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 […]

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 […]

Melanie Grady Photography has won Best of Wedding Photographers 2016 by The Knot for the second year in a row!!!  I can’t tell you how grateful I am to be awarded with this honor (again!!).   In 2016, only 2% of the 250,000 local wedding professionals listed on TheKnot.com received this distinguished accolade.  The winners […]

Who doesn’t love a rustic fall Tennessee wedding?  This one will have you fighting with all of the other brides who are booking their weddings during the new most popular wedding month of October! Taylor and Ryan are the best kind of opposites—they’re complementary puzzle pieces. They’re so pleasantly surprised all the time by how they balance […]

Megan and David were the perfect match for me and my first year as a Nashville wedding photographer.  I remember meeting with Megan and her parents here at a local Nashville Panera Bread during my first week or two living here in TN.  Once I met them, I knew that I had to shoot their […]

I remember receiving the message from Nick and Kelly about photographing their wedding – it was the 4th of July and I was in North Carolina celebrating with family.  I was living in Pennsylvania, and we had thought about the possibility of moving south (maybe even Nashville!).  To say that I was excited is an understatement – […]