Nashville Wedding Photographer

what do beers on the porch, beers at a pub, neighbors cars, acting like a bear and dancing near the lake have in common?

KENDRA AND BRAD (and Nashville, TN!)

Last month* I had the pleasure of visiting Kendra and Brad in Nashville, TN to capture their love in their current home + town. While they both hail from the mitten state, they call Nashville their home and it’s easy to see why they love it so much. It was 70 degrees the entire time I was there, sunny, and the people are amazing. See, I lived in the south for a few years, and I visited Nashville frequently, but I never really realized one thing. NO ONE WHO LIVES IN NASHVILLE IS FROM NASHVILLE!! I have a habit of finding

See, I lived in the south for a few years, and I visited Nashville frequently, but I never really realized one thing. NO ONE WHO LIVES IN NASHVILLE IS FROM NASHVILLE!! I have a habit of finding the locals so I can find all the good local spots for hot chicken, waffles, and beers. HOWEVER, I came to find out, pretty much everyone I talk to is from somewhere else. Nashville is such a cool artsy town full of vibrant people and beautiful sites. Hanging with these two was so much fun I basically forced them to go to brunch with me the next day.

They are getting married back here in the Mitten this fall surrounded by family and friends and I am so excited they asked ME to be a part of their amazing day.

Oh and if anyone wants me to come to Nashville again, I AM SO DOWN. I need more hot chicken in my life and I need to visit those red pandas at the zoo again.

(*this was written in May…I forgot I blogged haha)

Thank’s so much for checking out this Nashville Wedding Photographer gallery! Rachel Kaye Photography is a Michigan and Chicago-based documentary style wedding photographer with a knack for candid photographs of people in love and animated gifs. IF YOU WANT BORING PHOTOS. Don’t bother contacting her. If you want to have fun, not feel weird and LOVE your photographs, you should probably hurry on down and hit her up! Just hit the contact button at the top of the page.

Chicago Wedding Photographer 

Sweet sweet engagement photo season. How I LOVE THEE. Met up with these two cuties in March and OF COURSE there was rain in the forecast (Kinda seems to be the thing on the daily here in the midwest/chicago).  We were not all about that reschedule life so we decided to just do it! They had already picked out Southport Lanes as one of their locations, they MET because of a bowling league <3 so that helped. We got to the bowling alley before they even opened and they were so wonderful to let us in and have the whole place to ourselves (which I guess is really rare, as this is the OLDEST bowling alley in the city of Chicago, and VERY popular!).

We then ventured to the lake to enjoy the sites. This is where I always get my directions confused. I grew up in Grand Haven, MI where the lake is to the WEST, so almost everytime I am in Chicago I get directionally challenged. The struggle is real ya’ll. But thanks to google maps and these two I didn’t fall into a lake or drive off into a building. We then explored a few pockets of the city while doging rain and getting cozy under umbrellas.

I am flippin out excited about their wedding in July! They are getting married near Grand Rapids and Lindsey and Ryan plan on JUMPING INTO THE LAKE at the end of the night!!! I freaking can’t wait. We got sooo lucky with some amazing fog on the Chicago skyline for this session, I sure hope the weather is our best friend for their wedding day.

Thanks so much for checking out this Chicago Wedding Photographer gallery! Rachel Kaye is a West Michigan // Chicago based wedding photographer with a knack for telling fun stories of people in love with animated gifs. If you want boring photos, find someone boring! Rachel likes to keep things fun and light and remind you why you are here in the first place. MARRIAGE/LOVE/FAMILY. Love makes the world go round’ in the most wonderful way. I started telling photography stories three years ago and just can’t stop. won’t stop.

Kirk Park Engagement Grand Haven Photographer

It seemed appropriate, on this day of love, to celebrate with an awesome love story! Amanda and Jeff live in Amsterdam and during their holiday visit back to the states we met up at Kirk Park in Grand Haven Michigan to capture their love before their wedding. I had a great time making them trapse through the snow, playing their amazing playlist of music and ending things in downtown Holland (with a beer at New Holland… I had so much fun I never took a photo!).

They are planning their wedding this August for my FAVORITE venue (and they actually found the venue/me from my blog!), Cranes Orchard. I cannot wait to hang out with them, get to know their family and friends and capture this amazing day with them. We got so lucky with a beautiful sunny evening in what has been one of the dreariest winters ever!

Happy Valentines Day!

Thank you for viewing this Kirk Park Engagement Grand Haven Photographer gallery! Rachel Kaye Photography is a Chicago / West Michigan based wedding and portrait photographer who loves a great destination wedding. Rachel Kaye specializes in off-beat natural light wedding photography. Rachel Kaye Photography provides the best wedding photography services for the coolest kind of couples. Those who want to tell their love story in a natural, documentary style with amazing service. Rachel Kaye Photography tells unique stories through gorgeous natural looking photographs and fun, quirky, animated GIF’s.

If you are interested in more information on how to have your intimate Michigan Elopement photographed, read more here: https://www.rachelkayephoto.com/michigan-elopement-photographer/

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Love and Light, Rachel Kaye