Melody Hood

Haleigh & Trey’s Stratton Hall & Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church Wedding

By Melody Hood / November 3, 2015 / Comments Off on Haleigh & Trey’s Stratton Hall & Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church Wedding

Haleigh and Trey’s wedding at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian and reception at Stratton Hall were simply epic… For the women, the day began at the Sherbak family home. The 17 beautiful bridesmaids and the gorgeous mother of the bride had their hair and makeup done by the fabulous artists from SpaGo and Hairbenders while they talked and…

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Covering the Shootings in Chattanooga – From a Media (My) Perspective

By Melody Hood / August 19, 2015 / Comments Off on Covering the Shootings in Chattanooga – From a Media (My) Perspective

Day 1: 7/16/2015 Like most people probably did, I found out about the “active shooter” on Facebook. I was stunned, this doesn’t happen here. HERE? In Chattanooga? No. This simply does. Not. Happen. Here. “There’s an officer down. An officer has been shot.” – before the casualties were reported word got out that an officer…

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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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