2018 Favorite Portraits There is a second branch to Amanda May Photos, and that is portrait photography. Portrait photography includes seniors, families, newborns, maternities, birthdays, headshots, fundraisers, anniversaries, and more. It’s pretty much anything I shoot that is not a wedding or an engagement, which are the main purpose of AMP. Sometimes, it means shooting […]

2018 Favorite Engagements Yesterday, you saw my 2018 favorite wedding photos post. One of my FAVORITE posts to look back on in my year review analysis. Now, I want to share my 2018 favorite engagements post. Also long, but not nearly as long as the wedding post. I’m sure it took your browser a solid […]

Knoxville Botanical Gardens Family Session On August 13th, 2018, Tralene and Justin Lucas said their vows and committed their lives to one another at Sampson’s Hollow. I had the absolute pleasure of photographing their intimate, personal wedding that day. You can see their wedding blog post here! It was gorgeous, and Tralene made an INCREDIBLE […]

Knoxville Botanical Senior Session I think this senior is the epitome of awesome. With her adorable glasses, high waisted pants, and floral combat boots, she’s the cutest hipster I know. Also, to go right along with her personal style, she’s planning to go to a makeup school in Nashville that teaches you how to do […]

6 Month Session at Knoxville Botanical Gardens You guys. Look at this little girl’s cheese grin! Seriously! I’m dying over here. We got together for her little brother’s 6 month session, but I added an extra 30 minutes onto their time because I couldn’t help but spend some extra time collecting memories of this big […]

Knoxville Botanical Gardens Senior Session A couple of years ago, I took senior portraits of a girl named Brianne (click here to see those). They are still some of my FAVORITE senior pictures because of how fun this girl was. Her smile, her hair, and most of all, her authenticity made it so much fun […]

Knoxville Botanical Gardens One Year The Parrott family…you know them. They are fabulous and right in the middle of one of the craziest seasons of their life. When I asked them if it was calming down a little bit now that Hattie was getting older, they both started laughing. This is what I love about […]

Knoxville Gardens Engagement The weirdest thing happened at this Knoxville Gardens Engagement Session. We were shooting along the gravel road that cuts right through the middle of the gardens, and these two teenagers were walking through throwing rocks. I didn’t think that much about it when they were more than 50 yards away from us. […]

Knoxville Botanical Engagement I shoot Knoxville Botanical engagement sessions a lot. I mean, it is one of the prettiest, largest, most diverse parks/gardens in Knoxville. So it’s no wonder why people want their pictures taken there so much. It’s always gorgeous, but on the day of Caitlin and Billy’s engagement session, the sun was especially […]

Knoxville Botanical Gardens 6 Month Session I want to provide a little encouragement for all the parents of colic-y babies out there. Meet Hannah Lloyd. This is her Knoxville Botanical Gardens 6 month session and she was colic. In case you are not a parent, colic is gastrointestinal issues in babies that make them super […]

6 Month Photos I can’t decide who 6 month Eylan looks like more on the outside. She definitely has her daddy’s tan skin tone and her mommy’s sweet smile but everything else is a perfect mixture of Austin and Nikki. But when it comes to her personality, she is exactly both her mom and dad. […]

Downtown Knoxville Engagement Session Mariah and Mitchell are from the Cleveland, TN area but drove up to Knoxville to have their engagement photos taken with their puppy. When we were discussing locations, Mariah had a more formal outfit in mind that she thought would look better in an urban backdrop… so of course I immediately […]

Old North Knoxville I was running through Old North Knoxville one day and came across these beauties. Have I mentioned how much I love this city??? Because I really really love this city, especially Old North Knoxville. I only photographed the “Knoxville, TN” one but there are four at this underpass and they’re all similar […]

Knoxville Botanical Gardens There is nothing I love more than a good garden and Knoxville Botanical Gardens has so many to choose from. Seriously though. I’ve photographed so many sessions here this year and every time I can make each one look different and unique. This is a section of the gardens I didn’t even […]

Knoxville Botanical Gardens Kari and Stefan are planning a full wedding on a really fast timeline. When we met, Kari said… I’ve always wanted to get married in the fall and since he proposed in the spring… that means a 6 month – ish engagement. I love that she didn’t let the short term engagement […]