Some of our favorite things to photograph besides weddings are maternity sessions, aka bump sessions. I mean we get to shoot photos of a woman at one of her most beautiful times of her life(even though some women don’t feel beautiful at this time. THEY ARE!). One of the most important times of her life. When she has a new little life just a cooking in her womb. We just get warm and fuzzy feelings in our souls when we book a maternity session.

This session was special for Skye to shoot because she is a client/customer of Kalyn’s and Kalyn is a client of hers. Kalyn owns TuTu Cute Bowtique. Check them out on facebook! Or  you can see her store online here http://sotutucute.com/ . Skye shoots Kalyn’s Bowtiques inventory for her online sites. In return Skye ends up  purchasing some pretty swanky outfits such as shirts, pants and dresses from the bowtique. So to make a long story short they have become close friends but still understand that they are both professional business owners.

So when Kalyn booked her shoot with us we were thrilled! Just tickled to death. Kalyn’s husband ryan earned himself a new side job if he ever needs one. He was the perfect “Light reflector holder” for us! Great job Ryan! High five to you!

We really love this couple so much! It was the perfect Spring evening for these right before sunset.  I said it during the shoot and we will say it again. These are pinterest worthy! Kalyn you are gorgeous my friend. Absolutely glowing! We can not wait to meet baby Webb!

Amy & Chris. Such a sweet, simple and beautiful couple. Their wedding was at the Gordon Lee Mansion in Chickamauga Ga. It was supposed to be an out door wedding but when mother nature has different plans other than sunny weather you have to work around her. Luckily she was kind to us and anytime we were ready to shoot photos outside the rain would stop and we would all hurry outside to shoot beautiful photos and then hurry back inside like little mice! Everything about Amy and Chris’s day was perfect in our eyes. A little water droplets didn’t stop us! Enjoy!

Meet this beautiful family with baby Charlie on the way. Tonya makes pregnancy look even more beautiful than it already is! She’s about to deliver any day now and look how good she looks! Abby and Graci, which are Tonya and Jacobs first 2 little girls were such sweet angels during the session. Took those precious faces a few minutes to warm up to us but once they did boy did their personalities come out to play! We believe Jacob is going to have his hands full because baby #3 is a little girl as well.

We can’t wait to meet baby Charlie! We are sending thoughts and prayers up for Tonya that she has a quick and safe delivery!

Meet Sarah and Jared. We must say they are a perfect match. We only knew the 2 of them for 48 hours but we feel like we have known them for forever. We didn’t meet Sarah and Jared until the evening of their rehearsal the day before the wedding.

Sarah is so teeny tiny and elegant as can be. She reminded us of a princess. Her voice was gentle and soft. We personally don’t think she has a mean bone in her body. We also believe that she has been the most laid back bride we have ever worked with by far. We found out she is an avid runner! Sarah and some of her bridesmaids even went on a run the morning of the wedding. Go Sarah! Talk about someone who is passionate. We can’t even get in a run on a normal day let alone on a day we are shooting a wedding.

Ok, time to talk about Jared. He is a pretty nice guy himself. He gave us a few laughs while shooting his portraits. Jared and his grooms men had some jokes up their sleeves as well. But we must say they were very well behaved gentlemen. Jared wasn’t nervous in the least bit. He was grinning from ear to ear the whole time. Which for us, was great. Being that we are photographers and do need a smile here and there.

Their wedding and reception was held at the Hunter Art Museum in downtown Chattanooga,TN. It was the perfect weather! High 60′s into the low 70′s . Now that is what we are talking about when we say perfect wedding weather. Sarah and Jared got married that evening at 6pm with a Jewish ceremony.  Following the ceremony was a nice cocktail hour where everyone visited with the with new Mr. and Mrs. Barnett on the top of the Hunter Art Museum while the sun was setting.  GORGEOUS!  The reception was everything we expected and more! Everyone ate delicious foods,  amazing cake, danced to some funky songs,  and they even served fresh out of the oven hot chocolate chip cookies towards the end of the night . It was a fabulous night for sure.

Congratulation’s Sarah and Jared! We are so happy yall chose Bloom to document your special day.

The nominees are in! Paragraphs have been carefully written by the couples or someone nominating them, and a photograph of each couple has been submitted. The 2013 Bride War album is up on our Bloom Photography Facebook page. Go choose your favorite couple and vote for them. They get a pretty swanky package that has lots of hot deals that they can’t get any other way except for winning this contest.

Check out the link below and comment VOTE under your favorite contestant! Remember, Only 1 vote per person. GOOD LUCK YALL!

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Hey there! Did you get engaged over the past few months or weeks? Maybe even back around the Holiday season? Or…do you know someone who is planning a wedding? Send them our way!

It’s Bride War time, people!

Last year we had a good turn out, This will be our 3rd year of holding the Bride War Contest. We have had such great responses the past 2 years that we figured we would keep up the tradition! We are so excited to do it again!

Ok…so…If you, or someone you know (who appreciate discounts and free things) could use our services for their upcoming wedding, NOMINATE THEM! We are taking nominations until March 18th! Then, nominees will be collected and placed in their own album on our Bloom Photography Facebook page.

Then the voting begins Monday evening March 18th, 2013.

How to vote?

1. Go to our Bloom Photography Facebook page. Tell your friends to do this too!

2. “LIKE” our Bloom Photography Facebook page.

3. Click on our photos and find the Bride War 2013 album.

4. Find yourself or your favorite couple.

5. Comment VOTE under your favorite couple. Remember, Only 1 vote per person counts, Double and triple votes DO NOT COUNT. 1 vote per person!

6.Share this on your facebook page and promote your favorite couple and get ALL your friends to vote for them!

6.Whoever gets THE MOST COMMENTS OF THE WORD VOTE,  WINS!

Voting ends on Monday, April 1st, 2013 at  8am SHARP! After the voting period is over, and all votes have been counted, We will then announce the winner and the FABULOUS prizes they have won! What’s the prize? well let us tell you! The grand prize winner will get a FREE engagement session, 15% off their photography package with us, and a FREE 16×24 canvas of their favorite wedding portrait that we shot . And no worries, We play fare… So the 2nd and 3rd place winners receive 10% off their wedding packages if they choose to book with us!

Ready to nominate? Email us at bloomchattanooga@gmail.com with your favorite photo of the lovebirds and a brief story about the couple. Please also include the nominees contact information.

READY??? OK! Go!!

We decided to put up a very small teaser of Sarah and Jared’s wedding this past weekend at the Hunter Art Museum in downtown Chattanooga,TN. More to come in the next week! So be on the look out!

I(Skye) have known Nick and Becky for a hot minute to say the least. So this is going to be a bit lengthy but its totally worth the read!

Meet Becky and Nick, My other half Kevin and I(Skye)  have known Nick for the last 4  1/2 years. When we lived in Murfreesboro,TN  Nick was our neighbor that lived across the hall on the first floor. Kevin and I had some fun times with Nick. Such as… The mud bogs, What are mud bogs you may be thinking or asking? Well they are just this… Way out in Woodbury,TN  on Saturday nights every Dodge, Chevy and Ford truck in the 100 square mile area show up to see who can make it through this HUGE mud pit! We’re talking 8 ft deep trenches and 150 feet long!(I think my measurements are accurate?)  To say the least its kind of  country, Ok who am I kidding? Its a redneck thing. But we thoroughly enjoyed those Saturday nights. Then there were the Saturdays at the apartment pool, Boating days on the weekend on Nicks niiiiiice boat at party cove on Percy Priest lake, Nascar truck races  at the Nashville speedway and the everyday grilling out on our first floor apartment patios. First floor at Across Creek at Victory Station was where it was at back in the day.

Kevin and I eventually moved from the apartment complex and so did Nick ,But we kept in touch and still hung out. One evening we were having Nick and friends over and were going to have a  camp fire and grill out and Nick mentioned he was going to bring a lady along to accompany him.  Booooooy, was I ever excited! Another girl to talk to and not listen to guy talk! I was in heaven! Hang on! It gets better! Then when they arrived  After talking with this new fun girl in my life I discovered Becky was a Vet! OH boy, Now this was awesome because I had ALWAYS wanted to be a vet, having 5 dogs and horse, go figure! There was no question after meeting Becky the first time I knew she was a keeper for Nick! Becky is so down to earth and honest as ole Abraham himself. Becky is fun, genuine and kind hearted.

So now 4 1/2  years later here we all are. Becky and Nick Got engaged! One day back in the early Fall of 2012 Becky called me up and asked if we would be coming up to celebrate with them for the wedding, and that’s when we all decided I would shoot the wedding for them.

Becky and Nick got married at the Tulip Street Methodist Church in Nashville,TN Churchhttp://174.132.158.6/~tulipstr/

Their reception was held at Cellar One in downtown Nashville,TN. http://www.nashvilleeventspace.com/venues/cellar-one/ I absolutely loved this venue.

Becky and Nick are great. They really are. I think its important in a relationship to have a balance. These 2 have this balance. They have the spark, they have the twinkle, they have their moments where I’m sure they want to peel the skin off of each other like every other couple does but whats important about these 2 is that they have that balance. I am so happy for Becky and Nick, I REALLY am!

Congrats to Nick and Becky!

Hugs to the both of you, and I love you both. Have a fun time in Lake Tahoe! xoxo.

Skye.

This precious little gal’s name is Avarie.  You may recognize her from her newborn photos.  You don’t?  Ok, well let’s refresh your memory then…

Since we are a little (OK, A LOT!) behind on blogging this slideshow is from when Avarie was 6 months old.  And this coming Saturday we will get to document her at her one year mark!  It is such a great job we have to be able to see little ones grow up before our eyes!  At her six month session it was all spring time flowers and pretty frilly outfits and she was a big girl pulling up on the chair and hanging out there all by herself!  And JUST LOOK at the photos of her in her basketball outfit!  PRECIOUS!  We could just squeeze those little legs of hers in those tube socks.  Her Mom Kari had quite a hard time finding such tiny little tube socks, but they were sure worth the hard work!

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Happy Birthday Avarie!  You are sure growing up to be a precious little lady!

Precious. Simply precious. Brynleigh is precious, her parents Drew and Kayla are precious. Just such a precious family. So sweet and welcoming. Brynleigh Faith Akins was born on February 8, 2013 at 8:15 am weighing 6 pounds, 1 ounce and 18.5 inches long. Tiny little thing she was and still is! She was only a week early too. I guess Brynleigh was also an early Valentines day gift. I’ve gotta say that is probably THE BEST  Valentines day gift ever for Drew and Kayla.

Brynleigh was so itty bitty. Tiniest little toes and fingers, She gave a few smiles once she got nice and comfy during the shoot. She also wanted to see all the action. We guess she didn’t get the memo about going to sleep. We had a few “Awe” moments and we also had a few good belly laughs during the session. You see, when Drew was holding Brynleigh  she took a little pee pee on him. Drew was a trooper. He didn’t freak out as Kayla and I laughed hysterically. He changed shirts and we just kept shooting the session. Way to go Drew! And hey, WAY TO GO KAYLA! You look like you never had a baby! You go girl!

So anyhow this is the precious Akin’s family with their newest addition Brynleigh. Like we said earlier and time and time again. Precious.

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