Seaton Shoots Blog

Slip into a Sleeve- Wedding dresses with sleeves are BACK in style

sarah_seaton — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:36:23 +0000

This post is course NOT from Barry. About the only thing he shops for is camera gear and well camera gear… oh.. chips and beer. While I really love the strapless look… This is for all the brides that need something to hold up their dresses ( ie me .. sarah lynn seaton aka Barry’s wife). Amen that sleeves are coming back into style!! Love to hear some thoughts from Brides that are dress shopping.

Reposted from Wedding Aces thanks to Jessica

Classic and timeless, finding a gown with long sleeves has been no easy task! Thankfully, that traditional style element is making a comeback, and brides who dream of never seeing another strapless gown again are heaving a collective sigh of relief! At their most flattering when constructed of light, malleable fabrics such as lace, organza, chiffon and dupioni, sleeves subtly turn up the volume on style.

Image credits clockwise left to right: Le Spose di Gio, Claire Pettibone, Sassi Holford, Junko Yoshioka, Jenny Packham,Peter Langner, Monique Lhullier, Angelina Colarusso

Ian Howard and Beth Eason A wedding @ Second Presbyterian Church

sarah_seaton — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:37:10 +0000

Ian and Beth…What a great day! Here is a little post to surprise you when you get home from your honeymoon at Dancing Bear Lodge. ( one of our fav places to go in the Smokies!!) Great Flowers by Lisa Foster Floral Design. Love the painting of the Art of Marriage.. who is the artist?? I want one!!

Thank you for asking us to be a part of your special day.. and yes Barry said the sky really was that color blue -no photoshop done on that image!! You guys couldn’t have asked for a better day. All the best to your new family and we welcome Beth to Second Presbyterian Church.

THE DOG.. Not a wedding image but he was part of the day and one of the big things that Barry does is tell the story of the wedding day. Yes he can take fashion- inspired images and yes we can retouch images so they look vintage BUT.. what really matters is the story behind your wedding day. Who was there and how you felt on the the day. What better way to remember and relive the memories by looking at your wedding album.. - posted by Sarah Lynn Seaton

Jan Duncan and Glen Hast- A Wedding with Red Roses and White Snow

sarah_seaton — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:38:17 +0000

Jan Duncan, a Knoxville native, met Glen in Colorado where they both now live and work. They came back to Knoxville to share their big day with family at Crescent Bend. A dusting of light snow covered Knoxville and highlighted the red roses Jan had chosen to showcase the wedding day. It is always special when family heirlooms can be part of a bride’s day. Jan was given a Tennessee pearl and diamond necklace by her grandmother, Ruby Day Phillips, very simple but elegant and had a sixpence in her shoe to bring her good luck. All the best to Jan and Glen as they start their new life out west in Colorado with their many cats…. To see all the previews go to http://www.seatonshoots.com/previews

Kristen Firestone and Michael Dees- A Knoxville New Year’s Celebration

sarah_seaton — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:15:01 +0000

New Year’s Wedding was the perfect start of the new decade for Kristen Firestone and Michael Dees. Love the floral design. Great flowers! purple with a mix of creme tones …. by Always in Bloom. The bride wore a simple but elegant dress. I was told by Jim Ogle of Ogle Entertainment that fun was had by all when he got the music going ….fun group of friends. All the best to Kristen and Michael! To see all the previews go to http://www.seatonshoots.com/previews

Bride’s choice Awards- from Wedding Wire

sarah_seaton — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42:33 +0000

Thank you for making us part of the ….

The WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards ™ recognizes the top local wedding professionals from the WeddingWire Network that demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness, and professionalism. Unlike other awards in which winners are selected by the organization, the Bride’s Choice Awards are determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds. This year’s winners represent the top five percent of WeddingWire’s vendor community, which consists of over 100,000 local wedding professionals nationwide.

Several other winners from the Knoxville that we work with are: Always in Bloom, Magpies and A Perfect Day!

Thanks so much to all out brides and grooms that made this possible.

A Winter wedding at Crescent Bend

sarah_seaton — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:17:56 +0000

It is all a little weird for us grown-ups when our parents date and then get remarried. But it is all good.. it is just different than when we were little.. but we are not little anymore. We are supposed to be grownup RIGHT?? My father passed away almost 15 years ago and no one can replace him in my heart. BUT there is certainly lots more room in my heart for someone else who loves and cherishes my mother. Three years ago friends from church introduced my mother to Coy Freeman, little did we know that they would get married this January. To make a really long story kinda short.. I’ve now have 2 new stepbrothers; one I went to art school with and another whose wedding we photographed eight years ago.. small world Knoxville is.. Welcome to the family: Mark, Jody, Andy, Katy, Jonathan, Matthew, Carter and Jackson!

Music is a big part of my mother and Coy’s lives so music was a big part of their special day. Coy’s life-long friend joined them on the day to awe us all with his playing on his Stradivarius. I’m pretty musically illiterate but WOW it was incredible.. there is nothing like it.

A grand time was held by all… simple ceremony at Second Presbyterian Church just with family members and an elegant champagne brunch across the street at Crescent Bend. Everything was perfect. Judy, the coordinator at Crescent Bend, had everything all organized and flowing smoothly. Great food by All Occasion Catering,Flowers by Leonard @ Always in Bloom and Cake by Magpies. … no honeymoon yet.. the next day was spent with all the grandkids!
-posted by Sarah Lynn Seaton

Rachelle Keck and Justin Marion- A Downtown Knoxville Fall Wedding

sarah_seaton — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:16:49 +0000

I don’t usually get to know the grooms very much at all but Debbie and I got really used to Justin popping by the studio to chat and keep us up to date on the progress of their big day. Since they live just up the road from us I hope we have some new found friends to go out with!!

Mel was on board for the rehearsal which was at the Great Southern Brewing Co. in downtown Knoxville. Justin is a bit of a beer afficionado so the place was apropo!! Seems as if a great time was held by all.

On to the big day which took place at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and then on to the Crowne Plaza right after the ceremony. Bella Fiori Florist arrived with beautiful bright fall colors that complemented all the details that Justin and Rachelle had put together.

Lots of fun details, Converse shoes worn by the groomsmen, great CD put together by Justin and all around good time had by all!! The icing on the cake .. so to speak was the groom’s cake by Peggy of Magpies. Is it a cake or a Guinness?

ok.. why did Barry end up with so many pictures of you guys kissing? Guess you are off to a great start!! All the best. SLS

A Tennessee Wedding @ Butterfly Gap

sarah_seaton — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:55:24 +0000

Kristi Willocks and Justin Stringfield became man and wife at Butterfly Gap this past fall. East Tennessee has had the wettest fall in decades and Krist and Justin managed to find a day where there was space in between the clouds to celebrate their nuputials. Kristi chose bright vibrate, autumn colors for her bouquet designed by Coulter Florists of Maryville. Red dresses for her bridesmaids pulled the entire color scheme together. Neal from All Occasions Catering once again created yummy and fun food! Hamburgers, a french fry bar with assorted toppings and to top it off an ice cream bar for the groom’s cake.

All of our upcoming brides will get a 6 pence to go in their shoe. Barry gave one to Kristi which she managed to attach to her sandal. This British tradition comes from an old rhyme which goes….

“Something old, something new

Something borrowed, something blue

And a sixpence for her shoe.”

Visit http://www.sixpenceco.com/ for entire story to bring good luck to the bride.

A Rainbow Wedding- Macqueline Pickney and Nathan Foss

sarah_seaton — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:49:23 +0000

Macqueline and Nathan tied the knot October 9, 2009 at Tellico Yacht Club in Loudon, Tennessee. The best thing about it besides really superb flowers by Lisa Foster (outdoes herself again!!) and rocking music by the Retroholics was the event that was totally unplanned… an incredible rainbow. That has really got to mean good luck in marriage. The ceremony was held off for about twenty minutes, the sky cleared and what an awesome sight.

Social Media wedding planning- Or planning a wedding without paper

sarah_seaton — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:57:03 +0000

Taking the liberty of reposting an article from Mashable, which is a really cool how to educational site for bloggers. To start with the writer is a guy Josh Cantone– by that I mean male. That’s good but.. most guys that come to the studio aren’t very involved with all the details of the wedding day. We do see quite a few of you guys that are interested in the photography. Most of the time the colors and flowers and other stuff is left up to MOB and the bride. Anyway.. neat post starts with colors and ends with booking your honeymoon.

Since I ( Barry’s wife here) am kinda of a geek about planning, goal setting and organizing this was right up my alley. The article of course lists Etsy which has soo many really neat things to blow the budget on. Make sure that you look in the wedding category on Etsy. MyRegistry.com was pretty helpful too– think most guys would be better off choosing the dishes and other goodies in the comfort or their pj’s.. At least I know Barry would –as shopping isn’t too high up on his priority list. Well unless it is for camera gear and music. Guess the coolest looking site one to me was the Wedding Wire IPhone app. Let me know what you think.