Matt & Shea Photography

Matt & Shea Photography International Award Winning Photographer and Studio. Professional Portraiture in the Chattanooga Area
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Matt and Shea Photography offers portrait photography sessions both on location and outdoors. Sessions are booked by calling our studio at 423-521-7427, picking your date and then paying your session fee! Matt and Chrissy specialize in making your session as fun as possible!

🎄🎅 LET THE CHRISTMAS MAGIC BEGIN! 🎅🎄Santa is making his way back to the studio, and we’re so excited to start filling ou...
09/07/2026

🎄🎅 LET THE CHRISTMAS MAGIC BEGIN! 🎅🎄

Santa is making his way back to the studio, and we’re so excited to start filling our November & December calendar! ❤️

Our Santa Sessions will be available every Saturday in November and December, giving your family the perfect chance to make some magical memories with Santa.

✨ Big smiles
🎁 Christmas wishes
🎅 Visits with Santa
❤️ Memories you’ll cherish forever

These sessions are perfect for little ones, siblings, cousins, and the whole family!

Saturday spots are limited, so make sure you grab yours before your favorite date is gone!

👇 Click here to book! 👇
https://mattandsheaphotography.com/santa-experience-2026

📸 YOUR FAMILY DESERVES TO BE ON THE WALL! ❤️When was the last time you had professional photos of your whole family?The ...
09/06/2026

📸 YOUR FAMILY DESERVES TO BE ON THE WALL! ❤️

When was the last time you had professional photos of your whole family?

The kids change so quickly, and before you know it, another year has passed. Let’s freeze this season of life and turn those memories into something you can actually see and enjoy every day!

🎁 BOOK A FAMILY SESSION & GET A FREE 11x14 WALL PRINT! 🎁

Your session will give you beautiful images to share with family and friends, PLUS an 11x14 print to take home and display in your favorite spot.

Whether you’re looking for updated family portraits, photos of the kids, or the perfect images for your walls, we’d love to have you in the studio!

Spots are limited, so don’t wait!

👇 Click here to book! 👇
https://mattandsheaphotography.com/family-outdoor-experience

🏆 WE’VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR BEST OF TENNESSEE!! 🏆Y’all… this is a BIG one. 🥹💙Matt & Shea Photography has officially been ...
09/06/2026

🏆 WE’VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR BEST OF TENNESSEE!! 🏆

Y’all… this is a BIG one. 🥹💙

Matt & Shea Photography has officially been nominated for BEST OF TENNESSEE!

For more than 20 years, we’ve had the privilege of photographing Chattanooga-area families through some of the biggest moments of their lives: newborn babies, first birthdays, senior years, weddings, growing families, and everything in between.

And now, seeing our little family-owned studio nominated among the Best of Tennessee means more to us than we can put into words.

But now we need YOU. 👇

🗳️ VOTE FOR MATT & SHEA PHOTOGRAPHY!

Every vote helps, and every single person who takes a minute to vote is supporting a local family, a local studio, and a dream we’ve spent more than two decades building.

We’ve been incredibly blessed by this community, and we’d LOVE to bring this one home to Chattanooga. 🏆

💙 Vote Matt & Shea Photography for BEST OF TENNESSEE! 💛

👇 VOTE HERE:
https://www.guidetotennessee.com/united-states/hixson/business-creative-services/matt-and-shea-photography

After you vote, SHARE THIS POST and help us spread the word!

From Matt, Shea, and our entire family:

THANK YOU. Seriously. Whether you’ve trusted us with your newborn, your senior, your wedding day, your family portraits, or you’ve simply followed and supported us over the years, you helped get us here.

Now let’s see if we can add BEST OF TENNESSEE to the wall. 🏆📸💙


They still believe the moon follows the car.They still search for fireflies, make wishes on stars and think the world mi...
09/05/2026

They still believe the moon follows the car.

They still search for fireflies, make wishes on stars and think the world might hold a little magic after dark.

That season doesn’t last forever.

Our Twilight Limited-Edition Portrait Experience was created to preserve it—not with stiff poses or forced smiles, but through movement, imagination and genuine childhood wonder.

Twilight runs September 12–October 1, and the remaining appointments are limited. The full reservation fee is applied toward the portrait collection you choose.

Less “say cheese.” More of who they are. ✨

Reserve here before the last light disappears:
https://mattandsheaphotography.com/twilight-experience

Tag a parent whose child still believes in a little magic.

🎅✨ SANTA IS COMING TO THE STUDIO! ✨🎄The most magical time of the year is almost here, and we’re getting ready for Santa ...
09/05/2026

🎅✨ SANTA IS COMING TO THE STUDIO! ✨🎄

The most magical time of the year is almost here, and we’re getting ready for Santa Sessions! ❤️

We’ll be offering Santa Sessions on Saturdays throughout November and December, giving your family the perfect opportunity to capture those sweet Christmas memories with Santa.

Whether it’s your little one’s first visit with Santa, a yearly tradition, or the year they finally tell Santa exactly what they want for Christmas… we want to capture it all! 🎁

📅 Saturdays in November & December
🎅 Santa Sessions at the studio
📸 Limited spots available!

These sessions are sure to fill up quickly, so don’t wait to reserve your spot!

👇 Click here to book! 👇
https://mattandsheaphotography.com/santa-experience-2026

✨ WHERE THE LIGHT FOUND HER ✨Monica & Adam’s wedding day was filled with the moments you expect… the nerves, the laughte...
09/05/2026

✨ WHERE THE LIGHT FOUND HER ✨

Monica & Adam’s wedding day was filled with the moments you expect… the nerves, the laughter, the vows, the first kiss, the family, the dancing and one heck of a celebration.

But somewhere in the middle of all of it, we wanted to create something that felt different.

Not just another photograph from their wedding day.

A piece of art.

This is Monica.

Elegant. Strong. Quietly powerful.

We created this portrait as the signature artistic image from their wedding, taking everything we loved about the light, the gown, the architecture and most importantly, her, and turning it into something we hope feels timeless.

Because years from now, the flowers will be gone.
The cake will be eaten.
The music will have stopped.

But this?

This gets to stay.

Introducing…

✨ “Where the Light Found Her” ✨

Monica & Adam, thank you for trusting us not only to document your wedding, but to create art from it.

📸 Matt & Shea Photography
Your story. Your people. Your art.

Monica and Adam's Wedding Samples are UP!!! Check Out Our Blog!!It was one of the hottest wedding days Tennessee could t...
09/04/2026

Monica and Adam's Wedding Samples are UP!!! Check Out Our Blog!!

It was one of the hottest wedding days Tennessee could throw at us—but absolutely nothing was slowing this crew down.

Monica and Adam’s wedding at The Gray Dove had everything: emotional first looks, heartfelt vows beneath the trees, great pizza, an ice cream truck, an open bar, confetti, glow sticks, matching tuxedo tank tops, and a sparkler send-off to end the night.

Somewhere between saying **“I do”** and completely taking over the dance floor, two families became one—and we captured all the beautiful, hilarious, and wonderfully chaotic moments along the way.

We’re sharing their complete wedding story on **The Matt & Shea Journal**, including the reveal of Monica’s dramatic Signature Illustrative Portrait!

💍 Read the full story and see all the photographs here:
https://www.mattandsheaphotography.com/blog/monica-adam-wedding-the-gray-dove-ooltewah

Help us celebrate the newlyweds by leaving Monica and Adam some love in the comments! 🖤

✨ THE INCREDIBLE VENDOR TEAM ✨
A beautiful wedding day never happens without an amazing team working behind the scenes. Thank you to everyone who helped bring Monica and Adam’s celebration to life!
📍 Venue: The Gray Dove
📋 Day-of Coordinator: Ashlyn Oakley
🎧 DJ & Lighting: Sound & Lighting — Tanner Coates
💇‍♀️ Hair: Pixie Rose Collective
💄 Makeup: Holly
🍕 Catering: Baby Hughy’s Pizza and Burgers Ooltewah
🎂 Wedding Cake: Sweet Peas Bake Shop — Ashton Packer
👰 Bridal Gown: All About the Bride
🤵 Groom’s Attire: Jos. A. Bank

❤️ FAMILY MEMORIES ARE MEANT TO BE PRINTED! ❤️Fall is right around the corner, and there’s no better time to update thos...
09/04/2026

❤️ FAMILY MEMORIES ARE MEANT TO BE PRINTED! ❤️

Fall is right around the corner, and there’s no better time to update those family photos! 🍂📸

For a limited time, when you book a family session with Matt & Shea Photography, you’ll receive a FREE 11x14 wall print from your session! 🎁

Whether your family has grown, the kids are getting bigger way too fast, or you simply haven’t had updated photos in a while, this is the perfect time to get in front of the camera.

✨ Beautiful family portraits
✨ Memories you’ll treasure forever
✨ A beautiful 11x14 print to display in your home — FREE with your booking!

Don’t let another year go by without capturing your family just as they are right now. ❤️

📸 Book your family session today and let’s create something you’ll love hanging on your walls!

👇 Click here to book! 👇
https://mattandsheaphotography.com/family-outdoor-experience

Here’s the truth about family pictures: nobody ever regrets having them. They regret waiting too long.The kids keep grow...
09/03/2026

Here’s the truth about family pictures: nobody ever regrets having them. They regret waiting too long.

The kids keep growing. Family dynamics change. The little hand that still reaches for yours won’t always fit inside it.

Fall gives us warm color and beautiful light—but the real reason to book isn’t the leaves. It’s preserving your family exactly as they are in this season of life.

Our fall calendar has limited outdoor dates, and pre-booking is open now. Every fall family session reserved during pre-booking includes a complimentary 11×14 professional wall print.

Don’t wait until the leaves change to start looking for a date. By then, everyone else has the same idea. 🍂

Reserve your Fall Family Experience:
https://mattandsheaphotography.com/family-outdoor-experience

How long has it been since your entire family was photographed together?

09/03/2026

I am so excited to post samples from last weekends wedding!! Some of these are just AMAZING!!! Like some of my BEST WORK!! I have a session in an hour, but comment below “SHOW US” and I’ll post an early one before tomorrow!! Please make it happen, I really want to show you one!!!

Address

3835 Hixson Pike
Chattanooga, TN
37415

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+14235217427

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