New Beginnings Photography Reviews
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Curtis Sent on 07/10/2025What 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. -
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Olivia Sent on 05/08/2024New 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. -
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Melissa Sent on 05/02/2024Fun, 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
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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June Sent on 07/27/2023New 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. -
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Kim D. Sent on 05/08/2023Porter 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
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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Heather Sent on 11/02/2021Superb 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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Olga Sent on 10/08/2021Exceeded our expectations
Eric was great and very helpful. Planning a destination wedding is never easy. Eric made the process so easy and was quick to return calls. -
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Claire Sent on 05/04/2021New Beginnings Took Care of Everything
Want the perfect elopement where you don't have to worry about anything? New Beginnings Photography is the ticket, they took care of securing the private creekside location at the literal edge of the Smoky Mountain National Park, they secured the officiant and made sure all our paperwork was correct and turned in on time, and they took amazing photographs of our ceremony! 1.5 hours was perfect for having the ceremony, a family group photo photography session, and a photography session of just my husband and I. What a unique and stunning setting to get married in, the little pavilion on the stream is gorgeous, down to the small waterfall behind you, the fairy lights in the ceiling, and the woodworked chairs for the guests. Also, we could bring our dogs! We also got married in mid-April at 11:30 am, and the green glow of the leaves was an added stunning backdrop. We loved every minute of our experience, and New Beginnings was very prompt in every interaction with us, including arriving before us at the venue with everything ready to go when we got there! It was such a great day! I would 100% use them again (haha, hopefully not a second wedding though), I hope you chose them for your Smoky Mountain Elopement! -
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Malena Sent on 01/21/2021Mrs Bailey
It was our pleasure to get to work with New Beginnings. They made our wedding day feel very special. After a hectic time getting to Gatlinburg, I was a nervous wreck, then we met Eric. Everything just fell into place, and went smoothly. Thank you very much.
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Deanne Sent on 12/05/2020
Wonderful experience!
Our minister was very kind, friendly and professional. The photographer was willing to take any photos we requested and seemed very conscientious about his work. The creekside location we chose for our wedding was a beautiful, serene, private location perfect for eloping couples! -
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Julie Sent on 09/19/2020
Stress free, Excellent
We got married 9/18/20 at the greenbrier. It was perfect..The beautiful mountain creek was the perfect decorations..All I had to do was show up and have a marriage license. Eric took care of everything and was available anytime I had a question..I highly recommend this for a stress free wedding..Great experience. -
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Kim Sent on 12/10/2019Best Experience Ever
If we had to do it over again 100% would use New Beginnings! Thank you so much for making it so easy and care free and fun! You took the worry out of the entire event! -
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Aimee Sent on 04/29/2019
Amazing Experience
We couldn't have asked for a better team than, New Beginnings Photography. They were professional, on-time, and truly knew how to work with individuals like us who are NOT photogenic. My husband and I couldn't have asked for a better overall experience. It was exactly what we wanted and so much more. The venue was gorgeous! and the photos turned out beautifully. The package included us, our guests (4), our dog (though we decided he could stay at our cabin instead, safety first), an officiant, venue, photographer, 1 hour of photos, 30 free digital images, and a discounted price on photo package. -
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Tamara Sent on 04/07/2019The Best never to be forgotten
They were wonderful, we were worried about the flooding called them on Saturday evening expressing our concerns. And they assured us we would make the Sunday wedding happen. So helpful planning through the phone and email. I Highly Recommend New Beginnings Photography. -
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Amber Sent on 03/04/2019Stress free!
The photographer and Minister were great. While the actual ceremony was only 10-15 minutes anything and everything you would want covered during your vows was said. His anecdotes, choice of verses, and selections we were to repeat to one another fit us wonderfully. Eric was kindly patient with us both. We are not picture people. Selfies aren't part of our vocabulary and the predictable couple's photo at family functions usually ends up with us making faces at each other and goofing off. Eric talked us through the shots and soon the three of us were getting along like old friends. I honestly wasn't expecting much from our photos, not due to his skill but because of our not so photogenic ways. I was ecstatic when they came in. He managed to capture our joy in each photo.
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Iris Sent on 07/19/2018
Really loved everything about New Beginning Photography. Eric was very helpful and service overall was everything we expected. The minister was very friendly, made us feel comfortable. The photographer was very nice, I loved the outcome of our photos!! Very satisfied with everything!! Would definitely recommend and the location and view were picture perfect! -
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Tara Sent on 07/19/2018They were amazing. Answered all of my questions, were very easy to work with, and very easy to get a hold of. Professional, patient, fun! Very satisfied. We had a 3 month old son and everyone was so patient with us and him!
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Abbie Sent on 05/21/2018The pictures turned out better than we could have imagined! Eric was easy to work with and about a week after the wedding our photos were ready. Highly recommend! The entire process was stress free and easy. We couldn’t be happier with the entire experience.
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Kristie Sent on 05/14/2018We were very pleased with the overall experience and wouldn't have had it any other way....Rev Tom and Eric made our dream come true.
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Susan Sent on 01/07/2018We loved Eric he did an awesome job and took extra photos that I wanted and we went to two sites for the pictures. I love our pictures and Eric captured our special day :) Thank you so much Eric
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Jennifer Sent on 12/14/2017Cade’s Cove is an amazing ceremony site. Choosing an Elopement package from New Beginnings was the best wedding decision we made! It was an intimate, meaningful, magical experience. And the photos turned out amazing. We will cherish the memories for the rest of our lives!
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Tina Sent on 12/13/2017
We had a wonderful experience with New Beginnings! They were attentive to the pics we wanted and very professional and patient! Great pics and beautiful views would recommend to anyone! -
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Gabriela Sent on 07/18/2017New Beginnings Photography is a great option for those doing an elopement We did the Mountain View # 1 location on July 2 the location was amazing and so beautiful. Jim the minister did a great job and just made us feel so comfortable. Eric was excellent and our photos turned out more beautiful than we ever expected. Everything exceeded our expectations in pretty much every way and would recommend New Beginnings Photography to anyone. -
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Jody Sent on 07/16/2012We were married in Gatlinburg in June 2012. We live in the Detroit area so really needed a lot of guidance and advice. Working with Eric was great. We knew we wanted to get married outside since Gatlinburg is such a beautiful place. However, we had 24 people total in our group so we needed to make sure to choose a place that would have adequate parking for our group and space for them to stand and watch the ceremony. We also didn't want to have to drive too far from where we were staying (and having the reception). Eric provided excellent advice on good locations. We decided on the Greenbrier location, which turned out to be beautiful.
The fact that Eric's package included everything, including securing a minister to perform the ceremony was wonderful. We explained to him our desire not to have an officiant that was super "preachy", since that just wasn't us and wasn't what we were looking for at all. Eric did a great job in matching Reverend Jeff Ownby to us for the service.
We just saw our pictures and they are all beautiful.
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Lynn Sent on 01/30/2022Perfect!!!
Eric was great to work with and very knowledgeable about locations and picture/ background opportunities at each. He is very friendly and very helpful with any concerns or questions we had!!! The Minister did an awesome job. He was very nice and took some time to get to know us a little but before the ceremony. He was able to incorporate some info into the ceremony which allowed it to be more personalized. He made the ceremony fun!!! The photographer also did a wonderful job. He was very detailed about getting every shot and angle we requested. He is very patient, I am not the best photogenic person and don’t know how to pose. He didn’t give up working with me and the pictures turned out amazing. It even started raining and he didn’t rush getting through them. He was very nice and joked around with us making the experience more relaxing because we felt more comfortable with him. I would definitely recommend New Beginnings Photography -
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User7246061 Sent on 04/05/2024Horrifying experience
Eric was unprofessional. He came across as creepy and potentially dangerous. At one point, he had my husband stand at the edge of the cliff and then pushed him "joking" that he would push him off the mountain. There are multiple options for a photographer in the area and beyond, so for your own safety, stay away.
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