Kiersten Taylor Photography

Kiersten Taylor Photography is a wedding photography company based in Panama City Beach, Florida, serving the Gulf Coast, destinations across the Southeast, and wherever the adventure leads next. After photographing more than 600 weddings over the last 14 years, I know this job is about so much more than just pretty pictures. It’s about people. Energy. Emotion. Experience. The feeling in the room. The moments you never want to forget. And creating photographs that take you right back to all of it decades from now. I’m the kind of person who truly doesn’t meet strangers. I can walk into a room full of people I’ve never met and somehow leave feeling like family by the end of the night. That matters on a wedding day. My couples don’t just hire me because they love my work — they hire me because they want someone fully present, emotionally invested, and genuinely in it with them from start to finish. I’m there for the big moments, the quiet moments, and the ones you didn’t even realize were happening. Fixing flyaways, calming nerves, wrangling family chaos, helping timelines flow smoothly, making people laugh, handling curveballs without panic, and making sure you actually get to enjoy your wedding day instead of feeling like you’re stuck in a photoshoot for 10 hours. My style is true-to-color, timeless, emotional, and full of life. I want your photos to feel beautiful now and still beautiful 30 years from now. Nothing overly trendy. Nothing stiff or forced. Just your people, your story, your energy, exactly as it felt. I was born and raised in Panama City, Florida, and I’m a Florida girl through and through. Salt water keeps me alive, sunshine is basically a personality trait at this point, and no matter how many incredible places this job takes me, this area will always be home. I got my first camera for my 21st birthday and what started as a creative outlet unexpectedly turned into a career that changed my entire life almost overnight after winning Best of Bay only months into business. Now, years later, I’m photographing weddings for people whose senior portraits I took over a decade ago, which honestly still blows my mind. Life — and loss — taught me very early how important photographs really are. I lost my brother when I was 14 and my mom years later, and those experiences completely shaped the way I view this work. Photos become the proof that it all happened. That the people we love were here. They’re the things we hold onto when life changes, people grow, children get older, and time keeps moving way too fast. I don’t take that responsibility lightly. The experience matters just as much as the photos themselves. I care deeply about my couples, their families, and the once-in-a-lifetime moments they’re trusting me with. I want you to feel comfortable enough to fully be yourselves, have the absolute best time, and walk away with images that feel honest, emotional, elevated, and undeniably you.