Race &amp; Religious is a row of old Creole buildings wrapped around a brick courtyard in the Lower Garden District. Brian and Katie used every part of it, and the day moved at its own pace rather than at the pace of a schedule.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/race-religious-wedding-photos__race-and-religious-wedding-photos-6.jpg" alt="Brian and Katie together during their New Orleans wedding day" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/race-religious-wedding-photos__race-and-religious-wedding-photos-8.jpg" alt="A quiet moment at Race & Religious in New Orleans" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>By the time the reception got going nobody was thinking about a camera. That is usually when the photographs I care about start showing up.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/race-religious-wedding-photos__race-and-religious-wedding-photos-19.jpg" alt="Guests celebrating in the courtyard at Race & Religious" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/race-religious-wedding-photos__race-and-religious-wedding-photos-23.jpg" alt="Brian and Katie during their New Orleans wedding reception" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/race-religious-wedding-photos__race-and-religious-wedding-photos-43.jpg" alt="Dancing on the brick courtyard at Race & Religious in New Orleans" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>

A New Orleans wedding in the courtyard at Race & Religious, where the party outlasted the light.

Brian & Katie

Catheryn and Dakota were married at The Emerald Union in Nashville. We spent the day close in, staying out of the way and letting the people around them fill the frame.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/emerald-union-wedding-photos__5h6a0927.jpg" alt="Catheryn and Dakota during their wedding at The Emerald Union" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/emerald-union-wedding-photos__5h6a1066.jpg" alt="A moment between guests at The Emerald Union in Nashville" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>None of this was arranged. It is a day that already had its own rhythm, and my job was mostly to read it.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/emerald-union-wedding-photos__5h6a1760.jpg" alt="Catheryn and Dakota together at their Nashville wedding" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/emerald-union-wedding-photos__5h6a2026.jpg" alt="Celebration during Catheryn and Dakota's wedding reception" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/emerald-union-wedding-photos__5h6a2278.jpg" alt="The end of the night at The Emerald Union in Nashville" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>

A Nashville wedding at The Emerald Union, photographed the way the day actually unfolded.

Catheryn & Dakota

Riverwood Mansion sits on a few green acres in East Nashville, which gave Chelsea and Zak room to spread out and stop performing for anyone.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/riverwood-mansion-wedding__riverwood-mansion-wedding-nashville-12.jpg" alt="Chelsea and Zak during their Riverwood Mansion wedding" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/riverwood-mansion-wedding__riverwood-mansion-wedding-nashville-13.jpg" alt="A quiet moment at Riverwood Mansion in Nashville" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>What I remember is how little I had to ask for. Everyone was already present, and that is the whole thing.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/riverwood-mansion-wedding__riverwood-mansion-wedding-nashville-30.jpg" alt="Chelsea and Zak together at their Nashville wedding" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/riverwood-mansion-wedding__riverwood-mansion-wedding-nashville-39.jpg" alt="Guests celebrating at Riverwood Mansion" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/riverwood-mansion-wedding__riverwood-mansion-wedding-nashville-43.jpg" alt="The reception at Riverwood Mansion in Nashville" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>

A Nashville wedding at Riverwood Mansion, held together by the people who showed up for it.

Chelsea & Zak

Cheekwood is a botanical garden and estate on the west side of Nashville. Olivia and Garrett gave it an unhurried afternoon, which is really all an engagement session needs.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/cheekwood-engagement-photos__cheekwood-engagement-photos.jpg" alt="Olivia and Garrett in the gardens at Cheekwood" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/cheekwood-engagement-photos__cheekwood-engagement-photos-2.jpg" alt="Olivia and Garrett walking the grounds at Cheekwood in Nashville" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>We talk first and shoot second. By the time the camera is up, the two of you have usually forgotten it is there.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/cheekwood-engagement-photos__cheekwood-engagement-photos-6.jpg" alt="Olivia and Garrett together during their Nashville engagement session" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/cheekwood-engagement-photos__cheekwood-engagement-photos-9.jpg" alt="An unposed moment at Cheekwood botanical gardens" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/cheekwood-engagement-photos__cheekwood-engagement-photos-10.jpg" alt="Olivia and Garrett at the end of their Cheekwood engagement session" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>

An engagement session in the gardens at Cheekwood, Nashville, on a slow afternoon.

Olivia & Garrett

Janine and Ian were married on a farm in Memphis in the spring. It was a day with a lot of open ground and a lot of people who had travelled to be on it.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/tennessee-spring-wedding__1p4a3040.jpg" alt="Janine and Ian during their spring wedding in Memphis, Tennessee" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/tennessee-spring-wedding__1p4a3568.jpg" alt="A moment on the farm at Janine and Ian's Tennessee wedding" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>Weddings like this one are the reason I do this. Everyone's whole world in one field, all of it turned up.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/tennessee-spring-wedding__1p4a3685.jpg" alt="Janine and Ian together on their wedding day in Tennessee" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/tennessee-spring-wedding__6o7b5807.jpg" alt="Guests celebrating at a spring farm wedding in Memphis" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/tennessee-spring-wedding__6o7b9598.jpg" alt="The reception at Janine and Ian's Tennessee spring wedding" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>

A spring wedding on a farm outside Memphis, Tennessee, run entirely at its own speed.

Janine & Ian

Luca and Annie picked a treehouse in East Nashville, which tells you most of what you need to know about them. The session went where they went.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/east-nashville-engagement__1p4a0070.jpg" alt="Luca and Annie during their East Nashville engagement session" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/east-nashville-engagement__1p4a0428.jpg" alt="Luca and Annie at the treehouse in East Nashville" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>I would rather photograph two people being themselves somewhere that means something to them than pose them somewhere that photographs well.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/east-nashville-engagement__1p4a0685.jpg" alt="An unposed moment during Luca and Annie's engagement session" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/east-nashville-engagement__6o7b0966.jpg" alt="Luca and Annie together in East Nashville" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/east-nashville-engagement__6o7b1393.jpg" alt="The end of Luca and Annie's East Nashville engagement session" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>

An engagement session in East Nashville, shot around a treehouse and the streets near it.

Luca & Annie

Ranran and Haonan were married in Yosemite. Days like this are the argument for travelling: the place does half the work, and the two of you do the rest.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/yosemite-wedding-photos__yosemite-wedding-photographer.jpg" alt="Ranran and Haonan during their Yosemite wedding" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/yosemite-wedding-photos__yosemite-wedding-photographer-3.jpg" alt="Ranran and Haonan in Yosemite National Park" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>Nothing here needed directing. We walked, we waited on the light, and the day did what it was going to do.<figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/yosemite-wedding-photos__yosemite-wedding-photographer-7.jpg" alt="A quiet moment during a Yosemite National Park wedding" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/yosemite-wedding-photos__yosemite-wedding-photographer-10.jpg" alt="Ranran and Haonan together in Yosemite" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure><figure><img src="https://codyharrisphoto.cdn.modulify.website/projects/yosemite-wedding-photos__yosemite-wedding-photographer-16.jpg" alt="The end of Ranran and Haonan's Yosemite wedding day" loading="lazy" decoding="async" /></figure>

A wedding in Yosemite National Park, small and a long way from anywhere.