Seaton Shoots Blog

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, 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

Missi picked up great colors for their summer wedding. Teal and vibrant orange along with a fun beach theme. Missi was way too organized and had thought of all the details– thinking that mom did help a bit.. . Really cool was the orange chinese parasols. We photographed her sister Jennifer’s wedding last year and it made it all the better to see parents and family again. They already knew Barry and what he is (usually ) up to!! We started portraits at the Montessori Garden in Fountain City and then headed to Sonlight Baptist Church to cool off! and then got ready for Missi and Matt to tie the knot. After a beautiful service and one Barry’s fun group photos all the bridal party got on the trolley and headed uptown or really downtown for fun pics in Krutch Park and up the elevator to Club Leconte… and yes it was really nice to enjoy the air-conditioning at that point.

What  a fun party they had, steel drum music and goldfish swimming in the vases on all the tables. Think the best was the speeches made by Missi’s parents and Matt’s friends.. I didn’t even know these guys and was in tears…

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Suzanne’s Mum did a superb job of making the wedding cake shown below, and the candy bar was too tempting for me not to take home a couple of boxes of huge tart bubble gum balls for the girls.

The beauty of an outdoor ceremony, when everything comes together, is that bright California look. Even more dramatic can be the lighting and clouds brought on by inclement weather. So an outdoor wedding ceremony at Crescent Bend, with its lovely layered gardens, has lots going for it. While some understandably can’t handle the element of risk with the weather, many of those who can do reap the rewards.

Suzanne and Chad rolled the dice and lucked out with the storms. All the family photographs and ceremony were completed before the cool clouds turned menacing and then followed thru with their promise.

(DJ Jim Ogle kept his laptop on the local radar and we planned on clearing his exposed ceremony sound gear asap. Unfortunately Murphy’s Law had it’s way with his covered sound equipment, near the end of the reception when it rained cats and dogs. After his third piece went out was the only time i’ve seen him not smiling. It rained so hard it splashed back in under the tent.)

The pretty bouquet was placed in the fountain by a groomsman immediately following the ceremony. And the last teaser image here is to illustrate “a little” photoshop lighting retouching. A little on the heavy side to add some drama.

…. and as everybody waived them off from indoors, Suzanne and Chad ran out to their car in the rain for their exit. Pulling out my scuba camera gear I was able to follow without fear ….. but you’ll have to wait for their finalised album design to be posted here to see those images.

tease ;-P

Like all brides, Kellie had a few things she really wanted to happen on her wedding day, if possible. Said “No big deal” if circumstances worked against it, after all it’s an event with many variables coming together. But who doesn’t their wedding day to have some special elements that have personal meaning?

An outdoor wedding was one criteria, but potential weather issues were a large consideration picking the location. So a World’s Fair Park wedding became an L & N Station Building wedding, where the reception was already planned. This meant a white carriage ride could still happen. And the ceremony to reception transition would be easy.

Time and technology came together for Kellie and Jake, and their downtown First Sight photographs. iPhone radar weather tracking from weatherunderground.com showed them there would be a small break in the weather … and they’d built in enough time to take advantage of it. Thanks to Mel for being the umbrella and transportation gaffer. And finding an unusual portrait location.

….this one in the finely furnished ladies bathroom