This website should really identify with high school seniors, and we hope they feel they will be able to express themselves at our studio. Our new senior specials are beginning this spring, including our Facebook and Ambassador specials, so be sure to take advantage of them by reading about them under Specials on any of our websites. Any time of year is great to capture a high school senior’s portraits, so give us a call today!

Also, ask us about our children’s portraits in the spring time. Easter is a perfect time for outdoor photography and pastel colors. We runs specials for all holidays as well as for our wildflower garden. Call us and ask us about spring specials and peak times for our wildflower garden because they change from year to year when the flowers are in full bloom. Generally, peak times occur at the end of May and at the first of June. This is also the best time for seniors to make use of our wildflower garden. Again, our flowers are very popular, so speak to us in advance to book your session. You can see examples of our wildflower garden on Flickr or on our main website under Featured Galleries > Wildflower Garden.

Chad started working in the family business with his father and has since renamed it to what it is today. Not only is Chad a realtor, but he operates a cabin rental service in Laurel Valley called Dogwood Cabins. If you’re ever interested in renting a rustic get-away so that you can spend the night and hike in Smoky Mountains National Park, then look no further. Check out the website and pick out a cabin today at Dogwood Cabins.com

Below are examples of the fine golf course you will discover in Laurel Valley where you will stay. The club house has been recently renovated with an expansive deck with a view and the facilities include a restaurant as well as a public pool. As you will see, the course looks especially beautiful in the fall when the leaves change bright colors.

Garvey Photography has done extensive work photographing the interiors and exteriors of mountain cabins, which you can see on the Commercial gallery of our main website. If you or someone you know is looking for exceptional commercial photography, then give us a call for a quote and free consultation at 865-691-1691.

There’s nothing better than working in the mountains. That’s one of the many things Chester Richardson and I can both agree upon. Chester works in the Townsend, TN area building top of the line log cabins. It’s an extraordinary craft that Chester shares with his father, and extreme professionalism is evident in every detail of his work. I would define his style of cabin-building as “polished rustic” because it feels and smells of the mountains with a touch of elegance. Just as I share in the family trade of photography with my dad, Charles Garvey, Chester and I both know the value in tradition and quality. He has a loving family – a beautiful wife and three kids. Their new website is http://richardsonconstructiontn.com/ and anyone who is interested in building or owning a state of the art log cabin should give him a call.

What’s wonderful about working with family is that it brings you closer together. I remember when I began working with my father. We had what I would call a typical father-son relationship. My father being the disciplinarian of the family, we were close but we had a hard time identifying with one another when push came to shove. I’ve worked on projects with my father since I can ever remember and I’ve always loved reaping the benefits of hard work, but once a project was done we moved on our way. Being in a work place forces you to endure and it makes your relationships grow stronger because you have to understand one another to be able to endure. You can’t put off what you need to discuss today for tomorrow, and unlike many adolescents that grow up and move away from their parents just at the point when they are mature enough to really relate to their parents, I am glad that I have been able to stay. I’ve always enjoyed capturing life in many forms but I’ve never wanted to be guilty of nepotism and so I’ve tried to develop my own style of photography on top of the strong tradition that my father has created. His reputation precedes him and I can only hope to lay such a strong foundation for future work. I think Knoxville benefits from small business where a sense of community and a smile is a part of the experience that you take away and I would hope that no one ever takes that for granted.

If you would like to see Sonja, you can catch her at The Mirage on Gay Street or you can visit her website at TNBellyDance.com for more information.

Garvey Photography would love to photograph you and your hobby, so what are you waiting for? If you or someone you know would like to express themselves, give us a call at 865-691-1691 today.

Brett Garvey:
Since Lauren and I moved into Peyton Place back in early September of 2008, we’ve had some restless nights because of a rooster in the neighborhood. I’ve spent several nights looking for it only for it to stop crowing so that I couldn’t track it any further, stranded in the cold streets, tired and furious. I asked our immediate neighbors about it and they said they thought it was coming from a Mexican Restaurant. I poked around there but no sign of it. I asked some college apartment kids about it and they asked me why I didn’t like the rooster. They said I’d get used to the noise. Turns out they were feeding it, but more of that later. Anyways, I call Animal Control because it is illegal to own a barnyard animal within the city limits. The first time I get information and they say to keep trying to find it. The second time I call them they tell me they don’t patrol in the middle of the night, which is when the rooster makes noise, but that they’ll send a patrol in the morning to investigate. I never heard anything else from animal control for a while but the rooster kept crowing. So, after 5 months or more of searching off and on and many restless nights, I hear the rooster on the morning of my birthday at 5:30AM and I throw my clothes on. I’ve been sitting in bed thinking of ways to get that rooster – if I could only get my hands on it. I know, poor rooster, but I was pretty angry by this point. I set off sprinting in the direction of the rooster and then it stops crowing again. I decide to stay in one place so that if I hear the rooster again I can resume the hunt. I’m not going back empty handed this time. It’s my birthday, I have to do it! I stand around in the street until about 6:30 AM. Then I notice something black moving in a tree right next to me. It’s very dark out and the sun is about to rise. I think I see a squirrel in the tree, as there are a lot of birds flying around and each one catches my interest. Then I think maybe it’s a cat and I get closer to the tree to notice that the rooster is hiding from me at the top of an evergreen. He jumps down onto the ground and I take off chasing after him. I follow him into the trees behind the house next door and there he hides. I figure he’s never coming out, but I remember the address. I’m ecstatic to finally come face to face with the rooster, but I’m worried that since he’s not penned that animal control may never find him. I couldn’t believe I had been standing right next to him for so long and I feel lucky I even found him. I call animal control this morning and they send a dispatch right away. Then they call me back to give me the news. They caught the rooster where I indicated. Not only that, but they said that no one would claim it and they knew the apartment complex nearby had been feeding him. They said their plan was to eventually track it and put it down since no one owned it, but since they found him and trapped him today they’re going to send him off to live on a farm. I’m ecstatic. This is the best birthday present ever, and now Lauren and I can finally sleep the whole night through. What a great day, and even the rooster gets a happy ending!