Capture your tender memories of new life

We would like to congratulate our newest parents Crystal & Josh on the birth of their beautiful baby girl Gwynivere Odessa. She was born Feb 22. She weighed 5lbs 14oz and was 18 and 3/4 inches long at birth. Welcome to the world little one.

As you experience this wonderful miracle of new life, we at Michael Broyles Photography can help you capture important memories that become priceless heirlooms.Having two daughters and four grandchildren, I know from personal experience the real value of a portrait and the tears of joy it can bring. Believe me, when you have a twelve year old daughter who thinks she is twenty-six years old, it means a lot to have her portrait as a newborn on hand to remind you both of those days gone by. Somehow, those tender memories told in their newborn and baby portraits helped me to make the teen year challenges all worth the effort.

Call us today at 865-777-5683 to schedule a free getting to know you session so that we may begin helping you capture your precious family memories!

Sharing family memeories...

Joe and his wife Evelyn had been together 51 years when he lost her to cancer.

He wanted a way to preserve all of his favorite family portraits in one location.

After sitting down with Joe and having him tell us about the life he shared with his wife and 2 children, we decided that the best way for us to help Joe organise his portraits, would be to design an album.

In the album we arranged the portraits so that they tell the story of Joe's life with Evelyn from dating, to their wedding, taking their children on family vacations, to more recent trips taken with Evelyn before she passed away.

The end result is a legacy album that spans fifty years of Joe's life with his wife and their children. It serves as a beautiful tribute to his wife and the family they raised together.

If you have family portraits that you would like arranged into an album please call us today 865-777-5683 to schedule an appointment with us. We would love to design a special album for you. Our albums range in price from $95 to $2,800 so there is definitely something for everyone's budget.

The Sellers Family Bonding Before Birth

Last week Katherine and Lucas came into our portrait studio to do a Bonding Before Birth portrait session. They are expecting their first child, a little girl that they have chosen to name Natalie Elizabeth. During the portrait session, we got some fantastic images of the parents to be bonding with their unborn child.

Bonding Before Birth portrait sessions are a great way to create first family memories that are sure to be treasured for many years to come.

If you or someone you know is expecting a child, I would strongly encourage you to schedule a getting to know you consultation with our studio, so that we may begin creating beautiful memories of you and your family.

We photograph by appointment only, so please call us at 865-777-5683 to schedule your appointment Today!

Don't forget that if you schedule an appointment in March you receive a free 11x14 inch portrait!

Max's Day Out!

Jessica brought her dog Max to have some portraits taken of the two of them together. Max is a big ball of energy , and kept us on our toes pretty much the entire time he was here. Once Max got acclimated with his surroundings, we got some really great images of Jessica interacting with Max.
Did you know that Broyles Photography captures pet portraits? Due to some people having pet allergies, we can not photograph animals inside our studio, however we can capture you and precious pets outside our studio. Call us today at 865-777-5683 to schedule your pet portrait session today!

Note: Free 11x14 portrait print of images captured in March!

Family Memories...

Tattered 'round the edges,
And soon to fade with time; Memories that linger still,

Are what we'll leave behind.Like a precious package,

Kept in a secret room, Each memory a treasure,
A family heirloom.On rare and quiet occasions

The package opens wide;revealing our memories,

That nestle there inside.Faces etched in memories

Like photos from the past;each snapshot printed in the heart,

Are memories that last.Worn and ragged photographs,

Soon to fade with time; Yet the lasting love deep in our heart,

Is what we'll leave behind.

written by: Allison Chambers Coxey

This past week we had the pleasure of photographing the Sparks Family. Ben ,Christine and son Mason came in for a family portrait, to give to relatives and friends. Mason was a tad bit nervous when we began the shoot, however it didn't take him long to warm up to our silly antics before we were able to get some great images of him interacting with his mom and dad.

Family portraits are a great way to capture milestones as your children grow. You may think that 20 years from now you'll remember how little your child was or how he use to pretend you were a horsy but without the visual that a portrait can bring to mind, do you really want those precious memories to fade with the passing of time?

Call our studio 865-777-5683 today to schedule your own family portrait session and ensure your memories aren't forgotten!

History comes to life...

This past week we were able to see history spring to life in our studio. Marty is a Civil War re-en actor who portrays a soldier that rode alongside Nathan Bedford Forest. The session was very intriguing and educational. To see him transform from a modern day man into a Civil War Confederate soldier was like stepping back in time. From his cappie, to his boots and everything between Marty looked every bit the part of a Confederate Soldier. His solemn, stoic expressions really seemed to make the portraits look true to form. If you closed your eyes for just a moment, you could smell gun powder and campfire smoke on his clothes. Which would bring images of a soldier saying good bye to his beloved family before he went off to fight in the war.

Marty has quite a bit of extensive knowledge about the Civil War, and brought with him authentic Civil War props. Some of these props included a saddle from that era, as well as a rifle and a saber from that time period. One of my favorite props that Marty brought with him was an old Bible. Soldiers in the Civil War didn't have a whole lot to occupy their time when they weren't fighting, so what little free time the soldiers had, they would read their Bibles and tell stories by the campfire.

Thank you Marty for allowing Broyles Photography to capture your memories and see history spring to life in our studio!

Bonding Before Birth

Bonding Before Birth

Bonding Before Birth is a focused program by Michael Broyles Photography for families you seek to create and capture a bonding experience with their new baby. Michael’s agenda is to capture memories that depict bonding two times. His first family portrait session occurs in the third trimester of pregnancy, while his second family session takes place when the newborn is seven to ten days old.

My experience is that each pregnancy becomes a watershed experience for families. The months leading up to birth of a child are filled hope and wonderful dreams of what can be, while being challenged with the reality that the family constellation is about to change – requiring new relationships and additional responsibilities.

These two special times in family formation are a wonderful opportunity to capture priceless memories. We think we will always recall the tiny size of our newborn, yet really is that without a portrait our memories fade. Yes, we forget how small they really were, how beautiful they were asleep in our hands and how fragile they were - requiring our constant love.

These are opportunities to capture special family memories become even more treasured with the passing of years. Bonding Before Birth is designed to capture all of the joy, expectation and beauty of maternity and the trill of a new life coming into our world. This is a program that creates more than a picture; it captures memories that become priceless with the passing of time.

Quote: I enjoy helping families capture memories that span the years. Their joy is my legacy.

To capture your Bonding Before Birth experience, please call 865-777-5683

To view samples of our work visit on the web at www.broylesportraits.com