Sarah Welliver was hired as a staff photographer for The Island Packet in October 2008. She spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, rising to the rank of sergeant. She graduated from the University of Montana in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. She is well-versed in multimedia, first learning her video and audio skills through the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute. 
Jay Karr 
Delayna Earley was hired as a staff photographer in Summer 2012. Earley, originally from Virginia, graduated from Western Kentucky University in 2011 with a bachelor's in photojournalism and history. She worked at newspapers in Virginia and Indiana before coming to the Packet/Gazette as a full-time photojournalist. She nabbed a Hearst Journalism Awards Program first-place finish for her news multimedia piece "Grassroots," which documented two members of the Bowling Green (Ky.) Tea Party and their reasons for joining. The same piece was featured in zMultimedia/ZUMA Press.
Drew Martin came to The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette as the photo and graphics editor in 2005 after working at the Savannah Morning News. He grew up in Kenosha, Wis., and graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a degree in art. He spends his days working with section editors, reporters and the photographers to produce local visual content. 
Staff photographers often shoot dozens of images until getting the one
that best tells the story. “Outtakes” features a photograph that
wasn't selected to go with the original assignment, but captured an
interesting moment.
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER: Delayna Earley
The original assignment
I came across this situation while I was out hunting for features.
The outtake
I was wandering around Bluffton trying to find an interesting situation to take photos of to publish in the paper the following day. I had been to the pier in Old Town Bluffton at the end of Calhoun Street before but had never come across anything that was interesting enough to photograph. On this particular afternoon there was a father with his three kids on the pier fishing. I spent a few minutes taking photographs of the family and during that time I noticed that the young boy had placed himself so that he was perfectly centered at the bottom of the ramp. It is a very quiet moment but I love the graphic lines of the ramp and the cool colors in this photograph.
Jared Rasmussen, 10, of Bluffton fishes off of the pier on Jan. 14 in Old Town Bluffton at the end of Calhoun Street. (Staff Photo By Delayna Earley) To purchase this photo go to: islandpacket.mycapture.com