Category: Awards

The night before last, I was extremely honoured to receive the "2013 Best of NACE Award" for "Best Photography" at the Triangle NACE Annual Awards Gala at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club in Durham, NC. NACE is a fantastic organization with the mission of developing professionals in the wedding and event industry. As such, ...

I was honoured to be recently awarded first and fourth place in the Wedding and Portrait Society's annual Portrait Palooza competition. "What the heck is Portrait Palooza?" you say. Well, here's the scoop from the WPS themselves: For those of you who don't know, Portrait Palooza is a fun, annual event created by the WPS as a cha ...

Firstly, I'd like to start off by wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year! It's gone by so fast, but 2012 was a fantastic year for Joe Payne Photography with some truly gorgeous weddings for me to cover. With ceremonies and receptions at beautiful venues across North Carolina from Lake Lure to the Carolina Inn and Duke Cha ...

Just received word that the studio was awarded The Knot's Best of Weddings Pick for 2013 for Wedding Photographers in Raleigh NC. This is the second year in a row and I feel very honoured indeed. Unlike some other websites, The Knot is quite selective with who it chooses for this award. I'd like to thank all my clients over the ...

Was pleased to win first place in the Q3 Image Competition of the Wedding Photographic Society in the Photojournalism category, which is my favourite. This photo was taken during a recent wedding as the priest began communion. I always strive to make my compositions as interesting as possible and so lined up the bride and groom ...

  Cary, NC – January 23, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation's leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Joe Payne Photography has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Photography! The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the Wed ...

Those of you that follow my page on Facebook may be aware of the fact that I was the recipient of two important awards over the course of the last couple of months. First, I received word back in late November that Joe Payne Photography had received The Knot's "2012 Pick - Best of Weddings" award; that was followed up this week wit ...