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Awaken Photography is a wedding and elopement photography and vidiography business operating out of Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Owner Danielle is a talented visual storyteller who dedicates herself to providing you with imagery that reflects the authentic beauty of your once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Passionate and professional, she will craft a fully personalized photographic experience that allows your unique romantic bond as a couple to truly shine. She has been ranked #1 on Google for her videography and #1-3 for photography on Google for several consevutive years now!

Services Offered

Awaken Photography is available to document weddings across Sevierville and beyond. Offering an array of customizable options, Danielle will tailor her services to fit your unique celebration vision and budget. As well as wedding-day photos, she also offers beautiful engagement photography, allowing you to preserve starting your new chapter of your relationship together. Additional services include:

  • Wedding portraits
  • Videography
  • Trash-the-dress shoots
  • Full editing
  • Prints
  • Albums
  • Digital files
  • Woman-owned
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Reviews of Awaken Photography

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Connie Sent on 10/16/2022
5 out of 5 rating

My Wedding

She was kind, took her time, was open to our ideas. We would highly recommend her !!
Erin
Erin Sent on 02/22/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Highly Reccomend!!!

Danielle did my wedding pics at a cabin in Gatlinburg and she was absolutely amazing!! She was so easy to work with and made myself and everyone feel very comfortable! Her communication with me before and after wedding was always very prompt. Since my wedding was a destination wedding, she called me (and offered a face time call) and asked me a bunch of questions about myself and fiance, the location, time and the style of pics that I liked! She was super flexible and fun. She even came outside for pics in the freezing rain! I highly reccomend her for weddings and any other pictures you may need!!
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Jennifer Sent on 06/29/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Hands down the best experience

From the moment my family met Danielle and Mark we knew the experience was going to be phenomenal. They took our personalities and brought them out in the most beautiful ways. Not only did they make us look beautiful, but they made us FEEL beautiful. I love remembering the occasion when looking at the pictures because we had the absolute best time with them, made us feel at ease, they let us be US. They are the most amazing photographers and really went above and beyond to get what we wanted. I will never have pictures done by anyone else
Kathleen
Kathleen Sent on 06/27/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Creative, accommodating, reasonably priced

Danielle listened to my ideas, applied them, and creatively added to what I asked. I was thrilled with my portfolio. She has an amazingly creative eye and utilized unique venues to make my vision come true.
Mike
Mike Sent on 06/27/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Our Special Event!

They did a wonderful job making our event a memorable one. Danielle has such an eye for many unique photo shots. The product we got when it was all over really made the event a memorable one to be cherished for many years. Thank you for the wonderful job you did at a very reasonable price also.
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Bethann Sent on 06/27/2020
5 out of 5 rating

Working with them was the best decision.

Danielle and her husband were amazing to work with, she made sure to get every pose I wanted and made it look timeless. I have never enjoyed having my picture taken but they made it so comfortable and relaxing that I forgot the camera was even there. Thank you so much for capturing my day so beautifully❤️
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Lorianne Sent on 11/24/2021
1 out of 5 rating

Disappointing and unprofessional.

I don’t even know where to begin. I went through an Elopement Coordinator for our wedding back in October. All my husband and I cared about were beautiful photos in our favorite place - the Smoky Mountains. Danielle was the photographer assigned to us for the day. Not even going to lie - I was running late for multiple reasons. Couldn’t find the rings, and we mapped out the time wrong because the coordinator didn’t send us the exact location until the morning of when I tried reaching out the day before (Not Danielle’s fault). However, I communicated that with the coordinator and she said it was okay. I was running about 30 minutes behind and then my MOH got car sick on the way there so that didn’t help. Lol. My husband showed up right around the same time Danielle did along with the groomsmen and family. My husband said he had to ask if they could go ahead and start taking pictures. Apparently she was fidgeting with her camera quite a bit before I got there.

Fast forward, and the ceremony ends around 1:45. We were supposed to have Danielle until 2:30. After the ceremony, she tells us she has to leave at 2 because she has another wedding in Knoxville at 3. I guess she booked something outside of the Elopement Coordinator she worked for and double booked. I understand I was late and knew of the late policy. I didn’t expect the 90 minutes to start when I got there. She should have stayed until 2:30 though.

That’s not the best part.

I finally received my pictures 5 weeks later. BLURRY and just terrible. The reason for this is because she dropped her equipment in water the day before. I was told AND she had the audacity to post that on Facebook. Not sure if she is just that unprofessional and didn’t check her camera when she knew she had a wedding the next day, not sure if she had extra lens or if that got ruined too, not sure if it was working up until that very point of my wedding (doubt that). I received my photos and immediately broke down into tears.

While we were taking photos, she seemed very stressed because she was rushing to leave. Wasn’t exactly posing us and we had to do it ourselves. The gallery consisted of 32 photos. It didn’t include the ONLY photo of myself with my parents. The experience was heartbreaking and I was stressing about the pictures the whole time we were waiting on them. We were told she doesn’t produce bad photos and the ones that she did take will probably turn out fine. That was before we knew her camera fell into the water. We did get fully refunded but that doesn’t take away the unnecessary stress on our wedding day. I reached out to her on Facebook - got nothing back. I was very polite and just asked about the turn around time for photos. She never took it upon herself to reach out and apologize which to me was very unprofessional.

I’m curious to know if the wedding photos she left us early for turned out the same way.

I wouldn’t recommend her to anyone. Her photos look beautiful but I wouldn’t chance ruining your wedding day.
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Awaken Photography frequently asked questions

Awaken Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Trash The Dress
  • Digital Files
  • Prints
Awaken Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • 2nd Shooter
  • Add'l Hours
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Multi. Locations
  • One Event / Day
  • Toning
  • Trash The Dress
  • Digital Files
  • Prints
  • Save the Date
Awaken Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Film
  • Natural
  • Photojournalism
  • Traditional
  • Vintage
Awaken Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Additional Hours
  • Destination / Travel
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • One Event / Day
  • Second Shooter
  • Video
  • Wedding Portraits
Awaken Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Matted Prints
  • Prints
  • Save the Date
Awaken Photography is recommended by 89% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.4 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 4.4 in quality of service, 4.4 in average response time, 4.4 in flexibility, 4.4 in professionalism and 4.4 in value.

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