J+D Photo, LLC

05/09/2025

Last call for Mother’s Day Mini Sessions! We have Mini Sessions at Byrd Park happening on Saturday, May 10th and Front Porch Sessions on Sunday, May 11th! Book yours from the link below!

https://www.j-dphoto.com/jayduh/rva-family-portraits

04/09/2025

We are offering Mother’s Day Mini Sessions and Mother’s Day Front Porch sessions on May 10 + 11!

https://www.j-dphoto.com/jayduh/rva-family-portraits

They make the perfect Mother’s Day gift and are a beautiful way to celebrate how special a mother’s love is.

Click the link to book your session!

03/05/2024

Excited to have one of my recent articles featured on diyphotography.net!

https://www.diyphotography.net/beyond-the-likes-what-really-happens-when-your-content-goes-viral/

On some level, I think it is every photographer’s dream to have one of their photos go viral on the internet. But is it actually...

02/23/2024

Our fashion editorial with Megan O'Cain was recently published in Selin Magazine.

There's something about seeing your work in print that just hits differently. We built a custom set for the quirky and colorful fashion designer Megan

02/22/2024

Couples portraits can be so generic and kind of boring. So, we challenged ourselves to create a series of visually compelling conceptual couples portraits that encompassed a wide variety of emotions and poses. We used transparent colored acrylic to build a simple shoot-through set to elevate the photos we shot against a white seamless paper backdrop.

02/20/2024

When my mind is feeling blank and needs some inspiration, I sit down and flip through our collection of fine art photography books. David and I started purchasing photography books a few years ago, and they are by far our biggest source of inspiration.

Finding inspiration as an artist can be tricky. Everything we see has some influence on our work, whether conscious or unconscious, so where you go to

02/14/2024

SLIME!!!!

This year, one of David's and my goals is to explore as many new materials as possible. While we typically rely on wood and paint for our sets, our re

02/13/2024

The direction can either make or break a photoshoot. I've found that coming up with a storyline for the shoot helps in creating more authentic poses and keeps everyone on the same page and in a creative mood. Watch me direct a full photo shoot and see the unconventional techniques I use to prompt my model to convey intense emotion and fully embody the character for the newscaster scene I'm photographing.

02/13/2024

We put on masks to face the day, offering a smile here and laughter there, yet we never truly know what anyone else is experiencing. We only ever see the sides of people they choose to show us – so can we ever fully know anyone? There are parts of ourselves we keep tucked away, known only to those closest to us, if anyone at all...

I deeply believe that we are all connected – in our love, in our joy, but also in our pain. It’s a thread that binds us together in this e

02/12/2024

We collaborated with a colorful dance wear company - We Love Colors - to create a series of conceptual images. We were on a tight timeline with only 8 hours to build the set and execute the shoot.

We collaborated with a colorful dance wear company - We Love Colors - to create a series of conceptual images. We were on a tight timeline with o

07/24/2023

What lens are you using? MM? Which one, exactly? These questions seem to be among the most popular ones we receive on Instagram. It's interesting, isn't it? So here's the answer!

What lens are you using? MM? Which one, exactly? These questions seem to be among the most popular ones we receive on Instagram. It's interesting, isn