The wedding day is over, your skin is freshly sun-kissed from your honeymoon in the Bahamas, you love your wedding pictures *wink*, and you’ve come back home to reality. As you unpack your suitcase, you open the closet doors and see your gorgeous wedding dress hanging front and center. Your face has a faraway smile as […]

“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like the morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” ~F. Scott Fitzgerald How beautiful a smile can be, especially when its on the face of the one you love. In our marriage, Joel and I have […]

We met Chris and Taya for their engagement session on one of the most perfect southern summer evenings. As the evening sunshine glistened on the sidewalks, we set off to capture the story of the love that glistens between these two! Seriously. How cute are they? After hitting a few of our favorite downtown spots, […]

We’ve known Chris and April for several years, and we couldn’t have been more excited when they asked us to go on the wedding photography journey with them! The icing on the cake: photographing their dreamy engagement session at a neighbor’s farm up in the beautiful hills of east Tennessee. Plus, they both have an amazing […]

If you’ve been following us on any of our social media outlets, you know that we love coffee. If you know us really well, you’ll be smirking a little bit and saying, “Yep. Totally figured that one out.” We love the smell, the taste, the culture, the inspiration. I think our most brilliant business ideas […]

We love the story that pictures tell. Being wedding photographers is such an amazing privilege – we get to breathe eternity into those moments by capturing that little piece of time in the form of a photograph. We live in a digital age. Let’s face it, one of the first things we do after we […]

In this age of digital everything, there’s still something really special about a printed picture. Maybe it’s your favorite wedding day portrait, maybe it’s a snapshot from your first date together, or maybe it’s you and your grandma. Being able to pick it up, touch it, and see it every time you walk by is […]

“I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me.” -Roy Croft One of the beautiful parts of marriage is the way that we grow with […]

My search for a brand designer and your hunt for the perfect wedding photographer have a lot in common. If you’re a little intimidated by the dozens and dozens of options in the wedding photography world, this post is for you. Read on. This is my story: A few months ago, I started the search […]

Get ready for your mouth to water! If you have been following us on any of our social media, you’ll know how much we love our food. :) Today on the J&A Blog, we are bringing in one of our all-time favorite caterers to share her advice on questions to ask your caterer during the meeting! Margaret from […]

We really love the blessing of spending time behind the camera with couples we know and love – and Sean and Lauren’s session was definitely one of those! Being there from “You have a girlfriend! What’s her name?!” to “You’re engaged!!” is such a joyous privilege. We were smitten with Lauren from the first time […]

From the very first meeting we had with James and Elizabeth, we knew they were going to be one of those couples – the kind that just makes you thankful to have the opportunity to spend time with them. They even made a special trip up from Auburn just to shoot their engagement session! We […]