Lifestyle
Beaufort Photography Co
They’re here! Our new Beaufort Photography Co. business cards have finally arrived! While word-of-mouth will always be the most effective advertising in which a company can engage, having some quality print material exchanging hands around the world is a close second. Phase one of introducing ourselves to you as we make the Crystal Coast our…
Read MoreA man’s house is his castle
In 1644, English jurist, Edward Coke, said, “A man’s house is his castle.” Domus sua cuique tutissimum refugium – One’s home is the safest refuge for all. The expression even found its way into our Bill of Rights, “The right of people to be secure in their…houses…against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.”…
Read MoreShooting action sequences
Shooting action sequences is something you’re more likely to do at a sporting event or graduation ceremony or photographing birds in your backyard. However, I believe shooting action sequences has a place in wedding and engagement photography as well. I’m not sure when I began doing this but it seems at every wedding, engagement, or…
Read MoreThree 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…
Read MoreBefore Photoshop or Instagram
Before Photoshop or Instagram, Mervyn O’Gorman made these ethereal lifestyle portraits of Christina at Lulworth Cove in Dorset County, England. In 1913. With no Photoshop, no Instagram filters, and no digital post processing of any kind. O’Gorman used one of the first color photo technologies called Autochrome, “an additive color ‘mosaic screen plate’ process. The…
Read MoreOnly thing missing is YOU
Only thing missing is YOU! The beach this week was simply gorgeous. As we biked through Atlantic Beach, Salter Path, and Pine Knoll Shores, we found ourselves riding down every boardwalk and pier we could find just to get another glimpse of the sea. While swinging down the beach from the Oceanana Fishing Pier, it…
Read MoreBrothers and Sisters
There is nothing as unpredictable and exciting as photographing brothers and sisters! One never knows what will happen when you get them together. No two people on the face of the earth can love, hate, care for, and despise each other as much as brothers and sisters. At Beaufort Photography Co. we love them! Dylan…
Read MoreA Crystal Coast Autumn
A Crystal Coast autumn comes alive. Rainbow colors blanket the trees. Lawns resemble patchwork quilts. It’s as if the trees are wired with electricity and someone suddenly flips the switch. Leaves. Few words conjure as vibrant an image of childhood autumn days as this one. Growing up in southeast Tennessee meant our summers were green…
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