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Behind the Scenes

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Squarespace to Showit: What I Learned Building My Own Site

Fifteen to twenty days. That’s roughly what this website rebuild took. Full-time work, on-site, on a platform I had never touched before. I did it myself. Not because I had to. Because I was curious.

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The Still Life: What This Newsletter Is and Why I Started It

On Julia Child, disco balls, and why I finally started writing to you. I was maybe six years old. Sesame Street had just ended. And there was Julia Child on PBS, cooking away, talking to the camera like it was the most natural thing in the world.  Attempting to throw live lobsters into boiling water […]

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Two Days on the Homestead: What I Learned From Eva Kosmas Flores

On mountains, mentorship, and what happens when curiosity finally gets you in the kitchen.  Musings of my 1:1 food photography and styling mentorship with Eva Kosmas Flores in Washington State this summer.  And what it means to be a creative in the ever evolving photography industry. Jama Finney is a brand and culinary photographer based […]

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From Practice to Presence: How Creative Experiments Shape My Branding Work

Every creative experiment changes the way I see. How lighting tests, retreats and play shape the way I photograph brands.

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How Continued Education Fuels My Art and Keeps My Louisville Brand Photography Fresh & Inspired

Texas light and heat has a way of stripping everything down to the truth. What a creative retreat taught me about letting go and creating alongside other artists.

In the Mood

Think of this your blog mixtape. Search the blog or press play on a few of my favorites below.

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The Honest Edit: What Your Photos Aren't Saying

ABOUT the Author

I’m Jama, Your Story Weaver, Recovering Event Orchestrator, Certified Deep Chats Expert

Thirty years, three careers, and one very consistent personality trait:

I ask the questions most people save for their closest friends. Turns out that's a decent skill to build a whole career on.

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BTS, client work, and whatever's currently obsessing me.

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Save-worthy shots for your mood board, menu, or travel wishlist

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Business BTS and the occasional branding rant.

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