I always wondered why people would refer to Nashville as “Nashvegas.” I mean, has anyone that says that actually BEEN out to Vegas?? Other than the red neon lights and ample dark alleys us ladies work to avoid (even in our stiletto high heels), I really don’t think Nashville is much like Vegas. Seriously, we don’t even have 24 hour wedding chapels! What’s up with that?!?
Although you know, that probably is a good thing….if more people did that here, got married the spur of the moment or in an intoxicated stupor of enlightenment, engagement pictures would be no more! And that means me and Shane are stuck with a camera and no young excited whipper shnappers to take pikchurs of. (No, that’s not a speeling erorr.) Now that just can’t happen.
Sooo maybe I should get on to what I was going to chitty chat about in the first place…another blog means MORE PICTURES! Do I hear wedding bells a-comin’? Why yes, I believe I do.
They aren’t quite sure when they’ll be ringing, but Taryn and Ryan shot some engagement pictures with us this month. And let me tell you, Taryn is BEAUTIFUL. Seriously. She is such a sweetheart and her and Ryan are an amazing couple. But as sweet as they are, the angry nasty rainy storm clouds didn’t care to notice and kept on raining. Thumbs DOWN. Boo.
We had to improvise a bit, and they both were so flexible in working with us and the inclement weather. But seriously though, we just had aFLOOD. Nashville was all up on duh news with dat disaster! Do we NEED more rain??? We thought the downtown might up and flood againand wash us all away into the Cumberland and down to who knows where. I might be being a bit dramatic…but what can I say. Boo again.
We began the shoot at our studio downtown and got some really great shots of Taryn and Ryan sitting in these huuuuge windows that overlook 3rd street. Then we moved to the hallway and other areas around the studio and did some of the cute lovey kissing pictures.Although there were a few with some lip biting going on…Shane maaay have encouraged those. I don’t think that was very PG guys. Might wanna keep those away from daddy….uh oh!! :)
Thankfully, the powers that be heard our prayers for the rain to stoppeth. So, we had a wardrobe change and headed downtown! We all walked over to the…..oh dang it, what IS that place called…..okay, I just asked Shane. He won’t help me. All I hear is, “Blah blah blah, youARE the assistant, blah blah blah, durrr, blah blah some more…” Yep. That’s what he sounds like in real life, folks. Okay let me Google this mess.
WAR MEMORIAL!!! That’s the ticket!! (Mom, if you’re reading this, that was for you!) Okay, so that’s where we were. (And by the way, I told Shane with shouts of excitement what it was when I finally figured it out. “Oh. Yeah. That’s it.” Phooey.)
So anywho, Taryn and Ryan posed for some pictures around the fountains near the memorial, and get this – there was a wedding going on at the same time! Lord have mercy! As funny as it was, we all couldn’t stop watching like little stalkers in the background! It did kind of give a vibe off of what Taryn and Ryan have to look forward to…and that made me super happy.
Because Shane and I wanted to get some outdoor shots of them, we decided to meet with Taryn and Ryan for a bit the next morning to get some without the Debbie Downer rain. So after a night full of eating mexican food, (I TOLD you it would come up again…and this time, I had my chips, thankyouverymuch.) we met down at the Parthenon park and took some shots amidst the foliage and greenery. Nice verbage. Sweet.
Overall, I think the shoot turned out FANTASTICO!! We loveloveLOVE Taryn and Ryan and I hope that we are lucky enough to shoot their wedding whenever they tie the knot!! As happy we as are with how the pictures turned out, we hope that they will be just as happy with the result. Thanks guys for being so amazing to work with!! :)
Smile pretty (because the paparazzi might be stalking…Nashvegas, right??!),
Raychle
