A recent proposal shoot was the perfect reason to break out my medium format camera and do some old school film work. Black and white helps to make a darker, more retro vibe that the client wanted - even on a bright, sunny day!

This is it! Tabby and Moragn’s marriage proposal was the 100th I have photographed and despite the threat of rain, Nature held back and produced a beautiful setting atop a mountain for these two. You cannot ask for a more gorgeous morning!

I often get asked, “Is marriage proposal photographya real thing?” The answer is yes and there are very good reasons for sharing the monment with a professional photographer present.

Discover something different in the Smokies - Cataloochee Valley! It can be found on the North Carolina side of the Smokies and while the trip to get there may be an adventure, once there a couple in love have a pristine valley as the setting for a marriage proposal!

There is a first time for everything and I finally got to photograph a marriage proposal at the famed Troll Bridge in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when Bo asked Elizabeth to join him for life!

The Great Smoky Mountains National park is a place of beauty year round - and lends itself to making a marriage proposal all the more romantic year round! Austin proposed to his love, Belle, in Cades Cove . . . and she said yes! Look at their pictures and tell me they are not wonderfully in love!

East Tennessee has seen two snow storms this winter and so far, it seems there is a marriage proposal on the calendar to keep it warm! Here, Jonathan proposed to the lovely Maddie as the flakes fell down around them in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park - see their story!

A would-be groom and a group of friends of the couple all happily troop up to Max Patch with everyone eagerly waiting for the big moment . . . all except the would-be bride, of course, who didn’t know what was going to happen. Check out Lindsey and Justin marriage proposal at Max Patch on the blog now!

There is nothing like a marriage proposal by a waterfall . . . even if it takes some walking to get there! Jared’s proposal to Hallie at Spruce Flats Falls in the Smokies was a wet one but these West Virginia natives made the Smokies come alive with their love! See more in their blog post!

It might have been years since you last saw her in high school but when the time is right, it’s right. Julie and Greg knew each other “back when” and reconnected over a picture of a lighthouse. One thing led to another and here Greg was, at Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains, playing Matt Stell’s “I Prayed For You” before his proposal to Julie!

During the Blackberry Winter of East Tennessee, two Floridians ventured north to the Foothills Parkway outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and sealed their love - here is Jose's marriage proposal to Daniela!

Ashley wanted to show JT the beautiful Baxter Gardens of Knoxville and have a picnic. JT was all for that - but had a surprise in store for Ashley: a marriage proposal!

Sometimes you have the good fortune to witness a marriage proposal that is absolutely flooded with the joy of the two people involved - really, the best word I can use for when Zac asked Markita to be his wife is that both were giddy with the excitement of starting their lives together. Read their story here!

The weather in the Smokies in the Spring is unpredictable. Zak wanted to have his marriage proposal to Margaret at Arch Rock along the Alum Cave Trail but snow and ice the night before closed US 441 and access to the trailhead. So we planned a different spot . . . until at the last minute, the road reopened! It was a cold and icy morning by the Arch but their love brought warmth and joy to the hikers that witnessed it!

The local mountains have a beautiful and rugged spot for a marriage proposal - and when Justin saw a picture of it, he knew he wanted to bring Michelle up to Max Patch to ask her to marry him. A romantic start to Spring at the season’s first sunset!

The first warm night of Spring and in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, at the Worlds Fair Park, Austin asked Shelby the question of a lifetime. Check out this urban, sophisticated marriage proposal in Scruffy City!

Mike knew that some subterfuge was needed to ensure Megan would look her best for photographs when he proposed in the Smokies without tipping her off. So, he and I brainstormed and came up with both a plausible story and a “decoy” photographer, knowing Megan would look online for details. Read their story here - includes video of the moment!

Sunrise. Dogs. Mountains. Add to that a love story and you have a beautiful morning that saw Matt’s proposal of marriage to sweet Emi. Check out the pictures from the start of their lives together!

Cody started planning his marriage proposal some nine months before bringing Alyssa to the beautiful Cataloochee Valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. But would rain dampen the occasion? Read one and find out now!

Hurricane Zeta threatened to rain on Rob’s plans to ask Lauren to be his wife but after a short delay, he got a beautiful autumn day and a roaring waterfall! Check out their story and see how his proposal happened at Mouse Creek Falls in the Big Creek area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.