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"Mary Kate is truly amazing at what she does. Our wedding gallery is giving me all the feels. Can we just go back to our wedding day?! Mary Kate, thank you so much for capturing all these special moments and details." - Hillary & Alden Stennis 

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"Mary Kate is the absolute best to work with! She is organized and timely and has such great ideas of what and where to shoot the best photos! William and I loved working with her and we may be biased, but her photos of our engagement and wedding were the best we've seen! We highly recommend her!!" - Anna Kate & William 

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"So much fun! Mary Kate did our vineyard wedding and we couldn't have been more pleased with how the photos turned out! She perfectly captured the spirit and details of our day! She is the photographer you will want to capture your special moments and the friend you'll want to be a part of them!" - Nao & Daniel 

Erin & Jamie: “Mary Kate is absolutely amazing! Her creative eye and willingness to achieve your wedding day vision is the best. She carries herself with an incredible confidence throughout her work and makes you feel safe in her hands as she captures your special day. We'd recommend Mary Kate to everyone all over the world every day.”

Corie & Ben: “Mary Kate was great to work with for our wedding, she was so sweet and has an excellent artistic eye! Our photos were beautiful and the day flew by, would book her over and over again!”

Mark: “Was a bridesman in one of the most recent weddings. She is absolutely wonderful to work with, professional, flexible, and always smiling to help couples with their special day! Would recommend her to everyone. I would even fly her to where ever I’ll be to take my photos she is that good!”

 

 
THEY ARE MARRIED!! 🤗😭 I distinctly remember my first conversation with Christina and thinking to myself, “I really like this sweet new friend of mine!” Little did either of us know it would be the start of a sweet friendship that went deeper than wedding planning. 🥰 Over the course of a good year, Christina and Justin quickly became people I consider dear friends. From our first in person hangout sesh doing engagement pictures in Manhattan to a long weekend visiting and exploring NYC with them. These guys are so sincere and genuine with their love for each other and everyone in their lives. ♥️ Christina & Justin! It was the biggest privilege capturing your gorgeous, whimsical, fairytale wedding! Thank you for trusting me and asking me to be your wedding photographer! 👰🏻🤵🏻 I can’t wait for more long weekends all together in NYC and Memphis! Vendors - Venue: @stonemillinn, Photographer: @marykatesteele, videographer: @taryngillen, Dress: @missstellayork (@paisleybridal), bridesmaid dresses: @showmeyourmumu, Florist: @sarahsfloraldesigns, Hair: @beautybyemsss, Makeup: @mmglam, DJ: @charmcitydjing, Invitations: @minted, Bakery: @flourettasweet
I love when my couples get creative and incorporate personal touches into their wedding day! Inside jokes turned into wedding decorations are a favorite of mine! This inside joke/story belongs to one of my grooms. He told it like this: . . “I was so poor in college. I didn’t usually have enough money to get real food. So on the weekends, I’d go buy a bottle of vodka and some snacks - my personal favorite, Doritos, and live off that while cramming in so much homework and studying. All my friends would laugh because it was hilarious and brilliant all at the same time. So now the ongoing joke is Vodka & Snacks.”🍸🍕 . . I got a good laugh myself when he told me that story and these napkins made it even more fun to get creative with. . . What is a fun, creative way you’re adding personal touches/stories/inside jokes in your wedding?! Tell me here!👇🏻
What is your most used emoji?! . . Want to know mine? I bet some of you could probably guess it. Lol! With all these gorgeous couples and MKS brides I have the treat to photograph, mine is always this one: 😍 (haha!) Surprise, surprise. . . Sunday morning Jaime, Joseph and I spent time at the beautiful Memphis Botanic Garden for their adorable engagement session! Y’all, these two are just so cute and full of giggles. It was PRECIOUS. I cannot wait for their October wedding and to show you so much more from their engagement session soon!🤗
Anyone else have a bucket list of places you’d like to visit someday?! I definitely do and it’s rather long.🙈 . . I got check one off when my sweet couple Lindsay & Matt chose to have their engagement photos taken at the majestic, classic Thomas Jefferson Memorial! I was freaking out a tad.😉 . . Go check out their gorgeous engagement session in the Journal today! {Link in bio}
Engagement sessions with my couples are my favorite! It really gives us a chance to spend time together and have fun! . . These two adorable humans are featured in the Journal this week! They are precious! Go check out their super cute session and leave them some love.🤗. {link in bio}
My sweet, dear friend Andrea celebrates her amazing Andrea’s Cooktales cookbook winning best non-fiction title and I couldn’t be more proud of her!! It is very rare for a cookbook to win in the non-fiction category, but hers did because of the personal stories she adds with each of her recipes. This girl has some amazing ideas and dreams are just beginning to blossom and being a part of them is an honor. 🤗 Andrea is adorable and the sweetest person. I just love her! It was a huge privilege to celebrate with her and shoot brand/content photos for her in my favorite place - NYC! 💗 Here’s to many more food and traveling adventures together!
Happy Sunday friends! . . Wedding season is in full swing and I am oh so excited for all the weddings I have the privilege to photograph over the next few months! My couples are so good to me! . . It seems y’all are super interested in learning more about taking your own awesome photos (camera or phone) and also how to best prepare for your wedding day photos! . . With that being said, I have decided to work on rolling out some educational material for you! It will be a variety of things, so get excited!! . . I’d love to hear from you! When taking photos with your phone, what seems to be your biggest struggle? Tell me here!👇🏻
That sweet “almost” kiss moment. . . It is most definitely one of my very favorite little moments. Little, quiet moments can be easy to miss or forget. I love to pay attention and breathe them in. . . What is a little moment you love?
Happy Mother’s Day weekend to every woman out there. . 💗 . This weekend Mark and I surprised my Mom (and sister and Dad). Thankful for this time with my family and for Mark to be with his Grammie, Grampie and Auntie Gloria. . 💗 . Extra thankful for this smart, sweet, spunky, super hero loving drummer boy and that I get the incredible privilege of being his mama. . . Photo credit: @connorandcoevents
My friend’s gorgeous Anthropologie inspired home is being shared in the Journal today! . 🌿 . Lifestyle photography gives my creativity so much life. My sweet friend AK encouraged me to come over and snap a few images of her breathtaking home. Every square inch and corner of her peaceful abode is filled with love, life and darling style. I told her when I buy a home, I’m going to hire her to decorate it for me. Haha! . 🌿 . Go check out the “Journal” tab linked in my bio to see several more images of her serene place.

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