the journal

You’ve started planning your beautiful Catholic wedding, you’ve booked your reception, we’re designing your portraits, and then, you get an email. It’s from your church coordinator outlining the rules of wedding photography in their church. You don’t panic! First, because you read this, and second, because your Catholic wedding photography team is well-versed in Wedding Mass Photography Etiquette.

After five years in the wedding industry, I’ve seen trends come and go. I’ve worked with brides, grooms, and vendors of so many different backgrounds and cultures. I’ve also noticed patterns in the questions I’m asked during consultations and discovery calls. This is in no way exhaustive, I could probably make this list and then three more, but here are some of Madeline Oakley Photography’s Frequently Asked Questions as your Nashville Catholic Wedding Photographer.

Louisville is one of my favorite cities and it was even better getting to photograph another bride in the most amazing friend group I am privileged enough to keep getting to work with. St. Boniface Catholic Church and The Bourbon Barrel Loft hosted the most fun, emotional, and intentional November Kentucky wedding. Georgia and Enrique […]

Kimberly and Shane’s traditional Catholic wedding at St. Mary’s in Nashville was one of the most inspiring weddings MOP photographed this Spring.

Their wedding was the definition of simple, elegant, and focused on all the right things: Christ, each other, and spending time with close loved ones.

The biggest phrases you will see on photographers websites of all budgets are if they describe themselves as “editorial” photographers or “documentary” photographers or both. So, let’s define our terms before we talk about anything else.

To the couples who are already excited about finding the best fit Catholic wedding photographer, Amazing! Let’s make some art that captures the intentionality you are implementing in your day. Skip on down to the bottom! To the other brides and grooms who maybe don’t understand the hype, or, for whatever reason, don’t feel like they fit the “mold” of needing a Catholic photographer, I see you, I was you, and welcome.