Happy New Year everybody! We’re so excited about the year ahead, and so thrilled to start it off with our 2011 Best of the Best Photo Collection! 50 images chosen from 5,000, submitted by 500 talented wedding photographers, this year’s Photo Collection is full of photos that blew our minds and touched our hearts. Choosing which ones to include was, as always, an honor and a serious challenge that took us through dozens and dozens of heart-wrenching reviews.

2011 Best of the Best photo by Jeff Newsom

Throughout this year’s process we were consistently inspired, astounded and humbled by the images created, and very grateful to the photographers who shared their work with us. In the end we had to choose just 50 images, and what an incredible 50 they are! Please check out a few of the phenomenal winning photos above and below, and do not miss the full 2011 Best of the Best Photo Collection in our Fashion Report section now. We hope you’ll be delighted and amazed by what you’ll find, and that you’ll check back throughout the week to see our many honorable mention posts here on What Junebug Loves as well as on Photobug!

2011 Best of the Best photo by Cicely Procopio of Procopio Photography

2011 Best of the Best photo by Nate Kaiser of The Image is Found

2011 Best of the Best photo by Jennifer Skog of Jennifer Skog Photographers

2011 Best of the Best photo by Dmitri Markine

2011 Best of the Best photo by Magnus Bogucki

2011 Best of the Best photo by Erik Clausen of Poser:Image

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