Clay Austin Photography

Clay is the best!!! I had fallen in love with his aesthetic on Instagram, and was thrilled when he came highly recommended to us by our wedding planners. He put us at ease immediately, and eliminated the awkwardness of having strangers document the most intimate moments of your wedding day. He captured the necessary posed shots, but was able to improvise a lot based on the flow of the day and what the light was doing at that point in time. We simply can't say enough about Clay and cannot WAIT to see our photos!!

Clay is absolutely wonderful! Clay is absolutely wonderful! From first interaction to last, Clay was completely first class, with such an amazingly positive attitude. Neither my husband nor I are big picture takers or naturally photogenic and Clay had an amazing ability to capture candid moments and to keep us relaxed and laughing. We got ready for the wedding at my parent's home and Clay and his assistant were such a wonderful addition to the day with their smiles, laughter, kindness, calmness and professionalism. The biggest goal for our wedding photos was to capture moments of our family and Clay caught some of the most amazing images of my parents, siblings, grandparents, extended family and of my husband and I. He also did a wonderful job capturing the children in attendance and the overall emotion of the day- you can tell he is a parent himself with his patience and boundless positive energy. Clay is an incredible talent and I believe he will be the next big photographer on the scene :) Thank you to Clay for preserving some amazing memories for our family, we are truly grateful.

Clay is unbelievably talented and can make anyone feel extremely comfortable in front of his lense. He not only captures the "formal" photos that all the parents want to have but also the captures the very special candid moments that show raw emotions. Clay's photos are one of a kind and he has an unqique gift of finding the most amazing lighting in every one of his shots. If you are lucky enough to book Clay, you will undoubtedly have photos you and your loved ones will cherish for the rest of your lives. His pictures truly are worth a million words and you will order every. single. one. Thank you, Clay for perfectly capturing the best day of our lives.

Clay was a dream come true. His way with getting kids to pose for the camera was a true gift! He made us feel so at home like he was part of the family, and captured some of the most amazing photos we have ever seen. The pictures turned out better than we could of asked for and his professionalism was top notch. Thank you Clay for being there to capture every memory on our special day.

Clay was absolutely amazing!!! We cannot say enough about him. He was so helpful and took the most beautiful shots. We loved him!

My husband and I honestly cannot express just how amazing and talented Clay is. We are completely in love with every photograph! Clay made us extremely comfortable and was so easy to work with. He knows how to bring the best out of people and show it in the photographs he takes. He is absolutely unreal, so fun to work with and the results are incredible. We truly couldn’t have dreamt of anything more wonderful, from the experience to the pictures we will cherish forever. Clay is the best, without a doubt. Thank you so much for everything, Clay!

Our Wedding Pictures are Gorgeous!!! Clay is Wonderful to work with and an Amazing Talented Photographer! Every picture was perfect! Best photographer in Charleston!

Love Clay, seriously he was amazing and made the day perfect. I can't say enough good things about him and his crew!! Just one meeting with him and you will stop looking around.

I think that hiring Clay Austin to be our wedding photographer was the best decision that we made about our wedding! Not only did he take fantastic engagement photos, I am basically obsessed with our wedding pictures. He and his assistant John did such an amazing job capturing our wedding day perfectly. When I go back and look at the photos, all I do is smile. Not only is Clay an amazing photographer, but an amazing person. He makes taking pictures fun, and makes you laugh throughout the day. He just “gets” it. I have been in a bunch of other weddings, and Clay’s demeanor and how he handles every situation is just perfect. He is the perfect mix of telling people what to do to make the photos move along combined with making everyone laugh and have a great time along the way. He is also super responsive in all manners of communication! (Email, phone, text, etc). Additionally, Clay flew in for my wedding. Clay is based in South Carolina, but came out to Yosemite (California) for my wedding. He did a great job of finding cheap flights, finding an assistant and keeping costs down. What I am saying here is, if you are having a destination wedding or just love Clay, bring him along…its worth it!!

We had the pleasure of working with Clay for both our engagement photo shoot and for photographing our wedding at the William Aiken House in Charleston, SC. Clay exceeded our expectations in every way during the entire process. As a vendor, he was perfect (immediately responsive to all of our questions, delivered all of our photos much faster than we expected, provided wonderfully creative suggestions for engagement photo settings), but more importantly he really felt like a friend taking part in the proceedings during the ceremony and reception. He made us feel perfectly at ease taking photos, and delivered amazing pictures of our event that we'll treasure forever. We would use Clay again in a second and highly recommend him to anyone looking for a wedding photographer.

Clay was amazing to work with for my bridal portraits and wedding photography! I could not have asked for a more personable, professional and inventive photographer to remember our big day! He was open to our ideas for shots, but also had a lot of great ideas that turned out amazing! He definitely got all the shots we wanted and didn’t stop until he got the perfect pictures. His past experience as a portrait photographer was apparent as the shots of my husband and me and our posed guest portraits were spectacular and my guests loved them just as much as I did. He also captured the excitement of the evening with the candid reception shots as well. Clay was very easy to work with, delivering my photos in a timely manner and didn’t mind me asking for a few other shots that we did not receive in large collection of photos. He was wonderful and I would recommend him wholeheartedly.

I found Clay through my sister and I'm so thankful he was available to photograph our wedding. Clay was incredibly helpful with any/all questions I had leading up to the big day and the excitement he expressed in all of our communications helped confirm I had made the right choice. When we received Clay's email saying our pictures were ready I could not wait to relive our special day through his photographs. His work is amazing and I constantly find myself flipping through all the pictures/memories he captured. I would highly recommend Clay Austin Photography to anyone looking for a photographer. Clay was professional, fun, creative and worth every penny!

Clay was possibly the BEST part about our wedding. Because of a situation with our other photographer, Clay stepped in the WEEK OF our wedding to help us out. This prevented so much wedding drama for me. We hadn't worked with him as a couple until the day of the wedding but he jumped right in and made us so comfortable. He was able to capture so many moments that I didn't think possible, and I often forgot he was there snapping away. His style is EXACTLY what we had envisioned, capturing the essentials along with the creative shots, all with a timeless lens on everything. Our photos turned out so much better than I ever could have imagined and just for the fact that everyone (including our wedding party, family members, etc.) commented how pleasant he and his wife were, means that we would highly recommend him to anyone looking. We even recommended him to a couple who ended up booking him too! If you want a photographer who listens, isn't intrusive, makes you incredibly comfortable, truly acts like he cares to be there, and has a timeless style, Clay Austin Photography is for you!