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Ty & Karen | Modern Nashville Engagement Session

November 25, 2011

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I promised a post from Ty and Karen’s Nashville engagement session today, so here it is! Better late than never 🙂 Chris and I had a wonderful, relaxing holiday with family yesterday, and a fabulous time spending time together today. I hope all of our lovely readers had an equally amazing last couple days!

We photographed Ty and Karen’s engagement session back in October, and they are just the sweetest couple. Ty actually took on the duty of booking their photographer, so we got to know him before we met Karen. It was so incredibly sweet listening to him talk about how amazing the love of his life was. We then later had dinner with them. Ty got there first, and the way his face lit up when Karen arrived was so adorable! And Karen? She is probably the sweetest, most genuinely happy person I have ever met! They both have such a passion for everything about life, but especially for education. They are so fun to be around, and we had an awesome time with their engagement session, and can’t wait for their  Cedarwood wedding in May!

Lots of favorites from this session!

downtown nashville engagement session

We started out our session in downtown Nashville for some fun, modern images

They are such a gorgeous couple! Also, shout out to the fab Nashville make up artist Amy Lynn Larwig for Karen’s hair and make up!

Next, we headed to a park for some natural, pretty light images. The smiles never stopped…love it!

I think this is one of my new all time favorite shots. The way he’s holding her, her smile…it’s just all such a sweet moment!

bookman bookwoman nashville

We then headed to Hillsboro Village, and the Bookman Bookwoman used bookstore, which is incredible! Ty and Karen often visit it on Sunday and browse the books together. I love when we can incorporate something the couple loves to do together into their session!

hillsboro village engagement session

Ty & Karen: We have loved getting to hang out with you and getting to know you, and are so excited to get to spend your wedding day with you!

I think we have one more post in our engagement session series, and also a lovely garden reception to share soon! And, it’s engagement season! Love seeing the 2012 inquiries come in. Congratulations in advance to anyone getting engaged this holiday season 🙂

Have a great weekend, everyone!

  1. Brandi says:

    What a gorgeous couple! Love the light in these and just the love that they show. Great session.

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I'm writing this today staring out at the bright blue Colorado sky, near Boulder, CO where I live with my husband of nearly 17 years and our 8 year old son. We moved here to chase the mountains and adventure and a life fully lived, after over a decade in Nashville, TN. 

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