Hi, I’m Roy Edlund, the OBX Beach Bum.

And that pretty lady with her arms wrapped around me is Sandie, my girlfriend of 43 years. Without her love and support, I’d just be an old guy wandering the beach, carrying a couple of cameras and muttering to himself.

Well, if I’m being honest, I guess I am that old guy, but I wouldn’t be as happy.

Together we are the OBX Beach Bum. And I owe any success as a photographer to her. She keeps the packages flowing and keeps our business going.

After losing everything in 2008, we struggled a bit and depression had taken a strong hold on me, until one afternoon as we sat on the bed I said to her, “if we’re gonna be poor, let’s be poor at the beach.”

So we packed up and moved to the Outer Banks in 2012.

We didn’t know anybody, in fact, I didn’t really have a plan at all. But I found peace walking on the beach.

So much so, that I spent nearly every day on the beach, rain or shine, carrying my old canon camera and shooting whatever caught my attention.

I soon realized I was changing.

Photography was healing me. The pace of my life had slowed, inner peace and joyfulness became the new normal. I was gradually becoming the man I’ve always wanted to be.

I was happy.

Soon I had too many photos to just store on my hard drive and started posting them online under my new persona of the OBX Beach Bum.

It wasn’t long before people began asking to buy prints.

So, this new life had begun and continues to grow and I’m glad you are a part of it.

Love from here. ❤