Knoxville Commercial Photographers

Rachel Thompson is an experienced professional photographer who has been in the creative photography business for over 12 years. She has a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and started out shooting weddings in Lubbock, Texas in 2008 and has shot weddings all over the country including, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, California, West Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee and North Carolina. Now, as well as weddings, Rachel shoots commercially creating social media content for local celebrities, small businesses and artists in the Tennessee and North Carolina area as well as has partnered with venues around the state of TN shooting high end weddings.

Mark Veness is an experienced portraiture professional, clocking up over 90 paid shoots over the past 5 years. An IT architect by day, he utilizes his technical skills to enhance the quality of his images through editing and optimizing the online experience for his clients. Mark has completed training courses in Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, image composition and image critique.

I began having an interest in Photography all the way back in high-school. I had a passion for capturing stories and different perspectives in black and white. I owned my own darkroom at the time and a fully manual Pentax film camera. This is where it all started. I loved the peace and tranquility when I was in the darkroom, while I made my prints. I continued through college taking elective photography courses and graduated from King University with a Bachelors’ Degree in Business Administration and I have worked primarily in Healthcare throughout my professional career. Becoming a photographer was not something I had planned even though I had a love for it, I just did not take it seriously, at the time. My passion for photography continued to grow and while spending many hours volunteering in the community and capturing beautiful moments I decided to return to school to obtain an Associates Degree in Media Technologies-Photography at Pellissippi State. While pursing my degree I really enjoyed photographing food. I grew up around many cooks and bakers in my family and bringing these two passions together became my main focus. I love to create and capture the most beautiful images of food to get the viewer to crave that dish! I currently shoot for a great variety of projects, including commercial, editorial, and Fine Art work. I am based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

I began taking photos for friends because I have always had a passion for photography, and as I learned I began to increase my knowledge in photography and started doing it as a career. I have been a full-time free lance photographer for about 3 years now, and focus on commercial photography.