Suzanne and Matthew

Here are some shots from last night's rehearsal from Suzanne and Mathew! Congrats guys!



Enjoy!
Jason

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It's a Crappie World

Okay, so I arrived to Knoxville, TN for my wedding tommorow, and I stopped at a local book store (I forgot some reading material). I found this little gem and could not pass it up. I about died when I saw it. I have not laughed that hard for days. Oh, my....

I thought I would share it, so enjoy!


Jason

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What a Week

Here I am hearing bells. They are not all wedding bells. So much has happened this week I feel like my world has changed. It is an interesting time in my life that is for sure.

Anyhow, enjoy today's image. It is a photograph of a church from a recent wedding. Thank you all for your support.

Enjoy!
Jason

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Blowin' Some Steam

So, it is another busy season. I have eight weeks of weddings. Thank you everyone! After spending many hours nuking away many brain cells I decide to crawl out from under my rock, and get some cool shots from yesterday's killer sunset at Chester Frost Park.

While there I ran into Staci and Jim. I photographed thier wedding three weeks ago. So, we caught up on things and watched the sunset. It was awsome! Jim is looking a little skinny though. Actually that is because I was goofing off with my fisheye, and that is what a fisheye will do to a person.

Enjoy!
Jason

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A Little Flower Girl

I am working on images from last weekend's wedding. I just had to get this image of this cute little flower girl from Ryan and Drew's wedding.

Enjoy!
Jason

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My Wonderful Amazing Super Great Daughters

Suzannah, 11

Annie, 9

Summer, 3

There they are. My daughters from a recent favorite wet spot in Chattanooga.

Enjoy!
Jason

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My Fishy

Some of you that follow along know I like to go fishing.... More like tree fishing than actual fishing.... I never catch anything.... This is a little different of a fish story... I bought a Canon 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye.... I got to use it on a wedding this weekend... I think it may just be love... True love...

Here are a few shots.

Enjoy!
Jason

Well he did not make it far folks.... The bride ran him over and drug him back.....

Me and the fisheye and the bride putting in her eyes.


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Look Ma' I Am On TV

Here is an image a new freind, Melody Hood, made of me. Just about the best picture ever of me. Of course, I returned the favor.... but mine is not as nice....

Enjoy!
Jason

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Brook and Ryan

Here are some of my favs from Brook and Ryan's wedding. Go check out the slideshow to see more.

Enjoy!
Jason

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Chattanooga at Dawn

Here are some shots from a early morning shoot this weekend. I love this time of year. Sun rises a little slower. It is a little cooler. It just makes for some good photography.

Enjoy!
Jason

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Buffie and Daniel's Engagement Session

Another great engagement session! Downtown Chattanooga is so wonderful to shoot couples. There is so much a photographer can create unique images everytime going down there.

Enjoy!
Jason

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Tiffany and Tom Engagement Session

We had a good time downtown Chattanooga. I think we got a lot of really fun stuff. Thanks guys for jumping into the freezing water.

Enjoy!
Jason

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Have a Nice Day!

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Ice Cream at the Choo Choo

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Matt and His BIG Lens

Matt invited me down to the market on this past Sunday for a little play time. What I found when I got there was that he just wanted me for my camera. He had a new really cool toy, a Canon 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye, and he wanted to check it out on a 1.3 crop camera.

That is okay... I used him too.... LOL!!

Enjoy!
Jason

9/11 My Tribute

9/11 The Day That Changed My Life

I remember waking up that morning. I knew what I was photographing first that day. I was a staff photographer for the Johnson County Daily Journal in Franklin, Indiana back then. I had been working on a story about a 100+ year-old grain elevator being torn down.

It was a photo essay and my first written news feature. I got a good long heads up on this. I wanted to explore this subject and what the local impact would be in this small town of Amity, Indiana. I interviewed a minister, a barber, and 80-year-old woman. I was told of stories of love, death, and back breaking hard work. I remember good friend Brian Corbin had helped with this story and keep the story on track for me.

On 9/11 this grain elevator, that time forgot, would stand no longer. I had no idea at 6am as loaded my cameras and checked my gear, neither would two American icons, and over 3,000 American lives would be lost. Life for me would change forever.

Shortly after 8:00am I headed to the job site. I turned on the local talk radio station as I did every morning to stay tuned in for local breaking news that may be affecting me. I also turned on my police scanners. It was another day at a small six day a week rag, and for the most part I was lovin’ it.

As I pulled out I noticed my local talk jocks were not on. Instead it was a live New York feed. An airplane had crashed into the Trade Center. This was early on. No one at this point knew for sure it was terrorism. Ten minutes later I was there. I knew my editors and colleges were heading to the newsroom. I knew to expect a phone call about this, but at the time there was nothing for me to do. So, I continued as I would.

I watched the grain elevator as its attackers took it down. I shot metal and wood as it came crashing down, and little did I know at the same moment photographers in New York were photographing people jumping from the burning World Trade Center.

Then I got the call. It was my editor redirecting me to get a local reaction fast. I went right up the street to a small mom and pop dinner. There it was live on TV. People were no longer eating their breakfasts. Eggs went cold on their plates. Then it happened. Live. The 2^nd plane crashed into the 2^nd tower. We were at war. Photographers all over the country and world were doing what I was doing at that moment. We all were documenting the day that life changed in America.

My next thought was of the firefighters. I understood firefighters like no other outside person in my area. I slept at the firehouse. I went out with these real American heroes on real calls, and I went into burning buildings with them. They were my brothers. I knew my brothers were entering those burning death traps. Firefighters have a brotherhood like no other profession I know. I got my shots of the cold eggs, and went to the first firehouse I came to with a full-time crew.

It was B shift. Normally I walk in the door these people greet me with open arms. They offer me a seat at their table in their home. Gumby, Mudd, and others were on shift. They were starting their 24 on.

They knew more than I. They knew that steel death trap would not stand. They knew men and women of their brotherhood were going to die.

Then it happened I watch my brothers die that day. They went there do save lives; to loose their own. My brothers in that room with me said nothing to me as I entered the room. There was nothing to say. We are at war and over 3,000 Americans died. They are all heroes, but 343 were my brothers.

343 Never Forget

This weekend I got to photograph the celebration of a new life. I photographed two becoming one, in marriage. Salute the over 3,000 family, friends, and Americans that have been lost in their fight to these radical people trying to destroy us all.

Please go thank a firefighter, police officer, or someone serving in any branch of the military. We all have lost, but never forget. Never… it’s unpatriotic to do so.

This is my tribute.

Roses in a Wedding

Enjoy!
Jason
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Labor Day!!! Yum!

I hope everyone has a fun filled, and safe labor day weekend. I hope everyone gets a chance to eat one of these this weekend.

Enjoy!
Jason
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Kristiina and Brent - Chattanooga, TN