Kristen Steele Photography

we live in a twitter world: CJ's off the Square

Up to this point I’ve been using my blog to post photos from sessions, but I want to expand and start explaining some of my business strategy, wedding vendors I have been meeting with, and share more of my personal stuff with y’all! It always ends up that my personal photos don’t get touched because I am editing other people’s photos!

You might not know this about me: I LOVE twitter. {You can follow me @KSteelePhoto!} I already loved it before this week when I discovered Tweetdeck but now I love it even more. Twitter allows me to follow the conversations of photographers I admire, stay atuned to the latest trends in the industry and find out about fabulous local activities… like the open house I went to last week at CJ’s off the Square.

I had never been there before, but was so amazed by how Amy and CJ had transformed a little house in Franklin into an amazing events venue! There was a pond (complete with fish!) with a gorgeous little waterfall, a stone path with a gorgeous gate, a gazebo for ceremonies, the house had so many awesome little rooms – it was just awesome!

The funniest part of the whole night was when I saw a group of people standing all looking at their phones. I heard someone mention twitter and I knew I was in the right place. I went up and introduced myself and Emily said, “Oh!! YOU’RE KSteelePhoto! I’m 1weddingwoman! and that’s TNBellaWeddings!” I laughed and then we hugged. There was a group of people who had been tweeting that day, all wanting to actually meet face to face so it all happened at the fabulous Open House.

So from a business perspective, twitter has been an amazing and efficient way for me to meet other local wedding vendors and then once we finally meet, the business relationship is born! I plan on featuring more about the vendors I am meeting with, so stay tuned!

In the meantime, a photographer I admire named Jamie Delaine recently posted a blog about this very topic and it might be interesting to you: http://jamiedelaineblog.com/index.php/post/491/Youre-Not-Too-Busy

Radnor Lake in the Fall: John and Sarah

I had the best time photographing John Price and his girlfriend Sarah. We were afraid it was going to be storming, but the storm kept moving and didn’t put a damper on our photography time.

I’ve known John for a looong time – we did youth group together in middle school and high school and now he’s an amazing videographer and co-owner of Lifetime Reel. He specializes in videography for weddings, advertising, and commercial stuff too!

Enjoy the photos from our time at Radnor Lake!

Tags: lifestyle photography, nashville portrait photography, Radnor Lake

Professional Portraits, Nashville: Katie Neal

I have been really busy with many photoshoots recently so get ready for lots of blog action, I’m excited to share with y’all!

One of my friends Katie Neal is a freelance writer and needed some headshots for work. You can see samples of her amazing work here: www.katieneal.com. She is seriously so talented!!

We had fun last week scouting out amazing places to shoot at the downtown Nashville Library darting in between library stacks and standing on chairs in the beautiful courtyard.

I hope you enjoy!

Tags: nashville tn photographer, professional portraits