Bride and groom running hand in hand across an open field at dusk, veil streaming behind them in motion blur
Nashville · Destination

Quietly, completely yours.

Now booking select 2027 & 2028 weddings
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Luxury Wedding Photography
The kind of photographs you'll still love in thirty years.

Calm, intentional, and editorial. I photograph your wedding the way you'll actually want to remember it — honest, timeless, and entirely yours.

The Latest Wedding
Piper & Zechariah
Double Creek Farms · Culleoka, TN · August 2026
Wedding rings on an antique gilt tray beside the bride's shoes
Piper with her bridesmaids and calla lily bouquets
Piper's veil lit from behind by the last of the sun
Piper and Zechariah at the draped ceremony arch
Piper's bridesmaids carrying her veil through the trees
The same moment in black and white
Piper and Zechariah embrace beneath the arch after the ceremony
Zechariah kissing Piper's forehead, her veil catching the light
The bride's lace heels laid on her veil with the rings between them
Their first dance, framed through the doorway under string lights
The two of them beneath her veil
Sparklers at the end of the night
Katie & Zach
Southall Meadows · Franklin, TN
Katie and Zach wedding details — veil, bouquet, shoes and rings
Zach's first look reaction seeing Katie
Katie and Zach's wedding rings in velvet boxes
Katie and Zach embrace on a tree-lined path
Katie and Zach's black and white first look
Zach kissing Katie's temple beneath her veil
Katie glancing back at Zach
Katie and Zach's first dance
Katie and Zach's sparkler exit kiss
Katie and Zach's joyful night exit
The Experience
A wedding day moves fast. My work is to be everywhere it matters — and invisible everywhere it doesn't.
i.

The Conversation

Before anything, we talk. I want to understand who you are together, what your day looks like, and the moments you never want to forget. By the time I arrive, I already know your story.

ii.

The Day

I move quietly through your wedding — reading light, anticipating moments, never staging the ones that should unfold on their own. You'll forget I'm there. That's exactly the point.

iii.

The Gallery

Weeks later, your fully edited gallery arrives — every image finished by hand. Photographs that don't just document your day, but take you right back to it, for years to come.

Investment
Collections begin at $4,500.

Every collection includes full coverage of your day, a private online gallery, and high-resolution images with printing rights. Each is tailored to the scope of your wedding — from intimate ceremonies to full weekend celebrations. I take a limited number of weddings each year, and full pricing is shared upon inquiry.

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Lathrop Schmidt and his wife Yana, Nashville wedding photographers
The Photographer
I'm Lathrop — and most people are quietly terrified of being photographed.

I've had a camera in my hands since 2018, and I've been photographing weddings since 2023. In that time, the most common thing couples tell me — usually in the first ten minutes — is that they aren't photogenic, that they never know what to do with their hands, that they hate being in front of a lens. Then the day happens, and somewhere in it they forget I'm there. That part is the whole job.

The work I'm proudest of is never the most posed. It's the look between you during the vows. The way the light falls when no one's watching. The quiet seconds that turn out to be everything. My approach is editorial but never cold — intentional, calm, and built entirely around who you actually are rather than a pose I brought with me.

I take a limited number of weddings each year, which means the person you meet is the person who photographs your day, edits your gallery, and answers your emails. No handoff, no guesswork. When you hire me, you get me.

Lathrop Schmidt
A note on the two names
You may also find me under LY Photography Co.

That's my studio, and it's a different thing on purpose. LY carries more available dates, a broader range of coverage, and collections that begin at a lower price. It exists so that couples who want our work can have it.

This is the other one. Here, I take a limited number of weddings each year — photographed personally, start to finish, from the first planning call to the last frame you receive.

If you found both and wondered which was real, they both are. I'd rather tell you the difference than let you guess at it.

Kind Words · Verified Reviews
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From our first conversation, they made everything simple and stress-free.
Moriah B. · 2026
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We couldn't have asked for a better photographer for our special day.
Avery K. · 2025
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Truly incredible to work with — professional, efficient, and so much fun. The quality of the work was top-notch.
Kaela A. · 2024
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Let's begin the conversation.

Tell me a little about your day. I personally read and respond to every inquiry — usually within 24 hours.

Nashville, Tennessee
lathropschmidtphoto@gmail.com
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