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  • Welcome to our blog!

    Hello friends! Thanks for taking the time to check out our blog. We want this to be a place where you feel like you can snuggle up with a cup of coffee and relax. We want our images to bring forth emotion, and for our stories to reach out to you.

    We are a husband and wife wedding photography team who love people, love love, and love creating images! We love to hear your stories, and have a ton of fun capturing your beautiful personalities.

    Here you will find images from past events and sessions, vendor spotlights of our favorite vendors, wedding inspiration, and random musings on life. Currently, I (Jen) am the primary contributer to the blog, but it's one of my goals to convince Chris to blog some this year as well!

    Have a beautiful day!

A month in review | Why we love Nashville!

I can’t believe we have now lived in Nashville for over a month! (More like a month+week and a half!) How cliche can we get…but seriously, time flies when you’re having fun! I’d really love to do more personal posts on the blog…so I thought I’d just give a little update on how things are going:)

So far we’ve had a chance to do a little exploring….including snapping a few pictures at the lovely Centennial Park. Yeah yeah, that’s where everyyyyyyyyone goes to take pictures, but hey, we had to get a little bit of the touristy stuff out of the way;-)

We also explored downtown along Broadway a bit one day, so fun!

Ok, so we’re a little ridiculous and goofy haha. We also went to a show at the Rutledge to hear our friend Jeffrey East open for Jessica Roadcap, super fun! That’s really all the exploring we’ve intentionally done haha…because let’s be honest, it is HOT and HUMID….and I’m a little bit of a wimp. Which I think I’ve managed to work into most conversations….because as it turns out, I’m a little awkward around people I don’t know super well, HA! Who knew?;-)Kidding, kidding. I mean, well, ok I am a little awkward, but we are making tons of fabulous friends so far who don’t seem to care too much;-)I can’t thank our new photographer friends (and old photographer friends!) enough for making us feel so welcome:)You all are awesome!

We have had lots of adventures so far though! About a week and ahalf after we moved in (and after I had already commented on how many wrecks we had seen on Old Hickory Blvd.), we were rear ended at a stoplight. Thank God, no one was badly hurt. It probably should have been way worse than it was! From the picture…you also would probably think the damage wasn’t even that much haha, but turns out it was. We finally found out this week that the insurance company was going to consider it totaled and were able to get a new (to us!) car. Good times!

Another thing we LOVE about Nashville? Frozen yogurt. O.M.G. Menchie’s in Lenox Village is my drug of choice (it’s closest to our house), but Sweet Cece’s is pretty awesome too! We’ve been here long enough to develop an addiction, then have to break the addiction so we wouldn’t break our budget haha.

In photography news….we have booked our first Nashville area wedding! We will be shooting Kristi and Eric’s wedding in October at the gorgeous CJ’s Off the Square in Franklin! We visited CJ’s last week and are pretty much in love…such a gorgeous venue! And it is run by some of the most fabulous women ever:)We are working on getting to know more of the awesome vendors around the area also. Lots of love to go around in the Nashville wedding market!

Speaking of Nashville weddings…a few weeks ago I got to second shoot for Jamie Clayton, a super fun up and coming Nashville photographer! The wedding was at Christ the King in Nashville, which was just gorgeous! Once the couple sees all their images, I will hopefully be able to share a few:)Get excited!

So pretty much, we love it here:)I feel like this is turning into pretty much a post about nothing, but I really appreciate you taking the time to take a glimpse into our lives. I’m not gonna lie…it hasn’t been the easiest month of our life. But as our new friend Jonathan Campbell keeps reminding us…it’s ok to be scared. And it’s ok to go after your dreams. And if making it through hard times and being a little scared is going to make us stronger, then we’re well on our way;-)Hehe. It’s so hard to believe that August 1 will be two years we’ve been married, and September 1 will be the second year of the existence of Jennifer Creed | Photographer, and that this is the THIRD year of my life as a wedding photographer! Crazy!

My challenge to you today is to get out and do something that will advance your dream….no matter what it may be:)Happy Monday everyone, and happy dreaming!

Leona Morelock - Bowling Green misses you, but it sounds like you are having fun! Let me know if you are ever visiting.July 26, 2010 – 7:04 pm

Caitlin Denman - i love how many smileys you use. makes me feel less alone in the world of really smiley land. :)
CJuly 26, 2010 – 8:32 pm

Jim Cayer - Wow, it sure sounds like you both have jumped in with both feet and are having a great time, that is minus the accident. Nothing like a fresh start.July 27, 2010 – 11:15 am

Jane - G;ad you like your new home!July 27, 2010 – 1:08 pm

Wendi Riggens - So glad you are settling in! Nashville is a great city!!July 27, 2010 – 1:47 pm

Diane Carlisle - Sounds like you are settling in. I love Nashville! I’ve been there for conferences a couple of times. Hope you are enjoying your new home.July 27, 2010 – 5:47 pm

Kentucky Weddings | Tiffany & Mark | Married!

I am so excited to finally share Tiffany and Mark’s GORGEOUS southern wedding with you all!

Everything about Tiffany and Mark’s wedding had their personal touch. Their ceremony and reception took place at their family farm, and the girls got ready in their newly renovated (and gorgeous!) house. The flowers and decor worked beautifully with the nature that was already there, and the girl’s bouquets were seriously some of my favorites of all time! (Sherry Embry at Floral Expressions in Clarksville is pretty much a genius!)

It really was a good thing Tiffany and Mark’s wedding took place outdoors, because the smile that lit up Tiffany’s face all day might have just been too bright to be contained indoors;-)Sounds super cheesy, but seriously:)They both were so incredibly happy and relaxed all day, and it was such a beautiful celebration of their love. Every single person in attendance radiated love and caring for Tiffany and Mark.

This wedding was a photographer’s dream….I was like a kid in a candy shop all day:)Stunning couple, dreamy details, and lots of love…the perfect combination! So without further ado, here are some favorites!

Tiffany and Mark had this old school desk in their house, so cool!

Gorgeous:)

There’s usually one shot from every wedding that just really speaks to me for some unknown reason. This is that shot:)

So peaceful

Like I said…photographer’s dream:)

I LOVE this bridesmaid shot…so FUN!

Cutest flower girls:)

Love it! Congratulations, Tiffany and Mark! Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your day:)

Have a wonderful week, everyone!

Christina - Stunning as always…
Someday… :) July 12, 2010 – 1:16 pm

Gretchen Gilkey - WOW!!! Incredible shots Jennifer!! I love how you are able to capture the “unusual” and “creative” way to tell the story of the bride and grooms day! The boken you created is incredible. What lens/lenses did you mainly use?
Thanks!!!!
gretchen :o )July 13, 2010 – 7:48 pm

Nina - Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!!! LOVE the field! You are right! Every photographer’s dream!!!! LOVE IT!!!July 26, 2010 – 3:48 pm

Sandi - Jen,
Always love seeing your work!July 26, 2010 – 6:18 pm

Jane - Beautiful Wedding and you captured their day wonderfully!July 27, 2010 – 1:06 pm

Wendi Riggens - Beautiful job, Jenny! I wish we had wheat fields like that around here!July 27, 2010 – 1:48 pm

D. Craft - These are beautiful images!July 27, 2010 – 4:46 pm

Scott Plauche - Jen these are lovely. I especially like the images of the bride. Gorgeous.July 27, 2010 – 5:06 pm

A Nashville Special, and why we love engagement sessions!

Hello friends!

We have been in Nashville almost two weeks now, and I have to say that I just absolutely LOVE it! (Especially since today it’s cooled down a little and not quite hit 90 yet haha;-)) In two weeks we’ve already hit up a show at The Rutledge, had pancakes at the Pancake Pantry, hung out with super awesome photographers at SMUG and various lunch dates, explored beautiful Centennial Park, redesigned the website, and are in the process of booking our first Nashville wedding! Woo hoo!  We still have lots of places we want to explore, and lots more people we want to meet and get to know, but we are definitely loving it so far!

So, to celebrate the awesomeness of being in a new city, we have something super fun to offer our potential Nashville brides and grooms! The first ten couples who book us for a Nashville area wedding will receive a complimentary engagement session! To find out more, please contact us! We can’t wait to meet you:)

Why would we want to have an engagement session, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you!

A.) You are fabulous, and totally deserve to have tons of pictures documenting this time in your life. Umm…we won’t talk about how many pictures there are of us in our apartment (between engagement and wedding photos…hehe).  And, we are all about creating images that are more like art that you happen to be in, instead of “hey here’s my face, huge on the wall!”:)

B.) Wedding photos of course are FABULOUS, but it’s also way fun to have pictures of you that are you in your regular clothes, in locations that are important to your relationship (maybe the site of your first kiss, or where he proposed!)

C.) Photo guest books, anyone?!

D.) In the midst of the stress of wedding planning, engagement sessions can be a sweet time to just focus on each other. They are super low stress, and you get to spends lots of time hugging and kissing and just being in love, while we happen to be there to capture it:)

Engagement sessions are seriously my favorite thing to shoot. It’s such an exciting time in your life, and it is so fun for us to get to know you before the wedding! It allows portrait time to go much smoother during the wedding. I love hearing about how you met, your love story, and plans for your wedding. I love to see the look in your eyes as you realize again that “That is the person I get to spend the rest of my life with.”

When I got my “office” space set up in our new apartment, I put one of our engagement photos on my desk. And every day, I look at it and remember what an exciting time it was and how in love we were then, and how much more we are in love now, two years later:)So many things have changed in the last two years, but I’m still thrilled to pieces to be living life side by side with my best friend. And that’s what it’s all about:)

I leave you with just a few of our favorite engagement images! Talk to you soon!

elizabeth - Hey I made your engagement pictures :) And I love that you wrote this post :) Love you girl – I can’t wait to see what incredible things you all do in Nash-vegas! It’s gonna be greaatt!!!!June 29, 2010 – 12:22 pm

brittney - I’m soo excited for you two! Still! Hehe. :) June 29, 2010 – 12:47 pm

Emily Kay - A year later and our engagement pictures are still some of our favorites!!!! How lucky for Nashville couples!!!! Take Jenny up on this one, you will NOT regret it!June 29, 2010 – 1:55 pm

Jane - So nice, love your black and white conversions!July 27, 2010 – 1:07 pm

Paul+Sara | Bowling Green, KY Wedding

The only thing better than tearing up as a bride sees her groom for the first time on their wedding day, is when it’s your best friend. The best friend you’ve laughed and cried and planned with since the moment he dropped down on one knee in front of her over a year ago. Paul and Sara’s wedding day was such an amazing celebration, and to say we were honored to be there would be an understatement:)  Some photographers hate shooting for good friends, but I have to say I wouldn’t have had it any other way! Paul was there the day Chris first asked me out (actually a funny story…ask us sometime hehe). We were there with cameras the day Paul proposed to Sara. And we were there for their wedding, and hopefully many more major events to come:)

Paul and Sara’s wedding day was PERFECT! A tad bit warm, but the most gorgeous skies you’ve ever seen in your life! And one of the most personalized ceremonies I think we’ve ever been to.  Dr. Hopper read letters that Paul and Sara had written to each other about why they love each other (they hadn’t seen each other’s yet)…talk about open up the waterworks! The passion and love these two share is just incredible and beautiful and inspiring.

Trying to narrow down some favorite images for a blog post was nearly impossible. We had extra time to shoot with the two of them after the reception (A-mazing!), so I have so many favorites! There will probably be less behind the scenes pre-ceremony images than usual to make room for some other awesomeness:)Enjoy!

Love this shot Chris got of Sara coming to see Paul for their first look!

So precious.

This is one of my favorites:)

I climbed on top of Chris’s back to get this shot. It’s really unfortunate that no one else in the field had a camera haha

And this is my favorite from the day! Personally, I think it needs to be a huge canvas:)

I love how peaceful this image is.

That’s all for today! Thank you so much Paul, Sara, and families! You all are so wonderful:)

And, while you’re here, you should click on the “Nashville Wedding Photographers” link at the top of the page (in the menu) and go check out our newly designed Nashville website! (Featuring music by the fabulous Jeffrey East!) We finally moved this past Thursday, and have been busy settling in:)We can’t wait to meet more fabulous vendors and brides down here in Music City, we definitely love it so far!

Have a great evening!

Sara - YOU ARE SO AWESOME!! I LOVE ALL THE PICTURES ALMOST AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU!! Thanks for hanging out with us and making our wedding day spectacular! Thank you!! We love you! I love you!June 23, 2010 – 4:25 pm

Bev Pitts - The pictures of Sara & Paul’s special day are fabulous! The special relationship that you & Chris have with them really comes through in the pictures. Thank you so much for the visual documentation of the proposal and beyond. We look forward to many more beautiful pix from Jennifer Creed Photography!!!June 25, 2010 – 2:22 am