Melody Hood

Lauren & Alex – a Grandview Wedding on Lookout Mountain

By Melody Hood / June 29, 2015 / Comments Off on Lauren & Alex – a Grandview Wedding on Lookout Mountain

Lauren and Alex… Weddings at Grandview are always beautiful. It’s a beautiful location tucked away beside Rock City on Lookout Mountain. It really couldn’t be any prettier. The view of the Chattanooga Valley below is stunning, the staff is perfection, the Tudor style house is quaint, classic, and beautiful. Lauren & Alex’s wedding took Grandview…

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I’m going to tell you a secret… Gay Weddings are just like any other wedding….

By Melody Hood / June 27, 2015 / Comments Off on I’m going to tell you a secret… Gay Weddings are just like any other wedding….

A Supreme Court decision that allows gay couples to marry in any state was made today. It has people in the U.S. running the gamut of emotions…  People are thrilled, relived, happy, joyful, elated, vindicated… others are disgusted, fearful, sad, filled with rage, worried… Every person is entitled to feel the way they do – the…

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Haleigh & Trey’s Downtown Atlanta Engagement Session

By Melody Hood / June 16, 2015 / Comments Off on Haleigh & Trey’s Downtown Atlanta Engagement Session

Photographing Haleigh & Trey’s engagement session in Downtown Atlanta was a dream. I first met Haleigh nearly 10 years ago when she accompanied her sister, Rachel, to her bridal portrait session. She’s always been beautiful, kind, intelligent, and just an amazing person to be around and to know. If you know her, you love her,…

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Happy Anniversary – Pierre & Caroline – St. Peter & Paul & The Chattanoogan Wedding

By Melody Hood / May 18, 2015 / Comments Off on Happy Anniversary – Pierre & Caroline – St. Peter & Paul & The Chattanoogan Wedding

I can’t believe it’s been two years since Caroline and Pierre were married at St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church in downtown Chattanooga followed by a beautiful reception at The Chattanoogan. I am terribly behind on blogging and when I realized that today was their anniversary I decided to tell their wedding day story. Pierre…

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My Daughter

By Melody Hood / April 22, 2015 / Comments Off on My Daughter

I rarely post anything personal or about my own children. Honestly, I don’t even photograph them that often (I am a bad, bad photographer-mom). But I must share how proud I am of my own daughter. At 14 years old she was accepted in to a program at a local college due to her GPA…

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