incredible. Well done. Wonderful set of images!

Louisa Coulthurst - Love the black and whites – the 6th/7th from the bottom are my favourites!

Ruth - These photos have the same sort of peaceful feeling as stepping out into a countryside with falling snow. Peaceful, content, and their love shines through. I love the photo at the river with the stones in the foreground, love it to death.

Nessa K - Absolutely beautiful work, mister. I want to live in the last two black and white images. =)

Jessica - Love that first one in the door way!

Jakob - The ones in front of the window are great!

Becca Dilley - What a great mix of images, I especially love that series of silhouettes!

Kristi Wright - LOVE the shots by the water. What a stylish lady!!

Brad Ross - A great mix of locations but the barn always wins for me. Love the silhouettes.

Eliza - These are beautiful. They’re all fantastic shots, and I love your composition

Tobiah - wow – stunning. particularly love the dark photos at the start. very creative

Crystal - Awesome work, my fave is the second to last one! And.. I want her boots ;)

otto - right on paul!!!

Leah Muse - Absolutely LOVE the shots of them framed by the window.

sarah der - Lovely. Can I just ditto what everyone else said? I can’t get over that last B+W. Just beautiful. Also I just read the comment from the father and that is awesome!!!!

Thomas Lester - I love these. I’m jonesing for a trip to Nashville. Your posts aren’t helping ;-)

fotograf lublin - Gorgeous set!!

Jimmy P - Great work! I love the motion blur shot downtown. I’ve been to that exact spot by the lake.

McAvoy - Fantastic images – very creative. I so wanna live in Nashville now !

Alen Abdula - Love the second to last shot. Actually, i like most of these :). Great work. Keep it up.

Laura Burlton - What a rocking session! This sort of has it all, country, city, beach! Dang. Beautiful :)

Aunt Grace - You both look so happy, may life give you all the happiness. The pictures are breathtaking

Love you

andy stenz - the whole set is great – but the use of the door in the first few shots is awesome!

Heather - i love that sequence with the back-lit door! Wonderful!