Hey y'all!  I'm Andrea- mom, daughter, sister, wife, friend and photographer.  I'm a fun-loving, big-hearted, colorful gal who loves Mexican food & movie nights and is over the moon in love with my hubby and our two boys.  We enjoy game nights, traveling, yoga, mountain biking, doing artsy crafty things, reading, going to the beach, building with Legos and just goofing around together as a family- we love a good parents vs kids kickball or gaga ball tournament- We are super silly and love to have fun together!  

I grew up in Franklin, went to college at Ole Miss in Oxford and after graduating spent my 20s living in Atlanta, Dallas and Chicago.  When I was 30, my husband and I met and fell in love at first sight in New Orleans and two weeks later, big things happened- We got engaged and I got a promotion with my company and was relocated to New York!  Crazy, right?!  We spent a fabulous 7 years there in NY and when it was time to start a family we decided my hometown was the perfect place to do just that!  It’s been so wonderful to be here near my family as our boys grow up and to get to share so many moments & milestones together.

My husband Evan and I have 2 boys- Garrison and Ford and they are the absolute sunshines of our life.  Our sweet kitty Mrs Kibbles helps me balance out our boy:girl ratio in the house a bit and we all just adore her!  We have a very sweet little life here in Tennessee and I'm so thankful every day for all my life's blessings.

Aside from my family my other lifelong love is photography.  Since I was a little girl I’ve had a soft spot for cameras and was always saving my piggy bank money for rolls of film or a new flash cube (remember those?!).  That was in the old school days WAY before digital.  In college I loved spending time in the darkroom- it was just so magical, watching the negatives come to life right in front of my eyes!  I studied photojournalism and that has really influenced my portrait photography style with a natural infusion of storytelling.  

I absolutely adore the ability of a photograph to tell a story and capture a season or moment in time.  I truly value the opportunity to work with so many amazing people and families. Time is so fleeting and photographs have the power to capture moments in time so that we can relive and rejoice in them time and time again.  Children grow so fast and slip seamlessly from one sweet phase to another and its so important to capture the magic and all that is so special from each chapter. It's your life story. The opportunity to tell this story through photographs is truly powerful and it is an honor I do not take lightly- thank you from the bottom of my heart for inviting me on this journey with you!

My photography style is colorful, casual, fun, fresh and timeless.  I really hope to make people at ease so that your true genuine personalities can shine through. Because these portraits are about YOU and the people in your life you love more than anything else in the world.  These portraits will fill your walls and your home with light and love, smiling faces and wonderful, happy memories. What I most love focusing on is relationships, a family's love for one another and bringing out the best from within each of you so that your portraits portray your authentic selves at your very very best.  

I can't wait to hear all about you and your loved ones and getting to know what makes you tick. Let’s begin our adventure together!

~ Andrea

Some of my Favorite Things:

a gooey grilled cheese & a bowl of my Dad’s world-famous chili

mexican food- why can’t every day be Taco Tuesday!?

fall- the vibrant colors, sweaters, jeans & corduroys, comfort food, football season & tailgating, the weather, all of it!

summers spent at the beach

date nights with my adorable hubby

bright vibrant cheerful colors- I love big happy splashes of color

a day on the lake, canoeing & rafting, the ocean, relaxing at my in-laws' cottage on the river... there's just something about being by the water that centers my soul and instantly melts the stress away

a good netflix movie & a giant bowl of popcorn with M&Ms sprinkled in (don’t knock it til you try it)

camping out under a starry sky (or glamping- even better!)

dinners out with my girlfriends, laughing until our stomachs hurt

a rainy afternoon reading in a bookstore

seeing new (to me) parts of the world- have passport, will travel!

anything sweet or salty- or both- nomnomnom

laughing- oh how I love a good joke! Remind me to tell you the one about the nosy pepper!

reading- I'm a nerd at heart and proud of it!

Legos, Soccer, XBox, Minecraft or anything else that my boys are into- playing with them makes me so happy and is such a connector!