Kaylee and I were just getting into the groove of her first outfit of her Senior Session when we looked up at the sky.  Pitch black.  Five minutes later, the wind picked up, and within sixty seconds the bottom fell out. That was the start to what I like to call Monsoon May 2018. […]

Mid-April marked the inaugural group shoot for a diverse and talented team of 2019 Seniors and Lymarie. After engaging in a photo/video scavenger hunt to ease camera shyness, the students had fun and took individual headshots. The post warmly profiles each Senior’s unique qualities, celebrating their final year with anticipation and love.

Lymarie, a senior portrait photographer, is praised by senior mom Samantha for boosting her daughter Jamelyn’s self-esteem during her final high school year. Samantha’s heartfelt message celebrates the positive impact Lymarie had, enhancing Jamelyn’s self-worth, and looks forward to future family collaborations.

In “Project Beauty 2018,” LPJ Photography captures teens without makeup or photo edits to redefine beauty beyond media standards. For the project, participants write personal definitions of beauty, emphasizing internal qualities, strengths, and uniqueness over external appearances. The initiative encourages authentic self-expression and challenges conventional beauty narratives.

  For the first time,  this year I have siblings of my Seniors coming to me for their own Senior Pictures.  Since I now offer photo products that were not available in years past, I am also being asked to revisit those past sessions to order prints and products for the old and the new! Please let me introduce […]

A photographer recounts a joyous “just because” shoot with teen client, Rosemary. The session, filled with styling and color theory preparation, provided Rosemary with a delightful respite and an uplifting experience that left both client and photographer immensely gratified.

    As a professional photographer, I can promise you that whoever said “Pictures don’t lie,” lied. The truth is that angles, posing, and light do make a difference in what we see in an image.  Working the angles and utilizing the light is my job as the photographer.  I teach my clients how to […]