Chattanooga Choo Choo Wedding – Kara + Chris

Bride and groom nuzzling noses while standing between two train cars at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel

Another wedding in the middle of a pandemic and it was perfect! Kara and Chris planned the start of their Chattanooga Choo Choo wedding in the courtyard so friends and family would have space to gather around or watch from a bit of a distance. I met up with them a month before their wedding…

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Hunter Rose Performing Live | HI-TOPS Sports Bar

Hunter Rose sitting on stage holding his guitar in his lap and smiling

I first met Hunter Rose in Panama City to photograph his whole family on the beach. He serenaded us throughout the session with his ukelele. I told his family that I would forevermore need live music during my sessions. It was obvious, even with just a ukelele, Hunter was a talented musician. When his mom…

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Cumming Polo Fields Wedding Day – Frank + Beans

Bride and groom laughing as he dips her during Cumming Polo Fields wedding photos

I’ve been so excited for Frank + Brittany’s Cumming Polo Fields wedding day for months! By the time their wedding day arrived, we had spent hours upon hours together. From talking about the possibility of me documenting this day, to their engagement session, to returning those photographs, to walking the grounds of the polo fields…

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2020 High School Seniors

High school senior twirling in pink smoke on a covered bridge

So this year didn’t play out as we expected, did it? Digital learning started mid-March. The school year ended three weeks early. Prom was canceled. Sports were canceled. Graduation ceremonies aren’t guaranteed. Did you even get a chance to make the senior photographs you dreamed of creating? If you didn’t get to make special photographs…

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Professional Headshot in Canton, GA – Ann Calloway with Silver Fern Co

Professional headshot in Canton - Ann Calloway of Silver Fern Co bookkeeping and accounting

I had the pleasure of photographing Ann recently to update her professional headshot in Canton. She needed a new image to represent herself online that was professional and current. I love headshot sessions because it gives me a glimpse into other peoples’ lives and professions. To learn what motivates them, what got them into the…

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Hi, I’m Kelley.

Kelley Wenzel smiling in a light blue shirt

It was nine years ago today that I was getting on a plane in San Diego to come home. My head was swirling. I had just finished a photography workshop with Blue Lily and it was the beginning of my insatiable need to leave corporate and start my own photography business. To do something that…

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Atlanta Birth Story – North Fulton Hospital – Luca Arrives

Pregnant mom yelling and pushing to deliver her baby with the help of her doula and certified nurse midwife

It was just over a year and a half since I had photographed Charlotte’s first birth. We were together for over thirty hours as she labored, switched from a birthing facility to a hospital, and then gave birth on day two. At the start of this birthing experience, we both hoped and prayed it would…

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Christmas Family Photos in Downtown Canton

Mom and Dad hugging and kissing their sweet son in front of a live Christmas tree

This sweet family is in for an incredible treat as one of the chosen families of Sunshine on a Ranney Day. They’re getting a room makeover for their boy Stetson come the new year and I can’t wait to see the magic they create! In the meantime, I was thrilled to make their Christmas family…

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