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Bohemian brides sneak preview
Two brides…best friends…weddings on the same day…the premise behind our recent Bohemian bridal styled photo shoot. Stay tuned for more photos next week, but for now below is a Bohemian brides sneak preview. Beaufort Photography Co. teamed up with a group of amazing models and wedding vendors to photograph these beautiful Boho brides on their…
Dodging storms and chasing light
Jenn is the quintessential surfer girl. Born and raised Down East, she’s spent her whole life on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast. She knows the area like the back of her hand. Excited to get to photograph her in her element, we spent the early evening dodging storms and chasing light in Atlantic Beach. Our lifestyle…
Tracey and Scott wedding surprise
Tracey and Scott wedding surprise: One sneaky bride-to-be + One phony birthday party for the groom-to-be + One surprise wedding + One fantastic friend = Newlywed photos of the bride and groom at the Olde Towne Yacht Club in Beaufort on North Carolina’s gorgeous Crystal Coast When Scott and Tracey celebrated their most special of…
Crystal Coast celebration
The seashore, salty air, sand dunes, and shining sun – all reasons for a Crystal Coast celebration in Atlantic Beach last week. Oh yeah, and life…beautiful, wonderful, amazing life! Three years ago to the day, Allie received a bilateral lung transplant ensuring she would experience a lot more days like this one. If you’re like…
Photo shoot location scouting
This past weekend I happened to post a couple of photos on my personal Instagram account (@mikegothard) which mentioned I was logging some time photo shoot location scouting in preparation for several photo shoots over the next couple of weeks. A friend in the film industry messaged me asking if “location scouting” for a photo…
Leave something to the imagination
The best photographs always leave something to the imagination; they leave us wondering and thinking and wishing and “What iffing.” It’s the same with a good book or an engaging film or a compelling poem. Anything that shows everything and leaves nothing to the imagination tends toward the boring and predictable. As human beings we…
Booking 2017 weddings today
“Booking 2017 weddings today,” read the magazine ad I saw yesterday. Upon reading that ad, the optimists among us will likely think, “We’re just half way through 2016. No need to rush into these things. I’ve got all the time in the world.” However, the pessimists among us will think more along the lines of,…
To infinity and beyond
“To infinity…and beyond!” Okay, I confess…this post has absolutely nothing to do with Buzz Lightyear of Toy Story fame. But it does have to do with light years and light. Astronomers tell us that our galaxy, the Milky Way, is just one of billions of galaxies in an astoundingly vast universe, each of which contains…
Photography 101: ISO
Photography 101: ISO Light is an amazing thing. I once viewed Saturn through a telescope and was able to actually see its rings. I was looking at a planet that was 746 million miles away. How far away is that? Light travels at 186,000 miles per second or 670 million miles per hour. Traveling at…