how could we have anticipated this amazing year?! as we think about the couples we spent 2013 with, eileen and i feel blessed beyond words. before anything else, the new friendships we’ve made and the thriving marriages we see make these past twelve months a success.
admittedly, we had high hopes for this year. but reality exceeded our wildest expectations. it was a year of firsts: our first international awards (five of them!), first back-to-back weddings in England, and first-time invitations to speak from some of our industry’s leading platforms including WPPI, CreativeLIVE, and Shutter Magazine. we’ll never forget the places we visited, the moments we shared, or — most importantly — the relationships we built with the deserving couples you see here. none of it would have been possible without them.
thank you for letting us into your lives. thank you for trusting us to tell your stories, to create something tangible and irreplaceable from within your moments. it has been indescribably good.
to show our appreciation, we’ve decided to end this year with a fun giveaway for our one-of-a-kind couples.
the couple with the greatest number of comments on this post will receive a beautiful 16×20 gallery wrapped canvas, from our home to yours! (every couple who receives at least 25 votes will win a retouched print image; every couple who receives at least 50 votes will win a mounted enlargement.) it’s easy to vote:  just write something creative or caring below for the couple of your choice!
we love you guys! all of you enjoy your first new year together as man and wife. what a blessing!
(*hope this gives you lovebirds something to tweet about. or turn your new year’s get-together into a “get out the vote” party! 🙂  and we’d love to hear from all our regular readers, too. which couple gets your vote? so you know, we’ll count comments — one per person — through january 10, then announce the winner!)
click on any couple’s names to see the rest of their wedding photos! (Flash required to view slideshows.)
550 Trackside, Lawrenceville GA
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the Mill at Yellow River, Porterdale GA
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Flint Hill, Norcross GA
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Ashton Gardens, Sugar Hill GA
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Neverland Farms, Cleveland GA
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the Roswell Mill Club, Roswell GA
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Piedmont Estate & Gardens and Peachtree United Methodist Church, Atlanta GA
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Jersey Holiness Church, Covington GA
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Summerour Studio and Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta GA
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Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta GA
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The Foundry Inn & Spa and The Melting Point, Athens GA
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Clarke County Court House, downtown Athens GA
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the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia, Athens GA
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Oak Hill College, London England
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The Foundry Inn & Spa, Athens GA
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the Biltmore Ballrooms, Atlanta GA
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The Classic Center and The Foundry Inn & Spa, Athens GA
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the Thompson House & Gardens, Bogart GA
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St. John’s Downshire Hill and the Burgh House, London England
To the best photographers ever – thanks for capturing our favorite moments of the year! We love you, Spencer and Amanda Brady
Amanda and Spencer! A wonderful couple, meant to be together. : ) On their own, they both shine. Put them together and they are unstoppable!
Amanda & Spencer- I could not ask for two better role models my freshman year of college and am so happy I got to see their beautiful wedding!
Amanda and Spencer!
Amanda & Spencer. What a beautiful picture to resemble a beautiful couple inside & out.
Amanda and spencer! Beautiful couple and beautiful wedding!
Amanda and Spencer’s wedding was the most beautiful wedding I have ever seen! Their love and commitment to each other was visible with every look they exchanged with one another! I have never met a couple who was more meant to be than Amanda and Spencer! They do an amazing job of demonstrating love, commitment, loyalty, trust, faith, passion, and friendship!
Amanda and Spencer Brady! Beautiful photo-what a sweet capture of a precious moment between them on their special day.
Amanda and Spencer because they look so happy and so in love!
Amanda and Spencer- A great couple! Both beautiful on the inside and out.
Amanda and Spencer.
Love this picture of Amanda and Spencer!! The lighting, the background and their magical love for each other. Their love and faith are an inspiration to us all.
Mallory and Eddie by far!!!
Mallory and Eddie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mayallory and Aydieeeeeeayayyayayayayah!
Mallory and Eddie! Best wedding photos I’ve seen yet!
Thank you for capturing some of the most beautiful moments in a parent’s life. Eddie and Mallory looked absolutely amazing and now we have hundreds of photographs to cherish. #eddieandmallory
I believe that Mallory and eddies love for one another is extremely deep and is accurately portrayed thru the skilled talents at bloome photography!!!!!! I love them
Eddie and Mallory!! Hands down! Two Beautiful people with Two Beautiful spirits and Beautiful love for each other!
Mallory & Eddie!! Such a beautiful couple and well, Mallory is just awesome 🙂 What a beautiful place to get married, too!
Eddie and Mallory! two beautiful people with two beautiful spirits and beautiful love for each other !
Mallory and Eddie are the cutest couple. I’ve seen Mallory with past boyfriends and none of them treat her the way that Eddie does. He looks at her like he truly loves her and Mallory looks the same at him. They are absolutely perfect for each other.
Spencer and Amanda
Mallory and Eddie’s wedding was the most beautiful wedding I have attended. The fact that it rained during the ceremony made it all the more memorable. They made a very beautiful couple in a very beautiful setting and your photographs and videos were awesome!
Spencer and Amanda are absolutely stunning, as evidenced by this beautiful photograph you have captured, but even more inspiring is the way that they live out their lives. Their marriage demonstrates strong love, mercy, gentleness, kindness, leadership, determination, and hearts to give back everything the Lord has given them. What a beautiful couple!
Eileen and Phillip – Thank you for being the absolute best and photographing the greatest day of 2013. Mallory and Eddie Armstrong for the win! 🙂
Mallory and Eddie Armstrong! Love this couple! They are too cute!
Mallory and Eddie- a stunning wedding for an amazing couple.
Thanks so much Philip and Eileen! I don’t know what we would have done without you two on the wedding day. So glad that we’ve become friends. Love y’all!
Mallory and Eddie!!! Beautiful pic!
Mallory and Eddie! Wonderful, beautiful couple.
Spencer and Amanda! What a beautiful couple!
Mallory and Eddie had an incredible wedding and your photography captured it perfectly. Plus, they’re an amazing and truly deserving couple!
The two love birds Mallory and Eddie!!!!!
Mallory and Eddie’s wedding was an amazing experience and the pictures are fantastic!
Spencer & Amanda for the WIN!
Mallory and Eddie! Beautiful couple and wonderful friends 🙂
Mallory and Eddie, beautiful wedding!
Eddie and Mallory’s wedding. Place to see and be seen 2913.
Mallory and Eddies wedding was as beautiful as any I’ve ever seen. Your photography captured it perfectly. They are a wonderful young couple.
Mallory and Eddie – you’re wedding was beautiful!
Spencer and Amanda. That shot. That Christ-centered love.
Amanda & Spencer are an amazing couple that you captured beautifully!! From their engagement video (most creative I’ve seen!)through wedding, who they are as a couple shines through!
Amanda and Spencer – Such a great picture, love the lighting!
Mallory and Eddie!
Amanda & Spencer – so much love.
Mallory and Eddie. Do it.
Eddie and Mallory are a beautiful couple inside and out. They definitely have my vote!
Mallory and Eddie are sooo haught!!!
Amanda & Spencer! What a wonderful wedding & couple!
Mallory and Eddie! Great pictures!!
Spencer and Amanda- are you guys smelling each other?
Best Wedding Ever!! Loved the pictures! Beautiful!
Mallory and Eddie!! Best wedding ever!! Loved the pictures! Beautiful !!
I love you Mallory!!! You and Eddie are perfect for each other!
Ally
Amanda & Spencer- what a beautiful picture that truly captures how sweet their love is for each other!
Mallory and Eddie look fabulous!
what a precious couple….we so enjoyed their wedding….
Loved meeting the Blume Team at Tara and Alan’s wedding!
Jenny and Ryan
Ryan, my groom, was so brave. He risked his health and toxic shock from a leaking intestine to marry me that day, to give me the wedding of my dreams. Here’s to you baby, and the rest of our story!
Amanda & Spencer- what a beautiful couple and a beautiful wedding day! Thank you Philip & Eileen!
Mallory and Eddie had the most beautiful wedding ever. Planned meticulously by Mallory, photographed beautifully by the Blumes. Rain couldn’t dampen their happiness. Much love, M & E!
Eric and Elaine have the most romantic love story! Their wedding was spectacular and their photos captured all the love. They get my vote!!
Jenny and Ryan
It was a great wedding despite my medical complications. Thank you so much to the Blumes for capturing some great moments.
Amanda and Spencer!!!
Katie and Eric – beautiful couple amazing picture
Love you Jenny and Ryan!!
Jenny and ryan! Their story is adorable! And I just don’t think that since I became friends with both of them shortly after they met. They glow around one another and it really shows in these photos!
I love how all the beautiful pictures captured the romance between Eric & Katie! Absolutely perfect!
Katie and Eric – October 5th definitely are the most beautiful couple. The selected location for the photo is excellent and the handsome bride and groom are a picture to behold.
They deserve to win!
Through the pictures you can see the beauty of such love between a wonderful, beautiful & amazing couple! Congrats Eric & Katie!
Katie and Eric- The photos of the couple, family and friends capture not only the beauty, but the overall essence of a wedding at it’s perfection. Congratulations to both newlyweds once again.
Lindsey & Chris – I love the green lushness and the organic life that’s surrounding the two of you in this picture! The composition is perfect: so simple & organic and full of love. Congratulations on your wedding!! <3
Jenny and Ryan-
Loved getting to look back through the beautiful pictures of this amazing couple. What a wonderful wedding!
Amanda & spencer—
Such a beautiful couple!
Katie and Eric
Katie and Eric for the win! The wedding was gorgeous and so are the two of them together!
Katie and Eric
Amanda & Spencer – Everyone loves the Bradys!
Katie and Eric by far. What a beautiful couple that not look in love but the photographs are proof. Beautiful
Eric and Elaine!!! Love, love, love the pictures! 🙂
Katie & Eric are the most beautiful couple of 2013. Their LOVE glows in their pictures!
Lindsay & Dustin – loved their sweet wedding and was fortunate to be a guest!
Eric and Katie – beautiful couple, beautiful pictures.
Eric and Katie – beautiful couple, beautiful pictures!
Eddie & Mallory!!
Eddie & Mallory!!!
Eddie & Mallory 🙂
Eddie and Mallory! Congratulations, such a beautiful couple!
Mallory and Eddie!
Mallory and Eddie!!!
Mallory & Eddie… Blessed Couple!!
Mallory & Eddie are the winners by far
Eddie and Mallory!!
Katie and Eric for sure get my vote. The photo captures what they represent together-purity and everlasting love and commitment.
Mallory and Eddie hands down. Great photo and great people.
Mallory & Eddie, winners by far. You can end the competition now! I thought that was an oil painting on canvas until I was corrected. That love I see there could make a dolphin cry. I literally wish I owned a giant fork and knife so I could eat them up because they are so beautiful. Just sayin
Eddie and Mallory!
Katie and Eric are our winners!
Katie and Eric! The pictures captured the day beautifully!
Katie and Eric……what a wonderful day!
Mallory and eddie are so mucb better looking they should win
Mallory and eddie are so mucb better looking they should win
Mallory and Eddie!!!
Definitely Katie and Eric!
The Cathedral of Christ the King was the perfect setting for Katie and Eric’s beautiful wedding. Katie and Eric are both so kind, thoughtful, loving, and as this picture displays, beautiful inside and out. These two love birds are going to live Happily Ever After!
Katie and Eric! I loved being apart of their wedding and love reliving it with these pictures!
Katie and Eric. Cool
Katie and Eric! Both the wedding and the pictures are absolutely amazing!
Eric and Katie had such a beautiful settings for pictures it was a great day for them
Mallory and Eddie. What a wonderful couple! Wedding was beautiful. Photos magnificent!
You are two amazing people. Love you both very much. What a wedding!!!!
Jenny and Ryan – – You are two amazing people. Love you both very much. What a wedding!!!!
Katie and Eric’s picture is so classic and beautiful.. You can see the love they share for each other. God Bless all of the amazing couples.
Katie and Eric are the bomb dot com
Mallory and Eddie. What a wonderfrul wedding! The photos are beautiful. We had such a good time…
Mallory and Eddie are such a great couple. What a fantastic wedding!
Eric and Katie
Eric & Katie 🙂
Eric and Katie!!! True love captured in a photo!
Katie and Eric!! The most gorgeous couple 🙂
Mallory and Eddie are an unbelievable couple! The photos rock!
Mallory and Eddie! Two of the most amazing and unique people I know who have redefined my perspective on love – can’t wait for what’s to come :-)))
Amanda and Spencer!!!
Spencer and Amanda…amazing couple who love and serve The Lord!
Amanda & Spencer – this photo and all others from their special day truly capture their love for each other!
Amanda & Spencer!!!
Amanda & Spencer by far and proud to be their grandparents.
Amanda and Spencer. We are so blessed to have Spencer now as a grandson.
Amanda and Spencer! Cannot think of two kinder people.
Amanda and Spencer, of course!!
Katie and Eric! Such a fun wedding!!
I vote for Katie and Eric!
I vote for Katie and Eric.
Katie and Eric-Beautiful pictures! The thing about photography is that it sometimes looks staged! Your pictures they are so genuine, just like you both. The best by far!!!
Katie and Eric! Best couple ever!
Katie & Eric – two beautiful people starting a wonderful life together!!
Amanda & Spencer
Mallory and Eddie!!
Mallory and Eddie
Mallory and Eddie are the best! Go gators
Eddie and Mallory!
Mallory and Eddie are the best by far!
Mallory and eddie
Eddie & Mallory look beautiful.
EDDIE AND MALLORY for the win!!!!
Mallory and Eddie for the win!
Katie and Eric !
Katie & Eric!!
Katie and Eric!
Eddie and Mallory
Katie and Eric !!
Mallory and Eddie! Their pictures were absolutely breathtaking, and I have watched the video of their wedding at least 5 times. Such a gorgeous wedding and I could not think of a more beautiful and deserving couple!
Mallory and Eddie. This was my first wedding, and I could not imagine a more beautiful wedding to go to. I am so thankful to know th
Eddie and Mallory! Such an amazing couple xoxo
Eddie and Mallory for the win!
Katie & Eric, your pictures perfectly captured the excitement and happiness of your wedding day. Best of luck!
Lindsey and Chris!!!
Mallory and Eddie!
Eddie and Mallory!
Mallory & Eddie to win!
I vote for Mallory and Eddie. Two really awesome people.
Mallory and Eddie!!! So very beautiful 🙂
Amanda and Spencer!!!
Mallory and Eddie! Sooo gorgeous! No one else deserves it more!
Mallory & Eddie. Beautiful couple.
Eddie and Mallory for the win!
Mallory and Eddie are hands down the most beautiful wedding photos I’ve ever seen.
David S
MALLORY AND EDDIE!!!!!!!!!!! THEY ROCK MY SOCKS!!!! BEST WEDDING EVER!!!
Love me some Eddie and mallory
Mallory & Eddie. The GOAT Couple
I vote for Mallory and Eddie times 10000000 b/c they are both super super trill.
Amanda and Spencer: You wedding was absolutely beautiful and so are your pictures!!!
Love,
Sondra Lake
Mal and Eddie. Beautiful couple.
Mallory and Eddie get my vote. Beautiful couple and beautiful pictures.
Jenny & Ryan
Everyone who was at their wedding witnessed how much love Jenny & Ryan have for each other. Beautiful memories captured by the Blumes.
Katie & Eric! Wish I could have been there! Looking at the photos, it seemed like a lot of fun!
Spencer & Amanda! I have been so blessed to get to know Amanda this year as a colleague and friend. What a beautiful couple!
Mallory You are a real true goddess princess!!!!! so much love!!! Eddie you are blessed!
I vote for Mallory and Eddie to win.
Eddie and Mallory together forever!
Eddie and Mallory are so sexy!
Mallory and Eddie
Eddie and Mallory!!!
Eddie and Mallory!!
The wedding photos and video compilation are amazing. It looks like it was a fantastic day. May God continue to bless the newly weds.
Eddie and Mallory
Mallory and Eddie for the win! Beautiful photography, beautiful setting, beautiful couple 🙂
Mallory and Eddie! I’m so happy such a great guy chose to marry my best friend. Can’t wait to meet the little one in May. He’s going to be one awesome kid.
Jenny and Ryan: Beautiful pictures of a beautiful couple!
Amanda & Spencer’s picture is by far my favorite ! Absolutely beautiful !
I love that photo of Amanda and Spencer. The warmth of the light is so beautiful and you can really see the love between them.
The photo of Amanda and Spencer really caught beautiful moment
These are all so amazing! I think Amanda and Spencer’s photo steals the show. Amanda looks absolutely stunning and I think this photo does an wonderful job at capturing a beautiful relationship!
Amanda and Spencer!! just a magical shot!!!
Amanda & Spencer!! They are absolutely perfect for each other! The lighting in their photo is amazing!
AMANDA AND SPENSER are the cutest couple ever!!!!
Eric and Katie for the win!! Love all the pictures 🙂
Eddie and Mal. No one deserves it more
Mallory and Eddie rule!
Mallory and Eddie. The fantasy football champ gets my vote.
Mallory and Eddie!!! Yippiddydoo!!!
Katelyn
Eric and Katie’s wedding was amazing! Such a cute couple
Katie and Eric
Eric & Katie! The dream team
Mallory and Eddie. Hope you win Malgod
Spencer and Amanda, your pictures are beautiful!
I LOVE YOU MALLORYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! you and Eddie better win. Victory victory!
Eric and Katie are sooooooo pretty!!!!!
Katie and Eric!
I vote for Eric and Katie. They have the coolest dungeon wedding pics!
Mallory and Eddie
Mallory and Eddie. Love you crazy kids!!!
Eddie (Shweddy) and Mallory!!
Katie and Eric beautiful pictures!!
Eric and Katie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amanda & spencer!! That picture is literally perfect, they’re beautiful
Great Pictures!!! Katie and Eric you guys look awesome!!!
Great pictures! Katie & Eric you guys look awesome!
Katie & Eric — the best!
Mal and Eddie 🙂
Mallory and Eddie are some really cool people. They should win because they are awesome and their photos are awesome.
Mallory and Eddie
Katie and Eric are a beautiful couple inside and out!! Love you guys!
Katie and Eric, no doubt!
Mary Elizabeth and Gordon Stead
My vote goes to Mez and Gordon!!!! Although all these pictures are “lovely” they are the sweetest people in the world and I’d love to see them toting a gorgeous canvas of themselves up all the 5 flights of stairs to their cute little newlyweds flat!
Ditto what rebecca said- mez and gordon all the way!
well, it should be obvious who my favorite is…mary elizabeth and gordon! stunning!!!
Katie and Eric! The pictures were great! Our granddaughter was the beautiful flower girl!
Go Katie and Eric! What a beautiful, kind couple! Amazing pics of our lovely granddaughter in your wedding!
Mallory and Eddie
Mallory and Eddie! :o)
Lindsey and Wes. I like the umbrellas 🙂
Eric and Katie! Woot woot!!!!!
Katie and Eric 🙂
Katie and Eric are a gorgeous couple! Outstanding pictures.
Katie & Eric!!
Katie & Eric awesome pictures!
I wish Mary Elizabeth and Gordon would win! They’re so special and deserve so much. Love you!!
Mary Elizabeth and Gordon!!!!!
What a beautiful picture and a beautiful couple. Love Mary Elizabeth and Gordon!
Mal and Eddie are the best
Ash
Katie and Eric. So classic and beautiful 🙂
Not knowing anyone, I really love Jane and Michael’s photo.
I vote for Kristin and Eric. Their pose is so romantic with their eyes locked together. Love it!
melanie and james! most fun wedding ever!
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