Top portrait photographs from the past year {Best of the Beach – Outer Banks NC Family & Wedding Photographer}

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Named Best Photographer of the Beach in the Outer Banks of NC? Thanks to everyone who voted for studio nassetta photography!

Well, there is no denying it, I did not keep up with any kind of blogging for the past year. I always have the best of intentions..but many of you know how it goes when you are trying to keep up with two young kids and being a girl boss at the same time. While I still intend to go back and blog a few favorite sessions from the past year, I figured I’d pick a “few” highlights of the year. Of course, going through all of my sessions and picking out the top ones is like telling someone to choose their favorite child. Pretty impossible to do..so I just went for it and still left plenty out of the mix. I’m already having regret to leave out so many. I might have to do a “best of” personal photography blog next. I thought this first image was good for a “looking back” post. It’s a favorite local family’s kids looking out to the ocean. Looking back or looking forward? I think it works both ways.

Best Outer-banks NC photographer, photograph of kids looking out at ocean sunset

In the past year I have photographed numerous families, a business, and a few weddings ranging all over the Outer Banks of North Carolina the way from Corolla, Duck, Southern shores, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head Woods, and the beaches Nags Head NC. I even had one destination photo shoot up in the historic battlefields of Manassas Virginia at the very end of year. I am always willing to travel to more exotic destinations like Hawaii (hint hint). Heck, I’d even take Charlottesville, VA. :)  I was also highly honored this year being named “Best of the Beach” for 2016 in the Outer Banks of NC. https://outerbanksvoice.com/2016/11/04/and-now-the-winners-of-2016s-best-of-the-beach-polling/  Thank you to all who voted and have supported me through out the years..I cannot tell you what it means to me!

Without further ado – here are some of my favorites from 2016. You will recognize many photographs if you follow studio nassetta on facebook..but there are a few that you probably have not seen. I have noticed that many of my favorites involve sweet little girls. Maybe that’s because I’m always photographing my own two crazy little boys and it’s so much fun to have a change of pace and capture a girl and her tutu! I also noticed that many of my favorites happen to be black and white. Usually I tend to edit photos in black and white to highlight the expression in the photo and let it stand on it’s own without distraction. It’s a personal artistic preference..but I just love a good black and white photograph. Unless it’s a gorgeous pink tutu with a flower crown. Then it’s color all the way…

What are your favorites? I’d love to know!

Outer Banks photographers 1st-birthday girl photos of baby in flower crown on beaches Duck-NC

award winning photograph of beach wedding couple in Nags Head NC

Award winning photograph of girl flying daddy - black white photo outer banks NC

family beach photography with red balloon in OBX NC

kids hug parents in family black and white portrait outer banks nc

Outer Banks family photography, father hugs kids by the ocean, beaches of OBX NC

girl playing with sand in Corolla NC_black white photograph

baby boy beach one year birthday suit crawling reflection photo OBX NC

Girl standing on a shipwreck in the beach of Corolla NC

outer banks nc free people girl twirling by the water

candid photograph family beach photography duck nc

children whalehead club portraits Corolla NC photographer

black and white obx beach family portrait

maternity photograph with flower crown, Kitty Hawk Pier, outer banks NC

father son portrait beach corolla nc

little girl holding baby doll by dunes of Coquina Beach, nags head NC

baby in baptism gown in field of yellow flowers in Currituck, NC

twin girls running on beach in corolla NC

intimate baby and mother photograph Outer banks NC

first birthday girl photo shoot with pink tutu on the beach in the outer banks of NC

one year old boy photo shoot with suspenders on the beach at nagshead NC

family walking photograph with Balloon in Nags head NC beach

preschool portraits in Kill Devil Hills NC

Outer Banks wedding photography kitty hawk pier NC - Hilton Garden Inn

lifestyle photography - joy and chaos children chasing in OBX Pine Island NC

sibling kids portrait on old pallet on the beaches of nags head NC

black and white family photo -hug on the beaches of nags head nc

1st birthday photo shoot with party hat and yellow tutu on beach at Nags head NC

mom and son play in waves on beach of corolla NC - lifestyle photographer OBX

twin girls tween portrait nagshead nc

family of five photograph with gorgeous sunset on the beach in Nags Head in Outer Banks NC

family photograph of local celebrity, bright color wardrobe outer banks NC

mother and son playing in the waves with clothes in outer banks NC - photo

christmas photo of beautiful girlby vintage ford truck in nagshead woods North Carolina

mom and boys hug laugh Nagshead woods NC

fairy girl nags head woods child photograph

All images shot with my trusty Canon 5D Mark III. Also a new addition to the studio nassetta family this year!

 

 

 

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Telling a story: Special connections with family groups {Nags Head NC Family Photography}

Although the Outer Banks has the perfect back drop for large family photos…  I admit it, big family groups used to make me a little nervous. The thought of coordinating everyone at the same time including the littlest of the bunch into one photo where no one is closing there eyes, sneezing, hitting their brother..etc… was an overwhelming task. But the reality is, while it take s a bit longer to set up the big extended family shot, it really usually comes together fairly seamlessly and then there is the good old fashion head-swap in Photoshop if we are really desperate. And the reality is family groups are really just a few smaller families bunched up together…and showing the intimate relationship between family members is my favorite thing to take photos of.

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This family was referred to me by a local friend from Kitty Hawk and it could not have been a nicer group of people. Sometimes you come across a family who’s story resonates with you even before you meet in person..and this was such a group. When you connect with with a family and share intimate details during emails before the photo session it can make the photo shoot all the more meaningful. Sometimes it’s a family member with a terminal illness, or a mother’s birthday, or an anniversary of sorts. Often it’s just a rare family reunion where everyone can get together for one big shot. When I connect with a family I am better able to tell their story through photographs. All I know is that I connected with this family in a special way and I wish we could hang out as friends. I think if a few of them lived closer perhaps we would. I like to think so anyways.

These images were taken this past September at Coquina Beach in Nags Head, NC. They are special to me and I hope the family cherishes them for years to come.

 

Nags Head NC beach photo of Dad chasing daughter Family photography on beach of Outer Banks NC uncle-niece-hug-outer-banks-nc Photo of Uncle with tattoos hugging niece in Nags Head NC older_siblings_hugging_mom_nagshead_nc  Newborn photographer - Nags Head NC mom and daughter photograph by ocean Outer banks NCnewborn-family-intimate-moment-nagshead-nc brothers_silly_oceanside_obx young_brothers_family_obx  young-boys-run-on-the-beach-obxdaddy-newborn-son-beach-nagshead-ncNewborn baby in a bucket by the water in the Outer Banks of NCOuter Banks NC family photograph - black and white image in front of ocean

 

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