Blog - Jo McVey Photography - Nashville Child and Family Photographer

Gallatin, TN Wedding | Justin + Elyna | Rock Creek Farm

August 7, 2018 Wedding

I was so excited when I received the email from Justin confirming that he and his beautiful fiance, Elyna wanted me to capture their special day. Their wedding day. June 2, 2018 arrived, and there was a slight chance of rain on that hot and muggy day at Rock Creek Farm in Gallatin, TN. I headed up to take photos of the bride and her bridesmaids getting [...]

Review of Portrait Perfection Actions for Photoshop

February 13, 2018 Reviews

I love Photoshop actions. With one click of a button, my photo can be transformed into something that would take me many steps to do by hand. I was recently contacted by Sleeklens.com to do a review of their Portrait Perfection action set, and I was pleasantly surprised with the results. Below is some before and afters, along with the action recipe for ea[...]

Gallatin, TN Wedding | Depot Square | John + Sarah

August 31, 2017 Wedding

It was probably one of the hottest days of the year the day of John and Sarah's wedding. Thankfully, the wedding and reception took place inside the wonderfully air conditioned Depot Square in the heart of Gallatin, TN. I had the privilege of meeting the bride, Sarah, in a small group for young singles at our church about 8 years ago, and was honored when [...]

Princess Edit – Using Greater Than Gatsby Actions

April 25, 2017 Tutorials

I've lost count of how many messages I've received asking for mentoring, tutorials, or editing videos, so I decided to record one to show you how I use Greater Than Gatsby actions in my editing workflow. I am in no way affiliated with GTG, I just happen to love their actions. I started this edit off in Lightroom, and did a few adjustments to exposure and whit[...]

Sweet Baby Boy {Jackson} | Nashville Newborn Photographer

March 28, 2017 Family, Newborn

This newborn session was a special one for me. I've known baby Jackson's parents since they were dating, and I was actually 39 weeks pregnant with my firstborn when I attended their wedding almost five years ago. I'll be honest, I tried to dance myself into labor that night. It didn't work. Haha! You may remember my post about Samantha's bab[...]

Pastor Family Session – The Gallatys {Nashville Portrait Photographer}

March 26, 2017 Children, Family

This past fall, I had the honor of taking family portraits for our pastor and his family. He followed the Lord's call to our church in October of 2015, about ten months after our beloved former pastor tragically passed away from a rare cancer. Pastor Robby and his family have been such a blessing to our church, and have really helped us heal and move forward [...]