It’s this acoustic, folky, amazing blend of awesome. Go here to listen (#5 is my favorite!) and buy it!

What I LOVE about photographing artists is that we can get some fun artistic shots and go a little out of the box. check it out.

love love love this one!

Find a great article with more info on Brazilian steakhouses and the owners here in Knoxville here.

So the concept is continuous service with a selection of 12 meats to try throughout the night as you wish. It’s one price and comes with a salad bar (that is delightfully different complete with amazing cheeses!) and sides and desserts (including the best chocolate cake ever!)

This is the little red tab that you get to flip over to green when you want one of the chef’s to stop by with their selection of meat. It’s really fun:) Oh, and the meat is phenomenal. Best lamb ever!

So Lena, mom, and I got to experience Brazeiro’s while I grabbed some pictures for them and well, lets just say Lena was really excited about the chocolate cake and told everyone about it:)

So this past Knoxville Photog Meetup we did a little fun shooting with some beautiful models at a local Knoxville skate park and I did just that…had a little fun shooting in a weird location that was awesome!

The models were amazing and up for anything (even skaters jumping over them!).  So our group had some fun photographing the models and playing around at the skatepark with the amazing light!!

Here’s another little sneak of Rachel, the beautiful model, that I had put on facebook the other day:)

So, where do you shoot if you are a photographer?? Do you find yourself shooting at the same locations?  Ready to try some new ones!? Look around this week and find one…step out of your comfort zone a little if you need to too…sometimes that is great for creativity!

PS…we are drawing for the free wedding photography tomorrow at the Second Story open house!! I have been floored at all the submissions rolling in! If you know of a bride getting married in 2011, be sure to send them over by tomorrow at noon!

So, a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of getting together with a bunch of local Knoxville photographers for a shootout. The models wore clothes from Etsy designers from Knoxville and beyond. LOVE me some Etsy so I was a happy photographer! I was organizing it with Becky for the most part but snuck away to take a few shots of one of the amazing Nastershum’s outfits. I’m seriously in love with this Etsy store! It’s all upcycled and beautiful!

Plus the model and the light wasn’t too bad either! All of these photos are straight out of the camera, no editing except resize with sharpen for the web. Ah, love that light! We met up at Cherokee Mills, a great event rental space here in Knoxville!

You know those shoots that you do and you feel completely inspired, the light is awesome, and your shutter clicking just sounds good. that was this shoot. LOVED it! Sheri did an amazing job getting the models amazing outfits, doing their hair, and even lining up a 1927 Ford Model T. oh be still my heart!

So, in an effort not to drown you with 40+ pictures here on the blog, I decided to split them up and do a couple posts. Here is the first installment and we’ll do more early next week.

Girls, thank you for being amazing! And Sheri, thank you for being you and an amazing person with an amazing heart! Check out her salon here.