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New Beginnings Photography is a Gatlinburg, Tennessee-based company providing wedding photography services. This talented team specializes in capturing wedding ceremonies, receptions, and elopements and locating beautiful outdoor wedding locations in the Smoky Mountains. The New Beginnings Photography wedding specialists are dedicated to customer satisfaction and endeavor to highlight the emotion and intimacy of your wedding day against stunning landscapes. They serve the greater eastern Tennessee area, including Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and Sevierville.

Services Offered

New Beginnings Photography is happy to refer you to some of the best wedding ceremony locations in the Smoky Mountains. Whether you are interested in a picturesque ceremony near a riverside, waterfall, mountain view, or a cozy cabin, they'll make your dream a reality. They offer three photography packages that include up to four hours of coverage, an online gallery, and a CD containing high-resolution edited images. You're welcome to request their various add-ons, including cabin rentals, storybook albums, videography, and additional photography hours. This passionate team can also officiate your wedding at no extra cost and offers their preferred list of local vendors. They're happy to not only refer you to local professionals but also make your life a little easier by booking them for you.

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Frequently asked questions

Which of the following are included in the starting price?

Digital Files

Which of the following are included in the price of your most popular wedding package?

Digital Files

What primary photographic style do you identify with?

Contemporary
Natural
Traditional

What photography services do you offer?

Engagement Shoot
High-Res Images
Wedding Portraits

What photography items do you offer?

Albums
Canvas
Digital Files
Flush Mount
Prints

Reviews of New Beginnings Photography

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New Beginnings Photography is praised as professional, responsive, and stress-free. Couples loved the timely, high-quality photos and that the photographer also provided a caring officiant and personalized ceremonies. The team handled surprises and family logistics, went above and beyond for shots, and comes highly recommended.

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New Beginnings Photography is praised as professional, responsive, and stress-free. Couples loved the timely, high-quality photos and that the photographer also provided a caring officiant and personalized ceremonies. The team handled surprises and family logistics, went above and beyond for shots, and comes highly recommended.

Curtis
Curtis Sent on 07/10/2025
5 out of 5 rating

What an amazing experience

Eric and New Beginnings photography are amazing to work with. He set up and took care of everything. We just had to show up and everything was taken care of. The pastor was awesome. We are from Indiana and we would recommend them to anyone. Very professional and reliable. When we had question and left a voice mail they are very responsive.
Olivia
Olivia Sent on 05/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

New Beginning Photography

Amazing!! We are thrilled with New Beginning Photography!!! Our wedding was so beautiful and Eric and minister Joey were a wonderful team and we couldn’t have imagined a more perfect wedding! We eloped in Gatlinburg and got married in the Smoky Mountains near the river this past April. New Beginnings make our ceremony special and worked with us to give us a personalized ceremony.
Melissa
Melissa Sent on 05/02/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Fun, professional, and easy peasy

New Beginnings, Eric, was so easy to communicate with. Photos were great, done in a timely manner, and were great quality. Eric was not only on time but early! He provided the officiant, who was also quite wonderful. Our day was made better by having a knowledgeable, kind, and willing to please photographer. This guy did everything we asked and even went out of his way to capture a group shot of our guests...he climbed over a balcony rail and onto the roof to get the best possible shot of the group from above. If you are local to him or traveling from somewhere else like we did to get married, I would highly recommend him as your MUST USE WEDDING service!
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Zach Sent on 11/13/2023
5 out of 5 rating

A home run photographer!

Eric was outstanding to work with on my engagement photos. Not only was the engagement a complete surprise to my fiancée, I also had 12 of our family members come down to Pigeon Forge, TN from Michigan to surprise her. Eric was very careful about communicating with me while my soon-to-be fiancée was around, and helped plan the perfect engagement. Afterwards, we took several photos and he had to navigate our one-year-old niece, grandparents, and other factors with our family. The whole time, he had a big smile, was humorous and a joy to work with. Of course, the photos turned out great as well. I’d highly recommend him!
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Brianna Sent on 08/07/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Excellent value!

Eric was incredible to work with. Pictures are amazing, and the entire elopement was stress-free because of his assistance and package deal.
June
June Sent on 07/27/2023
5 out of 5 rating

New Beginnings

From the minute my fiancé talked to Nee Beginnings, he was so happy to be able to get the date, place and time. The Cade Coves Methodist church and the beautiful setting. Eric took really beautiful photos and the chaplain was so great doing the ceremony. We all had the best dream wedding anyone could ever have.
Kim
Kim D. Sent on 05/08/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Porter Wedding March 2023

Eric did an excellent job at our wedding. He took great photos of thr whole experience. Would highly recommend him.
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James Sent on 06/08/2022
5 out of 5 rating

Awesome Experiance

Eric the photographer is a very easy going photographer that seems to have a lot of experience with the wedding services that he provides. He was professional, timely, courteous, and responsive to all of our questions and concerns. He did a great job capturing our moments, he dealt with oncomers professionally, and guarantees a "permit" with the national park for your special day, which I highly recommend to not have conflicted interest in your chosen location.
Jim the minister was a personable, patient, likeable gentleman, that was very comfortable to be in attendance of.... We loved the ceremony he provides, the vows were spot on, and I would definitely recommend to a friend or to other New Beginnings customers when choosing which minister to use. Keep up the good work, thanks again for your services...
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Jared Sent on 11/02/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Comfort at ease


We are from Wisconsin so being from out of state and only able to communicate via phone or email we were nervous, but we were totally put as ease once we met in person and everything went great. Very professional and friendly, great communication. Went above and beyond what we could ask for. 
Heather
Heather Sent on 11/02/2021
5 out of 5 rating

Superb All the Way Around!


Everything was kind of last minute planned on my end and they made it so easy to get everything put together ❤ Price wasn't outrageous like some companies we looked at which eased our minds and pockets. I honestly couldn't be happier with how everything went! The minister was such a very sweet man! We were so comfortable with him...we could tell that he genuinely cared and was happy to be there on our special day.e had so much fun with our photos and our photographer! He even captured a surprise "guest" in a few of our photos to make them just that much more special.
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Awards

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WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2022 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2019 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2018 Winner
WeddingWire Couples' Choice Awards 2017 Winner

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New Beginnings Photography frequently asked questions

New Beginnings Photography includes the following photography services in the starting price:
  • Digital Files
New Beginnings Photography includes the following photography services in their most popular wedding package:
  • Digital Files
New Beginnings Photography offers the following photography styles:
  • Contemporary
  • Natural
  • Traditional
New Beginnings Photography offers the following photography services for weddings:
  • Engagement Shoot
  • High-Res Images
  • Wedding Portraits
New Beginnings Photography offers the following photography materials for weddings:
  • Albums
  • Canvas
  • Digital Files
  • Flush Mount
  • Prints
New Beginnings Photography is recommended by 96% of couples who have used their services. Their overall rating is 4.8 out of 5 with the following breakdown: 4.8 in quality of service, 4.8 in average response time, 4.8 in flexibility, 4.8 in professionalism and 4.8 in value.
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