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Welcome to our Blog!

We are Rich and Heather Smith, a husband and wife team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Rich is a wedding photographer, while Heather helps to keep the business running smoothly at home while chasing around our baby daughter and taking a few photos in the process. 

We are two extroverts who adore meeting new people. We love laughing, chai tea lattes, and Rich can't get enough of Heather's lasagna. We're addicted to LOST and are trying to kick our 24 habit. 

We are so thankful that our clients trust us to document their lives, and so 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! 

Category Archives: Misc.

Christa and David | Anytime

Corey McNabb, my buddy and Asheville wedding photographer extraordinaire and Amber Holritz, one of our best friends and leading authority on baby lifestyle photography held one of their awesome Rockstar workshops here in Chattanooga that Heather and I were fortunate to attend.  We had a great time. I babysat Alana so that Heather wouldn’t be distracted.  She learned a TON.  Both Corey and Amber share a wealth of information. Actually about 5 days worth in one day. Heather took a ton of notes — something I’m no good at doing. At the end of the day, we all headed to a park for a model shoot. Christa and David, some of the Holritz’s wonderful clients very kindly volunteered to be lead around by over a dozen crazy photographers, each having their own crazy ideas on what to do with them.

Long story short, Christa and David did an amazing job and we all had a blast!  There are more images below than normal because I simply couldn’t cull down any more!  Enjoy!

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As you can tell since I used this photo as the key photo, I love this one!

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This is Heather’s favorite:

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How’s this for a fun swing shot!

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What a beautiful couple!

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To see all of the photos that I took, you can check them out on my Facebook page at: Christa and David’s Anytime Session

Christa and David, it was so good to meet you! We’re so excited about your upcoming marriage and excited that Nathan and Amber are shooting your wedding. You simply can’t go wrong with the Holritz’s!

To the local Photographers Guild, thank you so much for putting on the workshop. It was great.  Thanks  to Corey for taking time out of his very busy schedule to drive to Chattanooga to give the workshop.  Thanks for Amber for teaching the in’s and out’s of baby photography and marketing. I’m just sad I couldn’t have been there for the whole thing but it was absolutely invaluable to Heather!

Parallel Creative Group

I had the extreme pleasure doing a photoshoot for the design firm Parallel Creative Group based in Chattanooga.  Talk about talent. These guys are swimming in it. They really should change their name to “unparalleled”.   Their vast array of work spans from corporate identities to marketing materials. To top it off, Arden, Chloe and Steve are extremely easy to work with.  Be sure to go to their website and check out their amazing work!

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Jeff and Jackie | Becoming Parents

My brother Jeff and his wife Jackie are going to be having their much anticipated baby girl next month. To celebrate this time in their life, we went out and did a mini-photo shoot at our parents house in Apison. Although we only went out here for like 15 minutes, we got some great shots of them together. Big thanks to my lovely wife who held a reflector for me WHILE holding a baby. Is my wife amazing or what!?

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Love this shot — and not because I cut my brother head off either. :)

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These next two photos are taken when they thought I was finished taking photos and was heading back to the house. I love how my couples act when they think they’re “in between” shots. That’s when the genuine emotion and expressions come out. Love it.

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Hopefully Adeline Elizabeth will hold off till her due date but the latest reports indicate that she may be making her grand deput early! We’re all excited to finally meet her!

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Congrats, Jeff and Jackie! You two are going to make terrific parents!