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2016 Wedding Season Around the Corner

Yes, it’s the middle of February. Yes, it’s not even Valentine’s Day yet. Yes, it’s 31 degrees outside this morning. Yes, it’s supposed to snow this weekend. Yes, it’s still the season of big coats, hot chocolate, and long underwear. Yes, the 2016 wedding season is just around the corner! Beginning in about a month,…

How to Photograph Reception Details

As a wedding photographer, how to photograph reception details is one of the most overlooked tasks you will face on the bride’s special day. Though most of us work with a fairly detailed shot list, too often reception details get lumped in rather than discussed and determined beforehand, which can result in some rather embarrassing…

Washington DC in February

Washington DC in February is about as dismal as it gets. Though it’s a rainy, messy February morning on North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, I’ll take this over the US capital any day of the week. Below are a few photos to remind me just how wonderful we have it here on the Crystal Coast. If…

Three sisters and a brother

Three sisters and a brother sounds like the title of a Hollywood movie, but in this case it was the title of a Northeastern North Carolina lifestyle portrait session a few years back. Amber, Ashley, Autumn, and Michael were all in town for one of Northeastern North Carolina’s mild Christmases. We met on a picture…

Crystal Coast Shells

Crystal coast shells serve as a continual reminder to me that the sea is just a block away. And today that reminder is much needed and welcome for I am home in bed sick with the flu this weekend. It began Tuesday night. Wednesday afternoon I was actually hopeful I might escape. Wednesday night it…

Photography 101: Exposure

Photography 101: Exposure Photography 101 Back to Basics is a series of posts I’ve wanted to do for some time. Whether you’re a professional photographer, a photography enthusiast, or simply own a camera, we all play by the same basic photography principles. For the next twelve months, I will address twelve photography basics – one…

Everyone needs a lens mug

Everyone needs a lens mug, especially this time of the year. You see, it’s that season of life that every kid-at-heart knows will arrive one day in the hopefully far distant future but dreads, nevertheless, every time December 25 rolls around. It’s that season of life when Christmas presents have become few and far in…

Book 2016 Wedding Photographer Now

Book 2016 Wedding Photographer Now. Beaufort Photography Co. has been on the road the first couple of weeks of 2016 but we’re back to the beautiful (and for now cold) Crystal Coast of North Carolina. We’ll be resuming our regular Monday and Thursday blog posts so be sure to R.S.V.P. R = Read We’ll be…

Photography 101 Back to Basics

Photography 101 Back to Basics is a series of posts I’ve wanted to do for some time. The fact is, as soon as people learn I’m a photographer the next words out of their mouths almost always begin with the words, “I wish…” “I wish I knew how to use my digital camera.” “I wish…