Carden Photography – Portrait and Wedding Photographer in Tullahoma, Tennessee

My new ad came out today in the THS Echo … the student newspaper at Tullahoma High School. It is hard to get color exactly right in newsprint, so here’s a web sized version of the original.

Monica’s Shoes has been on display for several months at the Celtic Cup Coffee House in Tullahoma. In a couple of days I will place a stack of cards below this image. Each card will contain a coupon worth a free pack of 24 custom Christmas cards!

The rules are very simple:

• Purchase, at regular portrait pricing, two (2) of any size gift portrait (8×12 or smaller) or one (1) wall portrait (11×14 or larger) and I will add a free pack of 24 Christmas cards.
• You must have purchased a print of the image on the custom Christmas card.
• You must present the card with the coupon when placing your print order.
• Offer applies only to portrait images that I have created or will create before December 1, 2009.
• Offer does not apply to art, event or photojournalism images.
• Limit one per family.

There is still plenty of time to book a portrait session so you can take advantage of this offer in 2009. Existing clients may purchase two gift portraits or one wall portrait of any image I previously created.

The debut of the new Tullahoma High School football stadium was last night. The crowd was great, the home team won … and the pictures are… on hold. Images are now up in the THS 2009 Football client gallery .

My guess is images will be up sometime late Wednesday in the client galleries and on Facebook.

The first game at the new Tullahoma High School stadium is tonight. This week’s pic is from the first senior shoot there.

One of the really fun things about creating images on location is finding all sorts of really cool and different spots to shoot. Sometimes it’s obvious how to place and pose a subject in a certain spot. Sometimes it’s not. It’s not uncommon for me to jump in and demonstrate.

Recently I was shooting on a farm and wanted to use a great looking hay barn. So to demonstrate just how I was envisioning the image, I climbed up and took the pose. Amanda, my assistant for the day, took a shot.

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Then Rosalyn made it look good.

My September special: Book your family portrait in September and receive 25% off Christmas cards. We don’t have to shoot in September, just book the session and prepay the creation fee to receive the discount.

I got to shoot the first half of the Tullahoma High School Wildcats football game at Columbia. Images will be in The Saturday Independent later today. Click on the image for a quick slideshows of some highlights. Are you in one of these images?  Tag yourself on Facebook!

I just received this unsolicited note from Travis in Tullahoma:

You do some excellent work… You’ve got a really natural sense of light, especially in your candid outdoor shots. In a controlled studio, if you don’t get it right, well you just shouldn’t be a photographer… but in the great outdoors reality is harder than you make it look. Your online portfolio is very inviting.

So I thought an outdoor shot would be appropriate to go with it. This image was taken at noon in the middle of an open field. However you don’t see any evidence of  hard shadows from overhead light. God gives us great light to work with … but we have to know how to… and take the time to… modify that light to make our subjects look their best.

I recently had the honor of creating the official portrait for Tullahoma Mayor Troy Bisby.

Yes, there are some really great images of the Tullahoma Soapbox Derby in today’s Tullahoma News. However they failed to properly attribute them. Here they are and more. I’ll have a gallery up soon if you’d like to order prints.