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!!

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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Hello All. Let us start off by saying we have MISSED you all. We have also missed our blog. Let us explain our absence. Boy oh boy has 2012 been a year for the books! Our very own Skye(Me) had a wee little baby girl, Clair Browning Stone was born on July 4th, 2012 at 2:59 a.m.  I didn’t come back to work until the beginning of September, So Dee ran the show for a while. I guess you could say we kinda went on a hiatus. But now we are back in the saddle? …  Lets just say we are behind the lens! )

We couldn’t have better clients! We really couldn’t! Once we were back from our mini summer vacation e mails starting filling up our in boxes morning after morning and before we knew it, Fall Mini time had arrived! We held them at Red Clay State Park. I think we had a week break before it was time to start our Christmas sessions. They were fabulous as always. But wait, wait, wait! We need to back up a little bit and give yall and update on the sessions we had before we went on our mini summer vacation and before our Fall and Christmas sessions. I don’t really know if having a baby qualifies as a vacay though? Because I didn’t and haven’t really had any relaxation time since the beginning of July.

Anyhow,

The next posts we will be updating will be all of our sessions from April-December of this year(2012). We weren’t terribly busy do to me and my baby bump. We scheduled lightly in the Spring and early summer of this year. But buddy, once September hit it was back on! So enjoy the next posts we will be adding from all the past sessions and weddings from 2012.

Oh but wait, I guess first we will leave you with a few newborn photos and 2 month photos of baby Clair for everyone who hasn’t seen her. Dee and I can’t believe she is almost 6 months!

So here she is in all her Glory! Clair Browning Stone. Blooms newest addition! )

Hey, it’s Dani here.  Well, we have a very important announcement to make!

Our beloved Skye has a baby bump.  We (I say “we” as if we are all pregnant!) are expecting baby girl sometime in early July!  Right now we will just call her CBS, those are her initials…the name is top secret.  We are so excited, we can hardly contain ourselves!  We already know that baby CBS is going to be photographed SO so much, but if she is anything like her momma…she won’t mind too much.  

Skye had her first baby shower thrown for her by Kevin’s sweet Mom, Sherri.  The day of the shower was a beautiful warm spring morning…the weather was PERFECT.  Sherri hosted such a laid back quaint little baby shower, it was almost like girls friends just getting together and having lunch…except for all the amazing gifts that were given.  Skye got a little assistance in opening her presents by pup dog Box 2 (photos below).  Let’s just say that Skye, Kevin, and baby girl CBS are blessed.  We can’t wait to meet her!

Meet baby Heath. He’s such a pretty baby! So flawless, So soft. Now we know where the expression “Soft as a baby’s bottom” comes from. Baby’s like Heath! We showed up at their house on a Friday morning for Heaths session and boy was he content being at home. He didn’t make a peep, Just let us turn him and pose him at whatever way we needed.

Then he got a little hungry so we decided to take a small break before doing his photos with mom and dad. We took some of his room. It was so peaceful in there. Just like a baby’s room should be! We also let Brooke and Richard, Heaths momma and daddy lay and roll around on the bed with him for some cute family shots. We are so happy for the Henderson family and their newest member of the family. Congradulations Brooke and Richard!

It’s that time of year again, folks!  The weather is warming up, the birds are chirping, and the sun is staying out later…it’s spring time!  So, it’s time for us to be doing some spring mini sessions!

Fortunately,  we had a tremendous turnout for our pre-sale (which was offered to our previous mini session clients first) so we had to open up another weekend!

We are now taking booking requests for March 31st and April 1st.  These sessions go super fast, so if you are interested in booking, please email us at:

bloomchattanooga@gmail.com

Please give us your preferred date and time of day.

As with all our mini sessions, this one will be styled as well!  We plan on having baby ducks and a few little areas that we will stage in some super cute spring decor.  We are thinking an old red wagon, a cool vintage chair, a picnic area, and wildflowers.

Our spring mini’s will be held at the Enterprise South Nature Park.  We are planning to have everything setup at picnic area 3.  There is a little bridge there and lots of lovely trees.

We are so excited about this years spring sessions!

We hope to see you all there!  

To book your spring mini session, please email us at bloomchattanooga@gmail.com!

We love babies.  We love their little fat rolls, how they coo, how they stretch when they wake up, their teeny tiny little fingers and toes.  We love taking photos of newborns even more.  So, in the spirit of loving all things baby…we are offering 20% off our sitting fee if you book your baby session in the month of February.  The only catch?  The babes have to be under one year old.  :)

To make this offer more inciting, we are going to show you some of our favorite baby shots from the past year.

Are you ready to book your sweet little baby session?  Email us at bloomchattanooga@gmail.com or call us at the studio at 423-531-7923!

We are so happy to announce that we are in the process of training a very valuable new addition to our staff here at Bloom.  Help us welcome Miss Ryli Blair to our little Bloom family!

Ryli goes WAY back with us.  She and Skye are sisters so really they go back as far as Skye’s birth…and that’s a long time!  Ryli and Dani have been best friends since they were 16.  Ryli has really been there for Bloom behind the scenes since it’s beginning.  Ryli is a 5th grade teacher and lucky for us she has the summers off!  Bloom has been so blessed this past year and we were able to book 18 weddings!  We have worked very hard to give ALL our clients only the very highest quality images we can possibly provide.  Since we work so hard at that and we are just getting busier we have decided that it’s in our best interest to hire a new employee!  We feel so very happy to have her join our team.  So, new clients…get used to this face!   

Listen up! Did you get engaged over the holiday? Or…do you know someone who is planning a wedding? Send them our way!

It’s Bride War time, folks!

Last year we had an awesome response to this contest and met some of our favorite brides of the year this way, 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 this Sunday, January 8th! Then, nominees will be collected and placed in their own album right here on Facebook. 

Then the voting begins! (details about that later)

After the one week voting period is over, the grand prize winner will get 2 tickets to the Pink Bridal Show, 10% off their photography package with us, and a FREE engagement session! And no worries, we play fair…so the 1st and 2nd runners up will get a ticket to the bridal show as well. 

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!!