Featured: Shoot 2 Shoot Blog Guest Interview

I recently had the awesome opportunity to be interviewed by the fine people over at Shoot2shoot. So what is Shoot2shoot you say? Basically its a tool for photographers to reach out to other photographers across the country. They also run a fantastic blog that offers some great tips on how to be a wedding photographer run a photography business in general. Being a regular reader of this blog, it was pretty awesome to get a chance to get interviewed for it!



They interviewed me from everything about pricing including: Why is wedding photography so expensive? How do I figure out what my specific wedding market is? How do I set my pricing? If your a budding photographer or just want to learn a little bit more about this important part of running a photography business definitely check it out!

You can view the full article over at: Shoot2Shoot's blog.

Sunset Engagement Session | Matt and Sarah's Engagement

Matt and Sarah are some of the biggest troopers I know. Honestly, I think they spilled a little blood during our engagement session. While traversing the great fields of South Carolina, we happened upon many a great spike and thorn bush... and then I somehow I had it in me to ask them to sit down amongst them and smile and look happy. Somehow we pulled off a beautiful engagement shoot. Here are some of my favorites from the very beautiful yet very painful shoot!

































Thanks again for having me guys! Can't wait until the wedding!

South Carolina Wedding Photographer Contest Results

Wow... I am so incredibly blown away by the results of today's annual South Carolina Association of Wedding Photographers contest. As I drove back from Columbia tonight I couldn't help but smile. 7 awards including three 1st place category wins and being named first runner up South Carolina Wedding Photographer of the year. What an honor! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to all the judges, past brides, mentors, and God for giving me this amazing skill to capture weddings. Here are the winning images:


Jessica and her mom getting ready at The Links at Stoney Point - Winner 1st Place "Getting Ready"


Leslie and her dad dancing at their Columbia SC Wedding - Winner 1st Place "Wedding Reception"


Meghan and Dalton's bird seed exit at Carolina Country Club - Winner 2nd Place "Wedding Reception"


Wedding Band "Motown Blue" lead singer from Abby's wedding at the Poinsett Club - Honorable Mention "Wedding Reception"


Ariel and Charity's wedding at Grace Hall in Greer, SC - Winner 3rd Place "Group Portrait"










Jessica and Paul's wedding day at The Links at Stoney Point - Winner 1st Place "Wedding Day" (8-Image Set from the same wedding)

I'm so pumped! Wow! So in addition to this I was named 1st Runner up South Carolina Wedding Photographer of the Year based on my overall portfolio. THANK YOU again to everyone who helped me accomplish this and congrats to all the other winners!

To see my results in past years you can click here to see how I did in 2011, and in 2010. Cannot wait for next year!

Matt & Sarah Engagement Teaser

Just a quick sneak peak from today's awesome engagement shoot with Matt & Sarah! Cold weather never felt so warm!


Lots more coming very soon!

J. Jones Photography - Now on Pinterest!

Where do these new verbs come from anyway! Last year if someone said they were going to pin me (or pin anything!) I would have thought they were going to do some kind of crazy voodoo. Now all of a sudden pinning is a good thing! And I'm not gonna lie, I've definitely been pinning the night away

If your a fellow pinner feel free to pin/follow me. Over the next few weeks I'll put putting pinning up a bunch of my favorite wedding details from some of the weddings I've shot in the past couple years. So feel free to check it out: http://pinterest.com/joshjonesphoto/