Erin Beach became a wedding photographer after working for almost a decade in the news industry as a photojournalist and video producer.

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Erin consistently captures the uniqueness of each couple’s event, from Raleigh, NC to Sayulita, Mexico to the Napa Valley. Erin’s easy-going nature and instant likeability endears her to her clients while her modern flair establishes her as a cutting-edge wedding photojournalist.

As the demand for true photojournalists to capture the realism of unscripted wedding moments has increased, so too has recognition of Erin’s work.

People Magazine selected one of Erin's weddings for its inaugural real-life weddings issue. She is regularly featured in The Knot Magazine, and she’s been published in the editorial sections of Here Comes The Guide, Today's Bride, and Brides Northern California. She’s an award-winning member of both the Wedding Photojournalism Association and the Artistic Guild of the Wedding Photojournalism Association.

Erin’s photos have appeared in USA Today, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Chicago Tribune, the Pioneer Press Newspaper Group, The Charleston (WV) Gazette and The Winston-Salem Journal. Her documentary feature film work played at the San Francisco Indie Film Fest, the Big Sky (MT) Documentary Film Festival, and the Santa Cruz Film Festival. Erin received a photojournalism degree from North Carolina State University.

"Erin's photography represents the wonderful and comic moments that are too ephemeral to be fixed in memory. She has a view of the event that is intimate, but at the same time also a view from outside— an objective view. For example, she captured the delightful moment Nat first saw Melody as we prepared to walk down the aisle. Erin does not shy away from color or movement— both of which were recorded beautifully. In addition to the pictures of the "key" wedding moments— exchange of rings, cake-cutting, etc,—we treasure all the subtleties caught by Erin's lens: the joy, tears, private looks, gasps, and dance moves of our dearest friends and family. Aside from her professional prowess, she is a terrific person, who we trusted to capture this important day. She deserves every accolade and award won, and many more. We only wish she could have been a guest too!"
Nat and Melody

“Only her shots were worthy of our memories, and she was somehow able to illustrate to us what we missed as well. Erin’s positive spirit lent itself to our joyous occasion. It was a complete pleasure to spend
our wedding day with her.”
Sarah and Chris


Erin was fantastic! Her work speaks for itself, but that is only part of it. She not only captured our wedding day with style and class, but she was totally behind the scenes... She was never obtrusive or in the way...
I highly recommend Erin Beach for any occasion!
Carl and Pilar


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