About this vendor
Clay Benedict Photography is a wedding imagery company in Portales, NM, serving couples across Texas and New Mexico. Photographer Clay has a penchant for outdoor photoshoots steeped in nature and adventure. The business' specialties are countryside weddings and rustic engagement sessions, and Clay looks forward to capturing your exciting journey on camera.
Since 2015, Clay Benedict has enjoyed collaborating with numerous couples and their families. The firm's photography style is photojournalistic and candid, and Clay hopes to portray your individuality on camera with authenticity. This talented artist prefers taking a natural, unobtrusive approach to posed portraits and will aim to document your day's real emotion and spontaneous joy.
Clay Benedict Photography covers destination weddings and engagement sessions throughout the United States' Southwestern region (New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado). Clay offers prospective newlyweds both a traditional and a micro wedding package. Whether you want images of your special ceremony or all-day coverage, you can look forward to carefully edited photographs delivered via an online gallery, print, and album.
Details
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Drone
- Online Proofing
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Printed Proofs
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Documentary
- Dramatic
- Lifestyle
- Vintage
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
Awards and Affiliations
2-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2023.2022.
Best of Weddings
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Reviews
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5
out of 5.016 reviews
This is the person to hire for your wedding!! Clay is an amazing photographer. He has amazing attention to detail. He was very great at communication from the minute we hired hi...
m. He went to our wedding rehearsal so that he can scout out spots for the best photographs. He also brought his amazing wife along, who made sure everyone’s hair and makeup and clothing looked the absolute best for the photos. Truly a power couple. We consider ourselves super blessed to have had the please of Clay as our photographer. We are extremely pleased with the photos. Words cannot express our happiness with his works. Hire him! You will not regret it!!!
All I can say is my husband and I were blown away. Not only were our pictures amazing but my family said that he was absolutely amazing at the wedding, so kind and professional! He...
captured exactly what I wanted, and I am so happy with all of the pictures we got.
My husband and I are very grateful to of had Clay photograph our wedding. His wife joined him and she was also very sweet and very helpful! She helped fixed bridesmaids dress, post...
ure, etc. She even helped wash the dishes at our venue which I thought was soooo sweet of her. It was a big help. Overall, we received beautiful prints, and an online gallery with quality photos! I couldn’t recommend him enough.
Clay Benedict's photography was absolutely amazing for not only our engagement photos but our wedding as well. He took the time to understand our needs. Met us at the venues to get...
his artistic view on things and really stood above the rest of the photographers we interacted with. Clay Benedict Photography is one of if not the best photographer in town. If you are looking for professional stunning wedding photos this is your guy!
Clay and his wife are amazing photographers! They put all their heart into their photos! We had some issues with our wedding venue and were almost halfway through our payments and ...
didn't know what to do. They worked at finding a venue with us and in the end they were able to move things around and went with us to Las Vegas, NV and taking beautiful pictures at our elopement and on the strip. I couldn't have asked for a better experience at a more hectic time.
We are so happy with our beautiful photos and the time we had with Clay! It was so much fun and easy to pose with such kind photographers!! They went above and beyond our expectati...
ons and we are so greatful for them!
Clay had great timing on arrival, and was an absolute pleasure to work with. Clay is able to bring out the best in peoples personalities and it truly shows in his work. If you want...
your special moments to be captured forever, look no further!
My husband hired Clay for a surprise photo shoot during an anniversary trip and he did not disappoint. He was very professional and friendly and his wife who assisted him was the s...
weetest! Unfortunately it rained during our shoot but you would have never known by the quality of the pictures that the weather was less than ideal as the pictures were still so clear and the lighting perfect. He really has a gift and special eye for this! I would hire him again with no question at all!
Clay and his wife were awesome! Communication was key during the planning and execution phases of our wedding. My wife and I were in different locations during planning and our sch...
edules were always changing because of our jobs. Resulting in us relying heavily on zoom calls and e-mails, Clay made every single accommodation to make sure that we were both included and on the same page. He and his wife traveled for our wedding and made sure to take part in the rehearsal (which was the day before) to have an idea of the venue layout and the location of the sun so he could determine where the best photos would be taken. On game day, they were ready to go! We got ready in two different locations and Clay went back and forth to make sure to capture quality photos of us and the families getting dressed up. Following that, my wife and I did our first look and we are so happy that Clay was able to capture exactly what we wanted! For the ceremony and reception he took the most amazing photos of us, and we are truly grateful that he and his wife were able to mingle so well with both families. The next day he had already sent us sneak peaks which was the best unexpected gift. Within a couple weeks, we had the final product!
Overall, Clay Benedict Photography is hands down the best. We would absolutely book him again if we were to do the whole thing all over. His creativity along with his professionalism and character easily make him one of the best wedding photographers in NM.
Oh Our fantastic Dynamic Duo!!!
Randall and I could not have asked for a better fit for our special day. From day one, Clay and Krystal were responsive, patient, understanding a...
nd flexible in dealing with my anxious, indecisive bridal-ness! They are professional and reliable, thoughtful and real…. And damn they photograph amazing memories!
Ultimately, Claybenedict Photography, made our big day stress free! And captured unforgettable moments!
A special thanks to Krystal who was my “‘wedding day god-fairy” that I never knew I needed!
Clayton Benedict photography is absolutely amazing!!! He is very professional and when he wants to get the perfect picture he isn't afraid of directing people to get in the perfect...
spot. He is such a wonderful photographer he has and always will have my business going forward! Please let him take photos of all the memories you want to capture. You won't regret it!
Incredible attentiveness to detail. He helped us make our wedding unforgettable!
Clay was super professional. He was on time for everything, he even came to take pictures of me and my bridesmaids getting ready before the ceremony. My family also complimented me...
on how nice our photographer was. His pictures are gorgeous. Will definitely pick him for future events!
When we hired Clay we had panned our ceremony for before COVID, then everything got cancelled!!! Clay held our booking until a year and a half later, came to the site two days be...
fore to help us set up the perfect shots, and delivered the best photos of our day we could have hoped for. We could not have done this without Clay's help and expertise, he is the consummate professional, completely dependable, and has a true photographers eye! He travelled to our location, was there early for every meeting, kept up continuous contact for over a year, and was available when we finally were able to hold the ceremony. He is fun, charismatic, but also a complete professional on the job!
Our pictures exceeded all our expectations, and truly captured our Sunset ceremony.
Thank you Clay, we hope to see you and use your services again!
Leah, Jason and Bentley
Clayton was an exceptional photographer. He captures photos where they look so beautiful and natural. He made us look amazing on our day! 10/10 reccomend. I will always use Clayton...
for our photography needs.
Clay is a wonderful photographer. He has done some work for me including re-taking some photos my fiancé did not like that were taken by someone else and he made them fantastic! He...
was punctual, gave wonderful advice during the shoot and detailed pricing very well. Definitely will be at my wedding since we rescheduled because of Covid Restrictions.
Contact
Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Oklahoma
Clay Benedict Photography