JLP School Portraits

JLP School Portraits 📸 I teach photographers how to book schools with ease
🪽Build stable income, freedom & a business you love
💕Portraits parents love

August, you were LOUD. 😂📸Back from holidays → straight into one of our busiest seasons yet.Thousands of portraits.Very e...
01/09/2026

August, you were LOUD. 😂📸

Back from holidays → straight into one of our busiest seasons yet.

Thousands of portraits.
Very early mornings.
A LOT of coffee.
New schools.
Big opportunities.
An incredible team doing what they do best.
And somehow… plenty of dancing in between. 💃

JLP is officially back. And we’re only getting started. 🩷

27/08/2026

In our defence… we had been professional ALL DAY. 😂

Hundreds of children photographed, countless smiles created, everything packed away… At some point, the school photographers become the children.

Apparently, it’s immediately after the last class. 💕

Consider this our official end-of-day debrief.

24/08/2026

15K CHALLENGE — WEEK 34 ✨

BIG week. And I mean BIG. 😅

Malvern College ✔️
Straight into North Anglia ✔️
Bridget’s birthday 🎂
Hotel booked near the school because apparently “I need to know everything is under control” now includes sleeping within emergency distance. 😂

And then… my ESF tender interview.
Nerve-wracking? Very.
Done? YES.
Now we wait. 🤞🏼

Somewhere in between, I still managed time with my kids, my girlfriends and myself. 🩷

A lot happening. A lot to be grateful for.

Week 34, done. Onto the next. 📸

20/08/2026

There’s actually a reason for this.
Win them over BEFORE you point a camera at them.

The photoshoot doesn’t start when we pick up the camera. It starts with the first hello. The energy. The high five. The feeling that this might actually be fun.

Every little interaction helps a child relax and feel safe enough to be themselves.

And that’s when we get what we’re really looking for:

Not the “smile at me!” smile.

Their smile. Their personality. Them. 🩷

Modern school photography is about so much more than changing how the portraits look.

It’s changing the whole experience of creating them. 📸✨

19/08/2026

Want a natural smile from a child?
Stop asking for one. 😅

“Smile!”
“Look at me!”
“Look at the camera!”
“Come on, big smile!”

Usually gets you exactly what you’d expect… the school-photo smile. 😂

Our job is to make children forget about the camera for a second.

Make them curious. Surprise them. Ask the unexpected question. Be a little ridiculous if necessary.

The laugh is never the goal.

The connection comes first. The genuine smile follows. 😉

Here’s a trick from us, use it in your next shoot and tell us if it works. 😌

Every time someone visits us on a school photo day, they usually say the same thing: “Wow... it all looks so calm.”What ...
18/08/2026

Every time someone visits us on a school photo day, they usually say the same thing: “Wow... it all looks so calm.”

What they don’t see is that calm doesn’t happen by accident.
It’s built.

One checklist.
One workflow.
One backup battery.
One clearly labelled memory card.
One team role.
One conversation.
One improvement after another.

People often think systems are restrictive.
We’ve found the opposite.

The better our systems become, the more present we can be with children.

Instead of worrying about what comes next, we can focus on making a child laugh.
Instead of solving avoidable problems, we can create memorable moments.

That’s why we care so much about systems. Because we’re obsessed with creating an experience that feels effortless, for schools, parents, children and our team.

The calm you see on photo day was created long before the first child walked through the door.

17/08/2026

15K CHALLENGE — WEEK 33
Okay… we are VERY much back. 😂📸

800+ people photographed this week and something felt a little different this time.

I spent less time behind the camera and a lot more time leading the team, making sure everything was moving, supporting everyone and watching them absolutely smash it. 🤓

And I’ll admit… letting go of the camera hasn’t always been easy for me. But this is what growth looks like.

Less “I need to do everything.”
More “Look what WE can do.”

The team performed beautifully, the systems did their thing, the coffee did its thing ☕️… and somehow 800+ people later, we’re still smiling.

Week 33. JLP is officially back in business. 💪🏼💕

15/08/2026

I reach out for the paper…

They reach out for a handshake. 🤝😂

And honestly? I’m not correcting them anymore.

Very professional. Very polite. Very serious school photography business. 😌📸

If you’re thinking about getting into school photography, here’s something I wish someone had told me earlier... Your su...
13/08/2026

If you’re thinking about getting into school photography, here’s something I wish someone had told me earlier... Your success won’t be determined by how good your photos are. It’ll be determined by how well you manage people.

Children.
Teachers.
Parents.
Your team.
Your schedule.
Your systems.

The truth is, photography is only one piece of the puzzle.

The photographers who thrive in schools aren’t necessarily the ones with the most expensive gear or the biggest Instagram following.

They’re the ones who create an experience that schools can’t wait to book again.

One where teachers feel supported.
Children have fun.
Parents love the results.
And the day runs so smoothly that everyone wonders, “How did they make that look so easy?”

Because here’s the secret... It only looks easy because of everything that happened before anyone picked up a camera.

If you’re building a school photography business, stop thinking only like a photographer.

Start thinking like the person schools can trust year after year. 😉

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