Voting is open for the Best of the South Wedding Awards Finalists: Digital Photographers, Film Photographers, and Videographers!
Pop the champagne and grab the biscuits, it’s time to meet our final batch of Best of the South Wedding Awards finalists!! Capturing your wedding day is a big job, but we know that this group is up for the challenge. Each one of these talented folks creates imagery that will be treasured for generations to come, an idea that just gives me giant chicken bumps.
The votes are pouring in — over 13,000 (!!!) and counting — which has the whole SW team high fiving and exchanging text messages full of confetti cannon emojis and celebratory gifs. Why? Because your enthusiasm for the Pineys is more than we could have ever imagined. We dreamed up this celebration of vendors in tandem with our tenth-anniversary issue because we wanted to honor the wedding community in the South that has bloomed over the last 10 years alongside us. We knew that our fellow Southern wedding vendors were some of the best in the world and y’all are proving us right! Keep the votes coming…
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The Piney’s: Photographer – Digital
[yop_poll id=”20″]The Piney’s: Photographer – Film
[yop_poll id=”21″] [yop_poll id=”19″]Please vote once in each category; all voting will be open until June 9th!
As a reminder, there are prizes worthy of the Pineys for the winners in each category. In addition to golden pineapple trophies (!) and serious bragging rights, a feature in our tenth-anniversary issue is up for grabs! So cast your votes for your favorites and tell all your friends. We can’t wait to roll out the seersucker carpet and award some shiny gold pineapples in a few weeks!
Missed a day of voting? See all of our 2017 finalists and vote here!
East West Productions is the best!!
East West has the talent to turn any event into the most cinematic and romantic film possible. Caleb and his team work relentlessly to provide the best service and professionalism on your wedding day in addition to the end results which are what I believe to be the best films on the market.
East West are the most stress reducing vendor on wedding day
A.J Dunlap Photography is amazing!
Inkspot crow was the best to work with for my wedding.
Love Leslie Hollingsworth’s work
Love them! Congrats to all the finalists!
Holly felts !
My fiancé and I could not be more in love with Ryan and Alyssa! They work and their personalities! They do the best work and make sure you are comfortable no matter what!
Awwww Courtney THANK YOU!!! We appreciate your support and love you guys! <3
Anna is the best
Whitney Neal photography is unmatched. Love her work like no other!
Kelly Ginn is the best!!!
Go Maggie !!!!
Loved kelly Ginn Photography!
KELLYGINN!!!
Kelly Ginn is absolutely amazing and we are so incredibly lucky to have her as our wedding photographer!!!
Kelly and john ginn are the best!!!
Maggie is an amazingly talented woman and photographer
Kelly Ginn is amazing!!
Good luck everyone!
The Happy Bloom does absolutely amazing work! The best choice for any wedding!
Kelly Ginn Photopgragy is awesome!! Very sweet loving couple
KellyGinnPhotography is hands down the best in Memphis!
Leslie rocks!
Thank you so much!!!
Kelly Ginn is amazing and super super sweet!!
Kelly Ginn photography!
The Happy Bloom is my favorite!
Melissa is THE. BEST.
Kelly Ginn photography is original, beautiful, and they are the most precious people!! ❤️❤️
Maggie’s awesome
Beautiful pictures ♡Melissa Wilson
Margaret Taylor is fantastic!
Bright Frame Films
Al weddings is amazing.
Go Holly!!
We love Aaron and Jillian!!!
thank you for the opportunity to vote.
Great Job everyone!
I am obsessed with Pen Weddings ❤️ I follow them on YouTube, and Facebook and watch their videos as if they are going out of style. They really know how to capture raw, pure emotion and get the most of every couples story in each film they make. The day I get engaged is the day I’ll be booking them for my wedding, hands down!
The shacklefords are amazing
Reel Special videographers did a superb job at capturing our most cherished moments on on such a special da! They made us feel relaxed and everything was so natural! I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a videographer!
You are the absolute BEST, Kristen! Thank you SO much for voting and for choosing us to capture your wedding day! It was truly an honor and we’re so blessed to now call you friends (and soon to be parents)!
Margaret Taylor is AHH-mazing!!
Tiffany Danielle has some amazing work.
Pen Weddings! :D
Pen wedding is the best!
Asha is amazing! Bright Frame FFilms has such quality work!
Love Pen Weddings
Anna does amazing work!!
Anna S. Is a fabulous photographer!
Go Kelsey!
Heartstone films!
Love the way Caitlyn Lee captures the hearts of her wedding party.
Leslie Hollingsworth has been a long time friend. She has taken many photos of my family and all have been absolutely beautiful. She never disappoints
Photos By Heart are the best film photographers!!! We used them for our wedding, and I have been using them for every other event since!
Thanks, Danielle! So fortunate to have shared in your wedding day, and to now count your family as some of our dearest friends. Love you!
I’ve known Daniel and Anna Shackleford for nearly a decade. Not only are they two of the most talented people with a camera, they are even better people! As a fellow working photographer/videographer they are always willing to speak freely about the business and ways to help their fellow photogs! That doesn’t happen very often!
We love Melissa!
Phenomenal videographers!!!
Loved Tiffany Danielle’s work. While all the photos were beautiful, she chose a location that complimented the dress. The composition highlighted the couple. The lighting brought a heavenly atmosphere. artistic, yet intimate.
I adore Melissa Wilson’s Photography, her work is truly exquisite. She shot both my wedding and also my brothers. She’s amazing!!
Jonathan and Kaye deserve to win!!!!!!
Beautiful work and so very talented and very accommodating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vote holly
Twenty-One films is the best far and away!
Great photographers all around.
Twenty-One Films is far and away the best!
Nancy Ray all the way :)
They are all so great!!
Melissa Wilson is amazing!
How can someone not vote for the filmpoets after seeing their work… amazing stuff.
Love Twenty One Films’ work!
Ally and Bobby
Always LOVE Justin DeMutiis work!
Bright frame films is incredible.
Justin Demutiis is incredibly talented. He shot our wedding in Tampa last November. Not only is his work amazing, he is incredibly thoughtful. I will cherish his work forever!!
Asha only creates great videos. Since she is my sister-in-law, I know how dedicated she is and how much she loves what she is doing.
Way to go Bright Frame Films.
Beautiful!
Bridefilm is the best!
My husband and I still watch our wedding video often and we got married September 2013. Jonathan and Kaye gave us a priceless gift!
This photo makes me want to get married again!!
Al weddings makes beautiful pictures.
Wow Kristen Sweeting. SWEET photo!
What a gross concept, judging weddings. None of the pictures here are spontaneous. That are all staged by the photographer. Oh look at the loving embrace: no that we directed by the photographer. Couples wanting so desperately to by the subject of a romantic photo-documentary would be better served by enjoying the authentic moment.
Hi JW! No one here is judging weddings, people are casting their votes for wedding vendors! Very different. I also think to say that there is no genuine emotion here is extremely disrespectful to both the photographers and the couples themselves. I see tons of authentic joy and emotion when I look at these photos.
Film poets is the best! Comitted to excellence.
Lance deserves this!!
BrideFilm is the best!
all these finalist are so talented.
Penn Weddings is the best!!!
The Film Poets rock!
Heartstone is so beautiful!
BrideFilm is the absolute BEST!
Justin rocks
Lance Holloway is by far the best videographer! All our guests were blown away with his final result!
Film Poets – outstanding video Grapher, even better people!
The finalists certainly brought their “A” game! I can’t wait to see which of these expert artists prevail.
Love photos by Heart!!!
Thanks, Laura! It means the world! ?
Jonathan and Kaye are the BEST!!!! They did such an amazing job with our wedding!! Love y’all!!
Kelly is awesome
Pick kelly ginn!
Go Bright dream films
Lance Holloway is the best!
Whitney neal
Hands down the best videographer in the south. Thanks Lance!
Julia Wade’s work- stunning!
Reel special is amazing!
You are the sweetest, Laura! Thank you for your vote and your friendship! You are such a blessing to us and we love you!
Reel Specials is amazing!!!!
Tyra you are the BEST! Thank you a million times over for your support!
film poets absolutely ROCK!!!
Pennweddings captures more than just images.
Emotions and memories come along with their gifted eyes.
We loved working with Davy Whitener and he’s incredibly talented!
Davy is the best!
Film poets are amazing!
Melissa is truly wonderful photographer!
Ally and Bobby are excellent people and stellar photographers!
Such a wonderful contest!!!
Tiffany Danielle….that is pure excellence
Melissa’s photography is fabulous!
Twenty one the very best
Reel Special does an amazing job and absolutely the best videographer I know!
Thanks Anna! We are so grateful for your kind words and your vote!
AL Weddings is wonderful!!
Love Aaron and jillian
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AJ Dunlap has done exceptional work over the last 8 years+. We have followed them through several family weddings and on instagram and Facebook and seen their progress and expertise grow. We believe they are one of the best photographers in The Southeast. They get my vote.
The Happy Bloom does great work!
Bride Film is amazing
Bride Films
Thank you so much for nominating us for this award! What awesome company we keep! Many thanks!- MacKenzie & Philip, Inkspot Crow Films
Highly recommend Holloway productions
Davy Whitener is the best very professional, experienced, and listens to you and exactly what you would want your pictures to look like also willing to travel to you
Love these photographers!
Davy whitener is a very gifted & talented photographer, love his work & love working with him .
So inspiring to look at such great work!
Kelly Ginn is wonderful
Love Julia Wades work!
Go bright frame films!
Julia Wade!
Film poets are amazing
When a videoagrapher can make you cry and you don’t know the family, they are great!!! Such is the case with BrightFrameFilms!! The best I’ve ever seen or used.
Melissa always seems to catch the unplanned moments!
Heart stone is the best!!!
Pen Weddings are so incredible!!!
Justin D! He’s the best!
Holloway Productions — WONDERFUL!!!
Reel Special does outstanding work. They film from the heart and capture the details you want to always cherish and remember in a unique and creative way.
Awww Karen, you’re making us tear up over here with your sweet words! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
What happened to katie cannon art? She was nominated !
Pen Weddings is the finest Wedding Videographers EVER!
Julia wade is amazing!!!
Love Melissa’s work and personality!
Melissa’s work is amazing!! I love her pictures. She did an amazing job on my wedding.
Julia wade is amazing!!!
BrideFilm rocks!
Love Pen Weddings
Love the happy bloom
Wow! These are fantastic! REALY tough choice!!!!
Holly Felts!!
We LOVE Melissa!!
This was hard to choose from!
Julia Wade is so incredible!
Davy Whitener is absolutely the Best!!! You can not top his talent, his talent shines through in every moment he captures in photographs!!! He did a fantastic job capturing my wedding, my sisters wedding and every wedding I have seen on his site; you can not beat his photography skills and passion. He is hands down the Best!!!
Photos by heart are great
Thanks a million for those kind words, Trish! ❤️
FILM POETS!!!!!!
Film Poets videos brings weddings to life. We love to watch them over and over.
I can’t imagine anyone capturing my wedding day other than Bridefilm!
Bride film makes a wonderful video. Best choice!
Love Davy and his beautiful wife! So sweet and does amazing work!
Bright Frame was wonderful! Asha is the sweetest Towork with and does amazing work! We were sooo happy with our video!
Be Light Photography did an amazing job at capturing my special day!! I would recommend them to anyone! My husband and I get to cherish the beautiful pictures for years to come and we couldn’t be more thankful!
Love ryan and Alyssa!!!
Reel Special is amazing!
Ahhh! You ROCK, Natasha! Thanks for voting and for being the sweetest neighbor in the history of ever!
love so many of these vendors!
Congratulations to Tiffany Daniel for her nomination as best photographer in the South. Her work certainly merits this!
Excited to vote for these two extremely talented individuals!
Kelly Gin is by far the best photographer!
Love Holly so so talented.
Love Miss Holly Felts!
The Reel Special team is absolutely amazing! you couldn’t ask for a more passionate, kindhearted, positive and just all around amazing people. Reel Special makes you feel just that, special with how personable they are and how amazing they are at what they do!
You are too kind, Seth! Thank you so very much for your encouragement and thoughtful comment. We are just so humbled that we get to capture such important moments in the lives of those around us!
Holloway Productions was timely, professional and a great videographer and end result of wedding video! Highly recommend!
Awe this is such exciting news!! Thank you so much for including us in this list among such talented creatives!! We love our couples!! xoxo Toni+Chris and the Heart Stone team
Awe yay!! This is so exciting, thank you so much for including us among such talented creatives!
We love our couples!!
xoxo Toni+Chris & The Heart Stone Team
We are SO thankful to even be considered as a finalist in this amazing group of wedding video providers…THANK YOU to the amazing gals at Southern Weddings for including us! We also LOVE seeing several of our friends nominated in other categories…go cast your vote for Jaclyn Journey’s AMAZING floral designs, Jason and the team at Kentucky PRO DJ, Meredith and the INCREDIBLE team at The Biltmore Estate, our friends at the Apiary right here in Lexington, Kentucky, Allison and Dana with PinkLouLou because they are the absolute BEST hair stylists, and last but not least, the Twirl girls (Ty and Liz, we L-O-V-E you and your hearts of pure gold!!!).
Yay!
Love these photographers
So many incredibly talented people on the list!
Inkspot Crow is always my number one recommendation to the couples
I love inkspotcrow!!!
Inkspot Crow!!!!
I would get married all over again just to have Inkspot Crow film my wedding! I love their work!
Julia is the best!
Inkspot Crow did a phenomenal job for my wedding!
Inkspot Crow-love
Julia Wade!
Philip is a former student of mine and his creativity has continued to flurish. He is definitely worthy of this honor.
Yay for Inkspot!
Inkspot Crow filmed my wedding almost 3 years ago and they are THE BEST. They are kind, thoughtful, and extremely talented. You couldn’t ask for a better team.
Inkspot Crow is the best!
Loved working with Graham Terhune and Inkspot Crow last March!
Thank you Lydia! We loved being there with you! Hope y’all are well!! :)
Love ink spot crow!!!!!!
Inkspit Crow is amazing!!
Love, love Inkspot crow!
Love Graham and Inkspot!
It would be impossible for me to cast this vote with more admiration and gratitude for inkspot crow!! MacKenzie and Henry are a tremendously talented duo with even bigger hearts (if that’s possible!) they were an absolute pleasure to have our wedding weekend and absolutely deserve this award!! – Caroline & Rory
Philip and MacKenzie Henry at Inkspot Crow filmed two of our children’s weddings. They were AMAZING in every way!Professional, creative and fun to work with. I would recommend them to anyone.
Justin at The Happy Bloom is an amazing photographer! He is very good at what he does and takes amazing photos!
The Happy Bloom for Life!
be light photography!
kristen kilpatrick is a DREAM! she makes the shyest of us feel sooo beautiful in front of the camera. is there anything better than that?!
Yay!!
Kristen kilpatrick photography is hands down the best!
Go Kristen go!!
Kristen rocks
Reel Special does an amazing job! Love their work!
Brooke, thank you so much! We are so honored that Reel Special was included amongst so many other talented filmmakers, but it makes it that much sweeter when we see comments like yours!
Jonathan and Kaye!
Great contest!
BeLight… AMAZING!!!
Good luck!! xoxo
Inkspot Crow is beyond comparison!
Hampton Road is awesome! Used them for both daughters weddings!
So much talent!
Hampton Road Studios filmed my wedding, and I could not be more delighted with their work! My husband and I will treasure our wedding video forever- they captured our day in such a beautiful, sweet way! I am so grateful for their skill and artistry! Not to mention, they are two incredible people in their own right! They are a pleasure to work with!
Jonathan & Kaye are world-class at photo AND video. We LOVE working alongside this dynamic duo!
We could not have been luckier to have our wedding memories captured by Graham Terhune and Inkspot Crow. These “vendors” quickly became dear friends, and their talent continues to amaze and inspire!
[…] so happy to have been nominated for Southern Wedding’s Best Digital Photographer in this year’s Best of the South […]
I love the wedding photos of Holly felts
BrideFilm is incredibly talented and awesome to work with! Their work always surprises and amazes me. They really capture everything you want for your wedding! Love them!
Our family is truly blessed to have had Bride Film provide the most beautiful memories of all three of our children’s weddings through their extraordinary filming and editing. We are forever grateful to this amazing couple! Thank you, Bride Film!!!
Bride film was used for my wedding and they were spectacular
Love Aaron and Jill! They were the best part of my wedding!
KT Merry’s work is beyond gorgeous!!
I love AJ Dunlap photography, and twenty-one films!
Bride film videod our daughters wedding and it was the best investment we made in the wedding as we have watched the footage time and time again. !!
Aaron andJill
KT Merry is amazing!!!!!
Twenty-one Films are awesome
Aaron and Jillian are by far the best. Amazing photographers and even better people!
KT Merry is simply amazing
Jill is the best!
Awesome list to choose from!
Love julia wade
Go Whitney!
East West Productions
Nancy Ray
Julia wade
so many hard choices!
Nancy Ray and her team of film photographers are highly skilled, passionate about serving their clients, and intentional to educate other creatives.
Beautiful work! Congrats guys
Ryan and Alyssa are the best.
We will be using Heartsone for our wedding in Sea Island on October 13 and we cannot wait! Their work is stunning and they are so personable!!
Whitney is amazing!
love! so much talent here!
Love Whitney Neal!
go whitney!
Holly Felts is awesome!
I loved Kari’s photos
Kelly Ginn is wonderful to work with!! Her eye for photography is beautiful!
My fiancé and I loooooooooved Kelly and John’s photos when we were doing our research for wedding photographers. And we fell in love with them even more after meeting them!! We are so excited about having them there to capture our day later on this year!! #teamKellyGinn
Ryan & Brittany are AMAZING!
Great videographers
So many talented artist!!
I will forever be thankful to Reel Special. They made our wedding even more special!
Aww Natasha…We just can’t even thank you enough for your support and encouragement!!!!
Julia Wade! not only does she has the best work, she has the kindest heart.
Ryan and Brittany could not have done a better job. Everything was perfect! Would absolutely use them again and highly recommend them. Thank you Reel Special again for making Morgan and Scott’s wedding so perfect!
Thank you so much, Mrs. Van Epps! That you would take the time to vote for us AND comment here means so much to us… It was such an honor to be able to capture Scott and Morgan’s wedding and we pray that footage will be treasured for a lifetime to come!
Love Julia Wade!!
Great job Davy Whitener!
Daniel and Anna Shackleford do amazing work!
Reel Special!
davy has been taking photographs & building his skill since he was a kid & it shows
Love Ally and Bobby!
Davey Whitener is unequald in talent as a photographer. The best of the best.
Yay Anna and Daniel!
Julia is amazing!!!
Good luck to all of these amazing folks!
Go Reel Special!!
I was treated to a beauty session with Leslie Hollingsworth and was blown away! I had no idea of how to pose or what to wear, but she guided me every step of the way. The pictures turned out so well and I came away with a renewed view of myself.
Bride Films is the best videographer.
Reel Special is incredible!
Love Whitney’s work!
How can someone be mentioned or picked or voting? I am a local Makeup and Airbrush Tanning artist and would love to be featured in the future.
Thank you!
Davy is incredible!
Go Julia, you rock!
Bridefilm is cutting edge. Always in the know. Love Bridefilm. You are the greatest.