 As a teenager, he was a keen surfer and began exploring photography to capture images out on the ocean.Beames became more interested in photography as a young adult and quickly progressed from experimenting with smartphone and GoPro cameras to professional equipment, after his work received local news coverage and caught the attention of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.Several of Beames' works have received media coverage for capturing natural phenomena, including aurora australis, lightning storms, and bioluminescent sea life, which has won recognition from the Bureau of Meteorology several times.