During a recent family beach trip to North Topsail Beach we hired Billy Beach to capture the…read moremoments, so glad I did! We had a blast posing and now that I have the pics, I am super happy. He captured lots of great portrait and action/candid shots. And the his fees were perfect. Such professional results at such a reasonable fee. Amazing. We have some wonderful shots of Mom and Dad which we will cherish always. Thanks Billy!

So happy with my choice to go with Billy Beach Photography!!…read moreHad a great experience booking, communicating throughout, Billy was super accommodating and the pictures came back great and quickly!

We worked with Tom on a beach portrait family shoot over Memorial Day weekend. Tom was extremely…read moreaccommodating working with our 1 year old daughter. She has an early bedtime which makes it difficult to shoot at dusk. Tom came up with multiple creative solutions on where to shoot to work with ideal lighting. The pictures came out beautiful. I would highly recommend Tom to anyone seeking a family portrait in the Wilmington area.

Tom Sapp did a fantastic job of reproducing my fathers childhood photo. It was a bubble photo, torn…read moreis several areas, and the painted part was faded. The photo was 97 years old. He did a fantastic job of getting me a photo of him that is nearly perfect from what the original was, less the bubble of course. I am so pleased to have found him and he will be my go to guy for any future work I may have to have done. He is a master of his profession, I could not be happier. I would highly recommend him for any photo work. Susan C.

My name is Sunja and I came across Mandy's work online looking for a maternity photographer in…read moreWilmington. Really liked the pictures and reached out. Initially she responded and we were supposed to speak over the phone but I never heard back so I followed up. She then did and we ended up speaking. I asked her to send me an invoice so we can lock in the date but she didn't for a while so I followed up again. She then did. Then the week of our scheduled photoshoot I saw the weather wouldn't be good on our shooting day and I texted her to hop on quick phone call to discuss further and potentially see how we can make it happen or pick a couple other shooting day options. Again no response for days who knows if I didn't reach out maybe longer. I reached out a third and final time to request a refund which I haven't received yet. I'm baffled by the fact that Mandy is running a business and lacking basic good communication, I've been repeatedly experiencing a lack of responsiveness in this short time of working together which has left wondering, kind of stressed and certainly taking all the joy out of it for me all while being in my last trimester of my pregnancy. She specializes in working with pregnant people and new moms, I just don't understand the lack of consideration and professionalism. Save yourself the headache and work with another photographer. I wish I did, now I'm running out of time hoping to find someone else to work with for a maternity shoot while still pregnant all last minute. Quite Upsettin!

Mandy was very nice and pleasant to work with. We love our family photos, she is very talented…read more However, her pricing is extremely costly and she charged an extra $25 per photo after an initial set of only 20 photos! Yikes! It felt like a very bad experience to see all your amazing photos and have them blocked, after a very costly upfront fee. Our family photo shoot ended up costing us $750.

Travis is an incredibly talented photographer. I have been very pleased with his work both for a…read morecasual photo shoot as well as a graduation shoot. He is easy to work with and provides great quality results no matter the event. I couldn't ask for more and would highly recommend Travis to anyone looking for photos for an upcoming event. ((Additionally his website makes veiwing and downloading pictures extremely easy. ))

Happy humble dude but with magic in his hands. I took a chance at a random craiglist ad, a quick…read moreresponse saying he was game and less than 24 hrs later, early morning session day. Pretty tough conditions out, but he stayed in tune the whole time and I was so stoked to see he captured the quick few seconds I FINALLY landed waves. Subtle atmospherics and timing seemed to be a specialty, waiting to accent the moment the pelicans flew over my head, the mist from the top of the waves as I'm diving under, or when the ray of sunlight is lined up to expose my position. Far exceeded expectations! Many professional photographers out there, but not all are artists. Travis is one of the latter.

Kym was amazing!! For context I reached out as a tourist in her area ahead of our trip to…read morecoordinate photography of a surprise proposal for my sister (on behalf of my brother in law). Kym was very responsive, quick to provide reference photos to different areas as we were not locals and had never been on location before, and she helped pull off a seamless (almost) surprise proposal. I say almost because the weather did not want to cooperate. Obviously no fault of Kym's and she was extremely accommodating, offering to change the date to a better weather day. However we were too deep and afraid my sister would catch on if we switched days. The weather was in fact subpar, and Kym was so amazing that she offered to come back out the next day and continue the shoot to try and get better photos. Can't recommend her enough, we would absolutely hire her again! Thank you again for everything Kym!!

Kym has been taking our family pictures for years and is a very talented and patient photographer…read more She is great to work with and captures wonder memories of our family. I highly recommend her!!

Just like everyone else has said. DO NOT BOOK THIS WEDDING PLANNER. She does absolutely nothing…read more She's also very condescending. My husband picked her and I should not have listened to him. COURTNEY IF YOU SEE THIS MESSAGE, I want a refund.

In October 2017 I won a bid at a silent auction for $250.00 package from Courtney. Now July of…read more2018, we have not had a portrait session taken as requested. She is never available at our times, canceled one appt 1 hour before scheduled time and last appt. on July 15th she never showed, when it was discovered on her website she had an event already booked at the same time! She actually tried to pass the blame to my daughter for her (Courtney's) lack of professionalism. We have decided due to months of trying to get our "award" honored that it is not worth it. After all, a gift certificate does not have any financial benefit, and we are uncomfortable with the idea of having our treasured photos taken by this "business"... I do not recommend this business, research for the one that best fills your needs and wants.

We worked with Samantha to photograph my newborn, wife and self. She has an incredible eye for…read morecomposing warm, well-balanced shots that capture our family's personality and love for each other. Since the newborn stage goes so quickly we were really glad to capture this precious stage in life. Highly recommended.

From the owner: I believe that every picture tells a story. My goal is to capture those moments that will become…read morecherished memories.

We had Amanda take our elopement pictures. They turned out AMAZING. She is fantastic at her job and…read morejust an overall amazing artist. We will do our best never to work with anyone else. If you are looking for a photographer look no further. They are the BEST!

Happy 8 did an excellent job with our family photos earlier this year! They took their time, gave…read moreexcellent direction and we ended up with wonderful pictures. I will definitely use them for all my photography needs in the future. I can't recommend them enough!

From the owner: Happy 8 Photography is a family oriented freelance company based out of Wilmington, NC…read more Specializing in several varieties of photography & videography, Happy 8 ranges it's skills from real estate/newborn / maternity / lifestyle to weddings and events. Drone footage also available for all of your aerial and real estate needs. Be sure to check us out on Facebook for frequent updates!