Visiting the Corn Maze

A few weeks ago we headed out to the corn maze in Crossville. An awesome time was had and I would recommend a visit. Click the link at the bottom to see more pics.

































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Chattanooga Bridal Show

The Chattanooga Bridal show on Sunday was awesome. Despite the horrendous rain there were quite a few brides that showed up. If I can say so, I do believe we had the best booth of the entire show! (that's only my opinion of course:) But if you missed it, here are some pics for you to see it with your own eyes.

To all the brides that were there and haven't signed up yet, I will be offering 40% OFF until this Sunday, Sept. 27th. Only a $200 down payment check in the mail and you will have the photography part of your wedding planning completely taken care of!

Thanks a bunch for all the compliments on the booth and I hope to see you all again soon,

Matt









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Rachele and Corey at the Falls

Well this shoot just goes to show how new I am to Tennessee. Rachele and Corey invited me to Ozone Falls for their engagement shoot on Saturday. Only 45 minutes from the house and I didn't even know falls like this existed around here. A short hike to the bottom and I felt like we were in the Amazon. Watch your step though, every rock is constantly wet and covered in slippery moss. At the bottom of the falls was much cooler than the temp up top, but I had to be careful because there was a constant water spray covering all my equipment. Rachel and Corey were awesome sports though and we got some really cool images they can be proud of:

















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A Sports Engagement

Yesterday, Laurel, Austin, and I had some fun at Campbell Station Park in Farragut. Somehow we missed all of the torrential downpours and managed to stay dry. Some of these shots would have been cool in the rain... But my photo equipment probably wouldn't enjoy it so much.

Laurel and Austin are very sporty and have both played soccer for 14 years. What better way to be photographed than doing something you love?

Enjoy,

-Matt







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Free Tickets to Chattanooga Bridal Show

If you are a bride-to-be and will be attending the Chattanooga Bridal Show put on by Premier Bride on Sept. 20th, 2009, just give me a shout and I'll send you a free ticket. I have about 5 remaining so just let me know.

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Come Visit Me at the Chattanooga Bridal Show!

Sunday September 20th I will be at the Chattanooga Bridal Show put on by Premier Bride

My show booth is almost complete check it out:



Well, this is just a scale model of course but if you want to see the real thing you'll just have to come to the show!



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Angela and Duke in Maryville

Monday Evening I met with Angela and Duke for some Egagement type pictures, yes if you look closely they are already married so maybe we should just call them portraits... But that just sounds so boring. Anyway, they were great people and I thought I would share some of the images from the session:

Take care,

Matt














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Kitchen Remodel Phase 1 Complete!

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Summertime Fun!

Some folks have been using Facebook and email as methods to tell me they would like to see some updated pics of the family, (I wont name names). So here it is. I havent been posting much lately because It's summer and we are busy having fun, doing projects, and staying busy. Sorry for that...Not!

A while back we went to Market Square in Downtown Knoxville. All the kids wanted to do was play in the fountain the entire time.







Like brother like sister.


Afterward while soaking wet we decided to take some pictures??






Here we are the next day at Ruby Falls near Chattanooga. This is a huge waterfall 1,000 feet underground.


And Fat Mans Squeeze in Rock City.


Me, Austin, My Mom, and Ella poking out the side.


She had to stop and smell the flowers.




Another day we went crawdad fishing near the river. Here Ella is showing off her catch.


One morning I caught this deer eating out of our flowerbed, (or weedbed)!




A firefly in flight. These little boogers are hard to photograph!


Every night we have thousands of them in the yard. So many that Ella can sometimes catch them. When you hold them upside down they tend to light up.


Ella likes the lambs ear. "Daddy feew it, it's soff".


Sunset


And I had to post one of my other "baby". This was last weekend in Kentucky.


And she is my baby too. We painted the gallery white and are now in the middle of a kitchen remodel.


Until next time,

-Matt
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Lee and Brandie's Wedding Peek

Lee and Brandie are such a fun couple! Their wedding was on Saturday and here are a few images I'd like to share. My assistant Ashley and I had an awesome time with them first at their church Fairview United Methodist in Maryville and then at Calhoun's on the River in Downtown Knoxville. Everyone seemed to have a great time especially when I pulled out my box of props!

One of the dads (I won't say who) was standing there for this shot asking "why?", my reply was "why not?". That seems to be my signature, to get a spectacular image of the dress. And I believe this one turned out well!


Mom helps fasten Brandie's shoes before the walk down the Aisle.


The window light was beautiful for this image!


The guys got an important walkie talkie call just before the ceremony began. It went something like this: "Why the h*## are you still outside we have 5 minutes before you are suppose to be on the alter?" Everything was under control!


Brandie and Dad.


Brandie and Lee at Calhoun's with the paddlewheel boat in the background.


The sunset was awesome!


My interpretation of the cake.


Fix that hair girl!


Mom and dad getting down!


Lee and Brandie actually met at a techno dance club!


As you can tell, the dancing was tiring!


The props were a hit as soon as we pulled them out!


I hope you enjoyed your sneak peek!

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Brandie and Lee Engagement

So I've been slacking on the blog duties recently. Here is a shoot from last week of Brandie and Lee. I think we picked the hottest day of the entire summer for this shoot, but we made the most of it anyway. They will be wed this weekend so you should see more pics of this awesome couple in the near future.

Also, Pavel Studios was featured on the Panache Productions Blog this week so make sure to visit and leave an awesome comment about me! While you are there check out Kristyn's work. She does an awe-inspiring job to get every detail of your wedding absolutely perfect!







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