Younger photographer captures the spirit of native sports activities

by Melissa Foust-McCoy

Brandin Scott could also be simply 19 years previous, however his lens has already captured the guts of Clarendon County sports activities.

A 2024 graduate of Manning High School and founding father of BES Photography, Scott has rapidly turn out to be a standout within the native sports activities scene. His eye-catching media day portraits, that includes highschool athletes in full gear, typically posed creatively at locations like Waffle House or McDonald’s, have taken off on social media, gaining consideration from college students, alumni and even coaches throughout the state.

“I don’t like the really serious media day pictures,” Scott stated with a smile. “I like to be a little different, a little creative — give it a different vibe. These are kids, and they want something fun to post on Instagram.”

And it’s working. His latest soccer portraits for Manning High School and Scotts Branch drew a whole bunch of likes and shares on-line, with alumni chiming in to indicate help and present gamers proudly reposting their pictures.

Scott’s path into images began modestly, with a yearbook membership digital camera and a want to get into soccer video games totally free.

“I joined the yearbook club in 11th grade because I wanted to go to games,” he stated. “Miss McCoy would let us sign up to take the cameras. I just picked it up and ran with it.”

What started as a easy college membership task became a thriving enterprise. In simply three years, Scott has grown BES Photography right into a full-time operation, full with a house studio and a rising listing of shoppers from throughout South Carolina. His portfolio consists of greater than 200 portrait periods, 5 weddings, and protection of main occasions like South Carolina State University’s championship soccer sport in Maryland and a marching band journey to Washington, D.C.

Still, sports activities stay his ardour.

“There’s something about sports,” Scott stated. “The energy, the movement, the emotion — I just love capturing that. It’s one of my top three favorites, along with weddings and portraits.”

BES Photography has turn out to be the go-to identify for senior portraits, game-day highlights, and staff media day shoots. Scott stated he customizes every expertise, even making Pinterest boards with shoppers to make sure the shoot displays their model.

“I just want them to feel comfortable and natural,” he stated. “When someone sees their picture and they love it — that’s the best feeling in the world.”

Despite his rising status, Scott admits that being younger in a aggressive business comes with challenges.

“Some people didn’t trust me at first,” he stated. “They didn’t want to spend money on someone my age. Honestly, I get it. But now, I’ve had people travel across the state to work with me.”

That belief has paid off. Scott’s work has been featured in The Manning Times, together with images from Manning High’s marching band journey to D.C., in addition to the annual legislation enforcement luncheon. His protection is rising past Clarendon County, and he hopes to increase additional within the coming years.

“My dream is to keep my own studio but also be out in the field, doing all kinds of shoots,” he stated. “I just want to make people smile.”

Scott credit a lot of his success to his household, particularly his dad and mom, Candace and Anthony Frierson, who purchased him his first Nikon digital camera. He nonetheless makes use of it at the moment as a great luck attraction.

“That camera goes everywhere with me,” he stated. “It reminds me where I started.”

BES Photography is energetic on social media and may be adopted on Facebook at BES Photos and on Instagram at @BES._photos.

As for what’s subsequent, Scott is already planning future media day shoots, presumably with East Clarendon, if given the prospect.

“I think it’d be cool to shoot in the town somewhere — give it that iconic small-town feeling,” he stated. “There’s something special about capturing the spirit of where you’re from.”

And in Clarendon County, that spirit lives proudly in Scott’s images, one body at a time.