Garvey Photography Knoxville Blog

Join Garvey Photography in celebrating 30 wonderful years of service to the Knoxville area.  We continue to pride ourselves in the utmost quality portraiture available.  If you don’t have a Garvey yet, be sure to call us today at 865-691-1691 to create heirloom portraits for your loved ones.  Ask us about our current specials regarding 30 years of excellence.

Garvey Photography invites you to take part in our Business Portrait Special, alongside our Winter Special, from January 11th through March 18th.  Get your Business Portrait made for only $99!  Have you been waiting for the right moment to have your business portrait made, or even to update your current business cards?  Now is the time!  Give us a call at 865-691-1691.

Garvey Photography will shoot and retouch your portrait to your specifications, taking time that others won’t to make you look professional as well as the best you can look.  We will sit down with you and make you a believer, and before you leave you will think we are magicians, guaranteed.  Walk out within an hour with the images in your hand, ready for you to use for print publication, personal use and even online, in both color and black and white.  That’s the difference you get with Garvey Photography!

We even offer discount rates for business groups and multiple individuals, where you can come to our studio, or we can come to your office and set up or even photograph your place of work.  Call now for a free consultation!

April Robinson, ADT dispatcher, saved the life of a Texas man, Sir James Smith, by responding to the call of a panic button.  They were brought together for the first time yesterday so that they could meet and show their respects.  I was honored to be there and capture their emotions, but for the full story, see here. Otherwise, the photos speak for themselves:

If you would like for Garvey Photography to cover a commercial shoot, please give us a call today at 865-691-1691.

Garvey Photography is proud to have provided our services to the following companies in Knoxville:

AC Entertainment

ADT

American Legion

ASTM

Bass Berry & Sims

BB&T

Blue Cross Blue Shield of TN

Braden’s

Bush Brothers

Chester Richardson Construction

Cocoa Moon

Crenshaw Children’s Shop

Dancer’s Studio

Dogwood Cabins

EvaMag

Executive Women’s Association

Fantasy of Trees

Fort Sanders OB-GYN

Gastrointestinal Associates

Gillespie Import Service

Go Red Knoxville

Heart Gala

Home Builders Association

Pyxl (Image Communications)

Jarek’s Car Service

Junior League

Kelsan

Knoxville Area Association of Realtors

Knoxville Zoo

Laurel Valley Country Club

Maple Grove Inn

Master Custom Homes

MediSpa

Modern Woodmen

Moxley Carmichael

Nephrology Consultants

Northshore Capital Advisors

Parkside Realty

Picnic Pantry

Dr. Phillip Powell B DDS MS: Ofc

Premiere Surgical Associates

Regal Cinemas

Regions Bank

Re/max Realtors

Rusty Wallace

Strasburg Children

Summit Medical

Sunset Tans and Spa

Symphony Show House

Three Rivers Market

Unarmed Merchants

Universal Mortgage

UT MBA Program

Waters Tool and Hydro

West High School

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Charles Garvey of Garvey Photography in Knoxville has earned the Photographic Craftsman degree from Professional Photographers of America. PPA President Ron Nichols presented the degree to Garvey at the association’s annual convention, Imaging USA, held in January in Nashville. The Photographic Craftsman degree recognizes Garvey’s service to the photographic profession as an orator, author and mentor.

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Garvey Photography is proud to announce its new senior website at
http://www.seniors.garveyphoto.com/

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.

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.

Garvey Photography is proud to present Sonja Oswalt, a local belly dancer who dances regularly to support humanitarian, animal and environmental issues. Sonja is not only a wonderful dancer, but she also offers belly dancing lessons to those who are willing to get in shape and experience such a joyful art form.

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.

Fort Sanders OB/GYN Group has chosen Garvey Photography to decorate its office with the following exhibit. We are so honored to represent one another that we are also extending an offer to patients of Fort Sanders OB/GYN Group for a FREE Mother and Baby Session with Cameo Portrait. All expecting parents, or even if you need an obstetrician gynecologist, please check out their website at FSOBGYN.com