Southern Bride Magazine 2012 - Tennessee Wedding Photographer

Southern Bride Magazine new 2012 Issue on newsstands today!

We are once again very excited to have our beautiful photography featured on the cover of Southern Bride Magazine.
We love shooting for Southern Bride, and are always humbled by the honor of being featured.

Here it is . . . the Winter cover for the Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi issue of Southern Bride Magazine! They are hitting shelves over the next couple of weeks across the MidSouth! This cover shot was taken at Russell Crossroads in Alabama by Michael Allen Photography with his team featuring Tracy Leigh Photography and guest photographer Rob Lyons of Rob Lyons Photography. The model is Cat! Gown: Gilda by Enzoani (available at Low's Bridal and Formal Shoppe) Ring: from Margaret Rowe Vintage Couture Jewelry, Earrings: from Nina Shoes, Makeup: Make Me Up by Danielle, Hair: Janice Allen of Eston Salon Spa. Visit Michael Allen Photography to see more of the images included in the magazine!

A Beautiful Winter Wedding - Memphis Photographer

Memphis Photographer - Memphis Tennessee Weddings - Michael Allen Photography - Bridal Portraits - A Beautiful Winter Wedding in Memphis
Here's a few sneak peak images from Joslin & Jason's wedding in December 2011. I love the softness and beauty of Joslin' bridal session, we had just a few minutes before the ceremony in the last light of the winter day to capture some special moments. Those moments right before she walked down the isle, contemplative, warm, and loving. For this post I chose just a few black & white images mixed with just a couple of color images that I think really tell the love story of their day! I love the last image of the night that Tracy captured as they left the reception, the available light from the sparklers framed the couple perfectly, and the movement of the photo caught them in a special moment that tells the whole story with just one frame. My last wedding of the 2011 wedding season was simple, elegant and endearing. Congratulations to Joslin & Jason!

Nutcracker Ballet Memphis

During the holidays we had the pleasure of shooting for The House of Talent's production of The Nutcracker Ballet. I love the grace and beauty of the ballet, and this team of dancers performed well together. December was a very diverse month of shooting for us, from a major catalog shoot, to a worldwide release for sensational country pop star Lauren Alaina, to shooting 2 music videos, and a documentary, we had a lot of family portrait sessions for the holidays, a portfolio shoot for singer songwriter Jill Dyson, and last weekend we photographed our last wedding of the season. We've still got a couple of weeks left this year, and several more photo shoots on the schedule, it's been a great year in photography!

Here's a couple of my favorite photographs from the ballet.

Memphis Recording Artist - Memphis Music

Memphis Recording Artist - Memphis Music- Award winning singer songwriter Jill Dyson's recent photo session was shot on several locations in Memphis. Michael & Jill spent the day together shooting for her new EP and promotional materials for her recent tour. We also shot a live video of several of her new songs in the recording studio, which will be edited later in the spring. Here are a few of the photos she will use for her promotional materials. Michael has been photographing musicians for many years, and offers a unique photo styling to his shoots. He has worked with local new talent artists, as well as grammy award winning artists, to international recording artists. With each session, Michael likes to load the photo truck and take the artist out for the day, away from cell phone calls, busy schedules and get the artist to focus on the photo session. Getting good photos is more than aiming the camera in a tightly scheduled session, if you get the chance to spend the day on location for a shoot, the results are amazing.

Memphis Family Holiday Portrait Sessions

Memphis Portrait Photographers, Collierville, Tn.
We kicked off the fall season with our "Family Holiday Portrait Sessions" last week on location at the beautiful Criss Cross Lodge in Collierville. In alliance with www.Webzmedia.com, we have teamed up to offer our clients very special "Say Bees" private sessions on select settings on the grounds. Here are a few from the session with Amber Patten and her beautiful girls. In November we are offering fall portraits, and in December, we will offer winter sessions with a Home for the Holidays theme. Let us know if you would like to schedule a session, we are selling out of sessions quickly.

Emily & Joseph's Memphis Engagement Session

Here's a new engagement session with Emily & Joseph. We met downtown early one morning and spent a few hours together wandering around some of my favorite spots in the South Main Historic District. For this session I used my Canon 50 mm 1.4 lens, this is a heavy piece of glass, but probably one of the finest lenses Canon offers, capturing a film like quality of color, depth and sharpness. We had a beautiful day to shoot, even with the full sun and bright sky, we found lots of great little spots to frame the session. Emily & Joe were so much fun, and they were really into getting some unique images for starting their new life together. I look forward to photographing their wedding next year.

 

Autumn Bridal Portraits in New York

Any bride want a portrait session in Central Park in November? Contact me for the details. We are tentatively planning a trip to NYC in early November, and the leaves in Central Park will be beautiful! Here's a couple of photographs from one of my sessions with Lucy in Central Park.

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Emmaline Bride - Clarksdale Mississippi Weddings

We are so honored to have Lauren & Myles wedding featured on Emmaline Brides blog. The Emmaline blog features the best weddings that have something special that brides will want to use to help them plan their own weddings. Lauren & Myles did much of their own wedding planning, and with the help of their vendors, family & friends, the wedding was an amazing day full of classic moments and timeless elements that every bride wants for her wedding day! Too read all about their wedding on www.emmalinebride.com, just click on the photo below.

Clarksdale Mississippi - Ground Zero

We are so excited to have a wedding featured by emmaline bride which is a great wedding blog featuring the best weddings in the country. Lauren & Myles had an incredible wedding in the Mississippi Delta this summer.
One of my favorite things to offer a couple is the chance to do it all over again! Imagine reliving the very best part of your wedding day, just the best parts! That's what we do when we shoot a couple after their wedding. They get a chance to have fun and not worry about the wedding day schedule. Ah, relax and have some fun! Here's a sneak peak of Lauren and Myles couples session outside of Morgan Freeman's "Ground Zero" nightclub in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta. My second photographer Tracy & I had a blast shooting this. Visit her blog to see a few more of the photos from the wedding at www.tracyleighphotography.blogspot.com.I also love it when one photo says it all!