The Knot Best of 2021

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DANA LYNN PHOTOGRAPHY NAMED WINNER
OF THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2021

15th Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Vendors Across America

MIAMI, FL December 7th, 2020—Dana Lynn Photography is pleased to announce that they have been selected as a 2021 ­­winner of The Knot Best of Weddings, an accolade representing the highest- and most-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, a leading wedding planning and registry brand and app. This is the seventh consecutive year Dana Lynn Photography has been named a winner of The Knot Best of Weddings awards. 

 Despite COVID-19 interrupting many 2020 weddings and social events, wedding professionals around the nation continued to support to-be-weds throughout their wedding planning journeys. From adjusting future schedules to make way for postponed weddings, to helping couples host socially distanced weddings following state and local guidelines and restrictions with an increased focus on health and safety, wedding pros—and the industry as a whole—rallied together in 2020, ultimately helping couples continue to celebrate life and love. The Knot 2021 Best of Weddings recognition honors the vendors who went above and beyond to help to-be-weds navigate the global pandemic. 

In 2021, five percent of hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals listed on The Knot received this distinguished award. In its fifteenth annual year, The Knot continues its long-standing tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings 2021, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. This comes as the industry prepares for an increase in upcoming celebrations due to postponed events throughout 2020. 

To determine the winners, The Knot analyzed its millions of user reviews across various vendor categories—including venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more—to find the highest rated vendors of the year. These winners represent the best of the best wedding professionals that engaged couples should consider booking for their own unique weddings.  

“Dana Lynn and their entire team was amazing. Due to COVID-19, our plans changed numerous times with details constantly being adjusted. They worked with us throughout everything, adjusted the plans alongside us without hassle or additional stress. The photographers and videographers that celebrated our wedding with us were AMAZING. They were all so kind, personable, helpful, and flexible. Our photos and highlight video have just blown us away and we are so grateful for their team of editors who assembled everything. Would HIGHLY recommend!!!” - Alexandra L - Married 05/29/20

The Knot has inspired 25 million couples (and counting!) to plan a wedding that’s uniquely theirs. With a rich history of providing high-quality content and inspiration, The Knot makes it easy for couples to connect with and book the right wedding professionals to create their perfect wedding day. On The Knot Marketplace, couples can connect with any of the hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals across the country. The Knot Best of Weddings gives couples the confidence to find and book the best local vendors to bring their wedding visions to life. In combination with years of trusted content, The Knot’s innovative technology simplifies wedding planning, inspiring couples to plan a wedding unique to their love story and personalities. 

Wedding professionals who win The Knot Best of Weddings are members of WeddingPro, the leading B2B wedding brand. As the largest marketplace and community for wedding professionals, WeddingPro connects businesses with more than 13 million unique monthly visitors who are planning weddings on The Knot and WeddingWire, as well as with hundreds of thousands of pros in the industry. Through its online marketplaces, educational programs and community-building events, WeddingPro is dedicated to helping wedding professionals build relationships with couples and pros that grow their businesses.


For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and this year’s winners, please visit https://www.theknot.com/vendors/best-of-weddings.

Fall Inspiration Board

Fall Inspiration Board

“Oh, So Lovely!”

What’s more breathtaking than the natural beauty of the fall months? It’s no wonder why fall is high season for wedding photography. Brilliant orange, yellow and red leaves litter the sky for a background thats to die for. Browse our inspiration board for some fall goodness!

Quick Tip:

Fall months give us fantastic weather and prime natural light for wedding photography. Encourage your coordinator to pad in time for plenty of outdoor portraits. Aim for a date when leaves are achieving peak color by using a Fall Foliage Map.

Mix and Match

If your goal is to curate an unexpected autumnal color palette, take note of the photo below!

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Florida Fall? Yes, Please

For all of our beach lovers and snow birds. While we may not have changing leaves, Florida’s fall season is a magical time of year!
The sun softens and cool breezes make for a refreshing outdoor experience. Everyone (including your photographer) can enjoy a little less sweat on the wedding day! 🤣

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Dana Lynn Photography Receives 2020 Best of Miami Beach Award

Miami Beach Award Program Honors the Achievement 🏆

MIAMI BEACH August 23, 2020 -- For the 6th consecutive year, Dana Lynn Photography has been selected for the 2020 Best of Miami Beach Award in the Photography & Videography category by the Miami Beach Award Program.

Each year, the Miami Beach Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Miami Beach area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2020 Miami Beach Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Miami Beach Award Program and data provided by third parties.

About Miami Beach Award Program

The Miami Beach Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the Miami Beach area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.

The Miami Beach Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy.

SOURCE: Miami Beach Award Program

Music Licensing, Why we ALL Need it!

We wanted to take a moment to discuss one of our most commonly asked questions.

“Why do I need to license music for my wedding video?”

First and most importantly, its the law! Music is an art form and there are many laws that stand for protecting its usage. With the continuing popularity of social media platforms and the viral-world we live in, the music industry has been working hard to educate the public about these laws. Using music without proper permission can mean TROUBLE!

It’s not like the 70’s and 80’s, where you sat once a year and watched Mom’s wedding ceremony on VHS. In this day and age, couples rarely keep their wedding videos private. They get passed around in emails, uploaded to social media and posted on wedding blogs across the internet- including ours! (Then shared and re-posted by friends, family and vendors!)

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Video hosting sites like Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook and Instagram use complex scanning softwares that recognize the music in all its uploaded content. Any content with recognized music is immediately blocked. BUT, if you have the proper licensing, you can do a simple dispute (using your licensing certificate) and they will allow your post!

On a more serious note, not complying with music copyright laws can lead to major legal complications like being fined or sued. We wouldn’t want to put ourselves or couples at risk of these problems.

For these reasons, contractually we require all music used in our products to be licensed.

Luckily, there are several great websites that specialize in providing affordable and free music licensing for weddings. We’ve found that the sites listed below have the best, most up-to-date options:

MUSICBED.COM

SONGFREEDOM.COM

TRACKSMUSIC.COM

ARTLIST.IO


Know that their music selections/options change regularly without notice. Songs available now may not be available later, yet new ones will be added. - Much like Netflix removes shows periodically and adds new ones.

We hope this information has been helpful and appreciate your understanding in following these policies.

-Thank you!
Dana Lynn & Team