Rich Smith Photography, Chattanooga Wedding Photographer

Welcome to our Blog!

We are Rich and Heather Smith, a husband and wife team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We specialize in local and destination wedding photography, and we have been blessed with amazing clients and incredible opportunities the past few years!

We are two extroverts who adore meeting new people. We love laughing, family dance parties in the living room, chai tea lattes, and most importantly, our adorable two year old daughter, Alana.

We are so thankful that our clients trust us to document their lives, and we consider our blog a place to share our lives with you. Whether you are a friend, family, client, or stranger, please relax and enjoy a glimpse into our world.

Welcome, and thank you for stopping by!
Many thanks to the Nathan and Amber Holritz for the wonderful images you see of us on the left!
What Rich is up to (Twitter Feed):
1 richsmithphoto
Follow me on Twitter

Most Loved Images

Nicole and Tracy | Anytime Session

August 25, 2010 Posted in Anytime, lifestyle

I met the wonderful Nicole Rogers for the first time at one of Corey McNabb‘s photography workshops I took in ’07. The whole class became good friends and we’ve kept in touch since then. But “the alumni” are from all around the states so I haven’t seen any of them since the workshop… including Nicole. That’s why I was so excited when she contacted me to photograph she and her husband Tracy! So on Wednesday, they traveled 5 hours to do an “anytime session” with me to celebrate their 5 year anniversary.

I love photographing married couples who come to me to document their love for each other. If you’ve been with someone with a number of years, gone through hardships, lived life together, your love becomes deeper and deeper. Photographing that love always tends to be a wonderful time, and this was no different. The love and commitment Tracy and Nicole share was beautiful. I really enjoyed hanging out with them for a couple of hours and getting to know them better!

Here are just a few of my favorites!

4 Rockin’ Votes!

3 Rockin’ Votes!

7 Rockin’ Votes!

4 Rockin’ Votes!

2 Rockin’ Votes!

5 Rockin’ Votes!

9 Rockin’ Votes!

6 Rockin’ Votes!

4 Rockin’ Votes!

12 Rockin’ Votes!

14 Rockin’ Votes!

4 Rockin’ Votes!

3 Rockin’ Votes!

2 Rockin’ Votes!

9 Rockin’ Votes!

5 Rockin’ Votes!

2 Rockin’ Votes!

6 Rockin’ Votes!

4 Rockin’ Votes!

11 Rockin’ Votes!

4 Rockin’ Votes!

5 Rockin’ Votes!

5 Rockin’ Votes!

17 Rockin’ Votes!

8 Rockin’ Votes!

Thank you Nicole and Tracy for choosing ME to document your love and then traveling 5 hours to do so. That’s so humbling! And it was great seeing you again Nicole! Can you believe how long it’s been since Corey’s workshop? Good times!

If you’re part of the few people who actually reads what I write on my blog (and not just looks at the photos), please comment to congratulate them on their 5 year anniversary! I know they’d appreciate it!

by Rich Smith

show hide 8 comments

add a comment

link to this post

email a friend

Sweden – Part 2

August 22, 2010 Posted in International, Personal

Part 1 can be found here.

More pics from Sweden! We had a couple of afternoons free, so we took advantage! While we were out scouting for locations for the engagement session, we decided to have some fun…

Here we are at Parliament…

Street performers! This lady was dressed as a bee and blowing bubbles in the most artistic/slow way possible. It was unique but was something ANYONE could have done. I think her true talent was to able to do it without cracking up.

The building behind Amber is the Parliament!

Amber grabbed these two of me. Love the timing of the bike!

This was another night where I decided to take a stroll by myself to see the sites. I enjoyed striking up conversations with some interesting people at a park. One of my favorite times in Sweden.

I saw these people playing this game I’ve never seen before. Call me sheltered but I don’t think we have this in the US? It looked like fun and tons of people playing, using several courts.

And this looked really interesting too. Again, never seen this game. If anyone knows what they are, please let me know!

More plcs from around Stockholm…

We went to this small island in the Archipelagos (a series of small islands East of Stockholm). Here’s a charming little diner we ate at…

I would have LOVED to have gone on this rollercoaster. Have you seen anything so crazy!?

One last photo of Amber and I!

Thank you for checking out all of the pics I took while in Sweden!

by Rich Smith

show hide 9 comments

add a comment

link to this post

email a friend

Heather Smith - Yay! These photos make me SO HAPPY! Thank you both for doing such a phenomenal job documenting your time there! I feel like I was kinda, sorta, part of your trip now! LOVE THEM! And love you two!August 22, 2010 – 10:35 pm

Nicholas Nolen - Taking a picture of someone as a biker passes by is artistic…and then through his arms and handle bars! Simply amazing.

Amber, you are a gorgeous, talented, beautiful, artistic, unbelievably stunning woman. I love you so much and am so proud.

Rich: I think I remember playing the game with the blocks with some Norske friends of mine. The object was to throw the stick at the other person’s blocks (which have Norse runes on them) and knock them over for varying points. Whoever knocked over the other person’s blocks first, won. I think the game is called something like “runes”August 22, 2010 – 11:39 pm

Lacey - Amazing…but I expected as much. I think the first game with the silver balls could be a form of Bocce ball. “The sport is played with one small ball (Pallino) and eight larger balls (Bocce)- four for each team. The Pallino is thrown first and becomes the target. Then each Bocce is thrown with the goal of placing it as close to the Pallino as possible.” It’s kinda like Horseshoes. Or….it could be another game entirely. But it’s a good guess, right?! August 23, 2010 – 10:18 am

melinda nicodemus - The game was bocce ball. I have a set and it is tons of fun! Great pics and I laughed out loud and several! thanks for sharing.August 23, 2010 – 10:53 am

kellie - Awesome, awesome pictures! I love them!! We have bocce ball too, you can come over and play sometime August 23, 2010 – 12:56 pm

Lisa Nolen - These pictures are fabulous!! Rich, how did you ever find such a gorgeous model?? LOL. As usual, you have outdone yourself.
Amber, your photos are incredible as well. You are so talented…I am so proud of you!!August 23, 2010 – 5:49 pm

Mom - I love how you captured some of the personality of Stockholm in this second set! And, of course, YOUR personalities…..:)
Great shots!August 23, 2010 – 6:06 pm

Darin Wright - most fabAugust 23, 2010 – 8:39 pm

Tess Losen - As always, these are a treat to look through. I laughed out loud at ‘Stank.’ Very nice. The block game is Kubb (like cube without the ‘q’ sound). It’s tons of fun. You can find sets on ebay August 24, 2010 – 11:52 pm

birthday and pug!

August 21, 2010 Posted in Business Meetings and Networking

Thursday evening was our monthly PUG (Pictage User Group) Meeting.

It also happened to be Rich’s birthday

We decided to celebrate as a family throughout the day and go to the PUG meeting that evening. We had an incredible time hanging out with old friends and even some brand new ones! Rich had recently met Shane and Melodie Stiles and Thursday evening was my first chance to meet them. Melodie had known it was Rich’s birthday and made Cake Balls that looked like LITTLE RICH HEADS! Yes, I’m serious. Not only were they completely DELICIOUS, but they were totally creative and funky. Thank you so much, Melodie! And thank you to Sara, who also went out of her way for me, picking up Rich’s cake and cookies at my house earlier that day to help with the surprise. Thank you girls!

The whole group! Me and Rich, Nathan and Amber Holritz, Grant and Sara Dotson, John and Lindsey Bamber, Shane and Melodie Stiles, Michelle McKibben, Diana Simpson, Matt Bechtol, Meredith White (and her awesome fiance Brian).

These are all incredible people and we are honored to be in the same city and industry with each of them! Thank you all for helping me to celebrate Rich’s birthday – it was a special one and we had a blast!

no comments