Wedding Wire, the nation’s leading wedding marketplace, last week announced that Bello Photography has been selected to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards 2012 for Wedding Photography!

The prestigious annual awards program recognizes the best local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry.Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards 2012 is determined by overall rating, number of reviews, review performance from 2011, and consistency of reviews from year to year.

Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation. We are super proud to have received 5 stars, the highest possible rating, ranking Bello Photography among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community.

Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of our top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of The Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate the 2012 winners for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are honored to be among the very best photographers within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. And, we send great big hugs to all of our past clients who nominated us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards 2012! Thank you!! You all are why we love what we do! Christine & Andy xo

Last month, we were contacted by Donna Garlough, editor of Boston Weddings. She told us that she had been browsing our blog and loved the photos we captured at Kirsten & Dennis’s fabulous Nauticus Marina wedding. And she asked, could she feature it in the magazine’s Summer issue?  Umm…yes, please!

I’m not sure which flattered us more, the fact that Donna was browsing our blog unsolicited or that with all of the talented photographers in New England, she liked our photos enough to have them be one of only four featured weddings. To say we were flattered would be an under statement.

Since her call, we’d been excitedly awaiting the magazine’s arrival. The other day, we opened our mailbox to find several copies. Magazines hit news stands today, and if you haven’t had a chance to see it, it’s another gorgeous issue. Here’s a sneak peek at the cover…

And, the opening page of the “Real New England Weddings” features section…..with our photo of Kirsten & Dennis. Wowza!

In addition to the opening page of the features section, Kirsten & Dennis’s wedding got two more full pages. We’re so happy that Kirsten & Dennis get to have their wedding commemorated in this way!

And, as if all of that wasn’t exciting enough…this incredible exchange between Dennis’ mom and a close family friend, as captured by Andy, outside the church, after the ceremony, was highlighted in the “One Last Shot” section, on the last page of the magazine….Pure Joy!

Huge thanks to Donna & her wonderful staff for seeing something special in our work and for recognizing the inspiring beauty & love that surrounded Kirsten & Dennis on their unforgettable wedding day. And, of course, special thanks to Kirsten & Dennis! Thank you both again for inviting us to be a part of such an important time in your lives and for welcoming us with such open arms & open hearts! You two are wonderful and your love is truly inspiring! With love & hugs, Christine & Andy xo

The new Southern New England Weddings magazine hit news stands this week and we were super stoked to find the fabulous Ocean Edge wedding of super cuties, Ivy & Ben, featured in the Cape Cod section. We love Ivy & Ben so we were really excited for them to get to have their special day highlighted.

To check out pics of the 4-page feature, pick up a copy of the magazine in bookstores or visit the magazine’s website. (Ivy & Ben’s wedding can be found photo thumbnail to the far left on the bottom row of thumbnails.)

Here’s a couple of quick snaps we took of the magazine:

We’re not an advertiser in the magazine, so we’re super grateful for the free exposure! Thank you Allison Liset at Elegant Engagements for working to get the wedding featured. Thank you, too, to SNEW Publisher Lisa Schryver for finding beauty in our photos. And, biggest thanks, as always, goes to Ivy & Ben for putting together such a beautiful (and super fun!) wedding! Love you guys! xo

The results just came in this morning and it’s official…..we’re the best! Or at least you all think so!!!

Thanks to all of the incredible love and support we got from our fabulous Bello friends & family, we once again came out at the top of the Cape Cod A-List, being named this year’s Best Photographers on Cape Cod & the Islands! Yipppeeee!!!!

We absolutely could not have done it without your votes, so this award is as much yours as it is ours and we’d like to thank all of you who voted from the very bottom of our hearts!!!! We feel tremendously blessed to have the most incredibly loving & supportive clients. I always feel funny saying clients, because really you are much more than just clients. To us you are part of our ever-growing Bello family.

Getting to know and photograph the incredible people we do is truly a labor of love for us and being recognized for our talent and efforts feels really good. So thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

With much love and heart-felt appreciation, Chris & Andy xoxo

So, today is the last day to vote in the Cape Cod A-List contest for Best Photographers. Last year, we won by a clear margin. This year, it’s unclear whether we’ll take home the title again. Competition has been stiff and we really need your votes!

So, if you think we deserve the top honors, we humbly ask you to please click HERE and vote. Polls close at midnight and results will be announced August 17th. We’re keeping our fingers crossed!

In the meantime, we’d like to extend a huge, heart-felt THANK YOU to all of our wonderful Bello Family & Friends for already taking the time to vote. The comments you have left are truly the greatest reward!!! Even if we don’t win this year, we know in our hearts, that we are already winners…having THE BEST people in the planet to work with!!! You guys rock and we love you!!!! Truly!!!

Thank you again for your continued love & support!  Chris & Andy xo