I loved photographing Cori and Andrew’s Wedding in Hershey, PA (This was on my blog before but somehow it was deleted).

This was one of the most amazing couples to work with. I am so happy that I get to share their wedding once again.

Here are a few of the details surrounding the wedding:

Wedding Ceremony: Founders Hall in Hershey, PA

Wedding Reception: Purcell Friendship Hall in Hershey, PA

Cupcake Tower: The Couture Cakery

Flowers: Annie McGinley

Transportation: Hershey Trolley Works

DJ: Occasions DJs

Check out the short slideshow from Cori and Andrew’s wedding:

Here are a few of my favorite wedding day photos:

I loved Cori’s dress!

Cori was one of the most stunning brides I have ever seen………so classic and elegant.

Here comes the bride…

Founders Hall in Hershey is an amazing venue for a wedding ceremony.

I love weddings with bubble exits!

I love the pastel colors in their bride and groom portraits.

Chucks!

Once again……love the pastel colors mixed with amazing light!

The first dance at Purcell Friendship Hall in Hershey, PA

Cori and Andrew’s wedding reception was so much fun. It was the only time I have witnessed a group singalong to Rocky Horror Picture Show…so awesome!

Jasmine Clouser, owner of The Couture Cakery, did an amazing job with the cupcake tower.

Sealed with a kiss.

Please check out more of my work.

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Photographing this wedding for Jessica and Travis was so much fun. I loved the light for their first dance. It was natural window light only. For one of the photos, I used the window to backlight them and for the other, I simply  put the window at my back and watched the soft light wrap around them. This gorgeous wedding was at Heritage Hills in York, PA.

You can check out my original blog post to see a slideshow and more images from the wedding.

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Welcome to Thomas Beaman Photography. I am keeping this blog post at the top of the page because I want new visitors to learn who I am without having to scroll through pages of archives.

While I am experienced with many different styles of photography, I specialize in wedding day storytelling. I love telling the unique story of a wedding using images with emotion and expression.

Couples spend over a year planning their wedding and I make sure to pay attention to every single detail and photograph them in an artistic way.

I love keeping portrait sessions between the bride & groom, bridal party and families very relaxed. I want the true personalities of my clients to show in these photographs. I want you to look back at these images in 20 years and say “that was so us!”

Please view the slideshow above to see a few of my favorite images. I am also going to share a few thoughts from my previous clients.

I take pride in my ongoing photography education which is why I am a member of WPPI (Wedding & Portrait Photographers International). I take 3-4 workshops every year to keep my photography skills polished. I also take 2-3 workshops on photo editing. I attend at least 1 major trade show each year to keep current on the latest products.

I have won a few awards in the past 2 years including Simply The Best 2011 for Wedding Photography in Harrisburg Magazine. I also won The Knot 2011 Best of Weddings and awards for Brides Choice on Weddingwire for 2010, 2011 and 2012.

I have had weddings published in The Knot, Susquehanna Style, Wedding Style and Premier Bride.

Please take a look around my site and feel free to contact me if you think I might be the right photographer for you.

Thank you,

Thomas Beaman

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Yosemite National Park is one of the most amazing places to photograph. I have spent many days walking around this park with my camera and I always come away with stunning images.

Summer is the most popular time of the year in the park but I prefer to photograph in spring, winter and fall.

Here are a few of my favorite photographs (there were too many to post in one blog post so check back to see part 2 and part 3…..probably part 4 and 5 too)

One of the most famous views in Yosemite is Tunnel View (made famous by Ansel Adams)

The Merced River flows through Yosemite Valley and it has many different looks depending on when you are there. Here is the river during a spring flood.

Here is the river during the fall. The orange and yellow hues were caused by a major wildfire burning just outside of the park. The sun was trying to break through the thick smoke which turned everything bright yellow and orange (I have a photo taken at sunrise on this smokey day that I will share in my next Yosemite blog post).

And here is the river in winter taken from the same place as the photo above (just zoomed in a bit).

Winter mornings in Yosemite are amazing! Here is a shot of El Capitan with early morning fog.

Here is a wide angle from the same location. I took this on my Fuji G617 panorama film camera. There was no guessing with this camera…..you only got 4 shots with a roll of 120 film (I used Fuji Velvia 50 slide film) so you had to make them count.

This photo scared me a bit. I was photographing this deer with a 100-300mm lens. He was walking around the park eating and minding his own business. He kept getting closer and finally I was only at 100mm and this is as wide as I could get. He looked and stared at me for about 15 seconds. We were pretty close to each other and I kept picturing one of those antlers coming at me………..I never enlarged this photo but I would like to make a big print someday.

I have a few other landscape photography posts on my blog. Here is one from Lake Tahoe.

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Photographing Emily & Ben’s wedding at Lauxmont Farms was awesome! This was the first time I had ever been to this wedding venue and I was blown away by the landscape views.

This particular shot of their wedding ceremony was featured in The Knot. Here is the magazine layout.

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These were up on my old blog but did not get transferred when I moved everything over.

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area was amazing. I have lived in many different areas including Lake Tahoe, Southern California, Las Vegas and Pennsylvania but nothing can compare to Northern CA.

Here are a few of my favorite images taken between San Francisco and Big Sur (All images except the black and white Golden Gate Bridge image were photographed using an old Pentax 67 film camera with Fuji Velvia 50 slide film).

These first images were taken from the Marin Headlands on the north side of the bridge. The night shots were 2 minute exposures. It took about 20 tries at each location because it was tough to do a 2 minute exposure without having wind gusts………..it was frustrating but expected.

This San Francisco skyline photo was taken from Treasure Island.

Here are a few of my favorite images taken along Highway 1 near Big Sur.

This last one is my personal favorite of the Big Sur area.

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The photo of the week is one from Mary & Scott’s wedding at the Peter Allen House. It was a rainy day which really brought out the colors in the landscape and the gorgeous bouquets designed by Weddings by JDK.

This is one of my favorite bridal party photos I have ever photographed. Mary and the girl were so fun to work with. Check out the entire wedding and slideshow.

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Photographing Kristen & Matt’s wedding at Hotel Bethlehem was perfect. We really lucked out with wedding pictures with a temperature of almost 60 degrees…….on January 7th!

Here is a slideshow from the wedding and a few of my favorite photos.

Kristen was an absolutely stunning bride

I love this photo of Kristen and the adorable flower girl.

As Kristen was walking down the aisle, I turned to capture a quick photo of Matt watching his beautiful bride get closer……..then I noticed Matt’s mom watching him (I love photographing a beautiful series like this). Once the ceremony started, I headed to the balcony to grab a few wide angle photos of the church. I loved how the sunlight was creating those shadows from the right side.

First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem is a beautiful setting for a wedding.

The Kiss.

As Kristen and Matt walked out of the church, there was one spot of sunlight that I knew would make a gorgeous shot. I watched them getting closer and hoped that they would be looking up when they hit the magic spot………Yes!

We really lucked out with the warm weather in January.

I loved working with this bridal party……….an awesome group of people!

On Main Street right out front of Hotel Bethlehem.

Party time at Hotel Bethlehem!

At first glance, it might appear that my camera is really dirty but those tiny spots are crows. As we walked down Main Street we kept joking that we were really taking a risk. There were thousands of crows flying over Bethlehem in every direction. Luckily we made it back without being hit and ended up with this really nice photo in front of Hotel Bethlehem.

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