Nashville Wedding Photographer | Melanie Grady East Ivy Mansion Wedding   Here’s what led these two love birds to an East Ivy Mansion Wedding in Nashville… Brendan and Katherine’s love story goes back almost 7 years. They met in high school (on Myspace! Pre-Facebook for you youngins). Katherine says, “Brendan took the first step by […]

  Mary and Jeff met aboard the MV Explorer during a Semester at Sea while Mary was attending the University of Pittsburgh, and Jeff was studying at Babson in Boston.  The ship carried over 500 college students and Mary and Jeff happened to cross paths at the very end of the journey in the middle of […]

This Bowling Green wedding at the Lost River Cave is probably the most unique wedding I’ve ever photographed.  The venue is a CAVE!  I’ve captured weddings at all kinds of venues: ballrooms, plantations, backyards, professional sports stadiums, wineries, beaches, barns, museums, and more… but never a cave.  I’ve never even dreamed of photographing a reception […]

Jodie and Ben’s wedding at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh was one of the most amazing weddings I have ever been a part of!  At the museum, we were able to utilize so many interesting and unique settings for portraits including the grand staircase, and the room of architecture and the room of […]

I’m so excited to share some amazing news with you!!  Melanie Grady is officially a 2016 Editor’s Choice Award Winning Wedding & Portrait Photographer – how cool does that sound!  Here’s how it happened (read on, read on) Two Bright Lights is a collaborative network where spectacular images are simply sourced and globally published. Their system makes it […]

I never really thought about working on holidays when becoming a wedding photographer… but when a Saturday in July falls on the 4th, a LOT of people think about having their wedding on our Independence Day.  What an awesome way to get together with friends and family on such a great summer holiday!  Everyone loves […]