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Conliffe family portraits in studio

When I met the Conliffe's during their planning consultation, I left our time together thinking, "oh the places you'll go." After creating with them, I thought how this world is a better place when love flourishes like it does in this family!Click here to contact us re your own custom portraits. Mario was born and raised in the Bahamas. His system must certainly have had the temperature shock of a lifetime transitioning to Wisconsin for his graduate studies in 2004 ...

Senior Portraits JDP senior Kyle

Just one of the many awesome things about Spotify is how it has connected the generations via music. It's not uncommon for a JDP senior to play 80s and 90s rock during their portrait creation time. JDP senior Kyle is one of those seniors whose musical tastes span the decades. What a cool bonding experience this has allowed for between teens and their parents! Kyle's interested in 80's-90's rock, city pop, and jazz fusion. He's played the violin since he was 5 years old, ...

Senior portraits lover of the arts Amanda

JDP senior Amanda is an all things artistic production and performance girl through and through! What's astonishing is that this proclivity was evident even in her as a baby--she was just 6 weeks old and whistling in her crib! Click here to contact us re your own custom portraits. So it was not surprising to her family when she began to vest in the world of theatre, vocal performances and dance. She was just three years old at her first dance class. ...

Senior Portraits Artistic Hollis

I've got a new nickname for JDP senior Hollis, it's The Fixer. The reveal why comes later.Hollis is deeply entrenched in their school's drama program in just about every facet you can imagine. You are just as likely to see Hollis performing on stage as you are being a runner. A runner is an over all helper/fixer for all things on set. Hollis is skilled at dealing with mic issues (which always abound on set), climbing the catwalk (which terrifies most people) and set ...