Orion Hill gives you room to slow down, and this day used all of it. We worked through portraits without hurrying, then stepped back and let the rest of the evening happen on its own terms.Photographed in Arlington, Tennessee.

A wedding day at Orion Hill, photographed through the grounds and the light that comes off them late in the afternoon.

Avery & Thomas

The day began with letterpress invitations, heirloom rings and a quiet hour before anyone else arrived, and it kept that unhurried feeling all the way through.Photographed at The Estate at Cherokee Dock in Lebanon, Tennessee.

A summer wedding at The Estate at Cherokee Dock, from the stationery laid out that morning to the last of the light on the water.

McKenna & Tres

Winter light in Memphis is soft and it goes quickly, which suits an engagement session. We kept moving, kept it warm, and let the cold do the work in the background.Photographed in Memphis, Tennessee.

A winter engagement session in Memphis, shot in cold, low light through the middle of the city.

Anna & Spencer

The garden changes character every few steps, so a session here is really several sessions stitched together. We followed the shade and let each part of it look like itself.Photographed at the Memphis Botanic Garden in Memphis, Tennessee.

A couples session at the Memphis Botanic Garden, taken slowly through the planting in late summer.

Sydney & Luke

The Capital Hotel does a great deal of the work for you, so the job here was mostly to stay out of the way and keep the day moving on time.Photographed in Little Rock, Arkansas.

A wedding at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock, photographed inside a building that already knows how to hold a room.

Beth & Ray

An Oxford summer means planning around the heat and then being ready when the evening finally turns. It did, and the last stretch of the night was the best of it.Photographed at The Jefferson in Oxford, Mississippi.

A wedding at The Jefferson in Oxford, Mississippi, run through a long, warm summer evening.

Holland & Dylan

A full day at Orion Hill, worked from the first quiet hour through to the end of the reception, with portraits timed around the light rather than the schedule.Photographed in Arlington, Tennessee.

A midsummer wedding at Orion Hill, photographed across the property and into the evening.

Kennedy & John

Open ground and long rows give you space to work, and an evening here rewards waiting for the sun to drop below the tree line.Photographed at Rusty Tractor Vineyards in Little Rock, Arkansas.

A wedding at Rusty Tractor Vineyards, photographed out in the open with the rows behind them.

Caroline & Phillip

Not every session needs a landmark. This one stayed quiet and close in, which is usually where the pictures people keep actually come from.Photographed in Memphis, Tennessee.

An intimate engagement session in Memphis, kept small and close.

Ashley & Nate

Colour ran through the whole of this one, from the planting to the tables. The brief was to photograph it as it was, not to quiet it down.

A garden party wedding, colourful throughout and photographed the way it was planned.

Julie & Dan

A full summer day, worked from getting ready through to the end of the reception.

A summer wedding at Houstons Venue, photographed end to end.

Marlana & Tucker

Late spring, and a day that ran exactly to plan, which is rarer and more valuable than it sounds.

Brittany & Bonner

Portraits early, then the rest of the day left to unfold without much direction from me.

A spring wedding at Houstons, photographed through the afternoon and the evening.

Taylor & Zac

A whole day, start to finish, covered the way I prefer to work it: guided where it helps, observed everywhere else.

A spring wedding day, photographed in full.

Jaime & Taylor

A bridal session buys you something the wedding day never will: time. An unhurried hour in the dress, with nowhere else to be.

A bridal session, photographed on its own ahead of the wedding day.

Megan

Photographed across the whole day, with the portraits kept short so the rest of it could be enjoyed.

A spring wedding day, photographed from the morning through to the evening.

Berkley & Edward

Northwest Arkansas in spring, and a venue that opens straight onto the countryside around it.Photographed at the Kindred Barn in Mulberry, Arkansas.

A wedding at the Kindred Barn in Mulberry, out in northwest Arkansas.

Megan & Chase

Spring at Orion Hill, with the grounds still coming back in and the light doing most of the work by the end of the afternoon.Photographed in Arlington, Tennessee.

A spring wedding at Orion Hill, photographed across the grounds.

Darby & Stephen

The Brooks gives you columns, stone and open park inside a few minutes of each other, which is a lot of variety for one short session.Photographed in Memphis, Tennessee.

An engagement session at the Brooks Museum in Memphis, worked around the building and the park.