About Me:
Hi, I'm Joanna ~ I have always loved taking photos due in large part to my dad, who loves being behind the camera, but not in front of it! From army-crawling down the hall and sneakily snapping pictures of my older sister with her friends - to taking candid shots of my cousins at family holiday gatherings - I became hooked at a young age.
After getting married and having children, my love of photography - and the quality of my camera - increased significantly. In the fall of 2019 I began taking photos for families we knew to help raise money for our daughter's adoption. I had so much fun I continued on and broadened my scope past just family portraits. And here we are today!
Why "Lemon + Lily"?
My dad and his favorite pose...!
I get asked all the time about the name, "Lemon + Lily". My husband and I lost three babies within about three years, all in the second trimester of my pregnancies. The second baby was a little girl whose name means "lily," and after she passed away we received sooo many lilies from family and friends. They quickly became my favorite flower.
Since taking photos in a more professional capacity stemmed from a photo-taking adoption fundraiser - I knew that in a sense, we were making lemonade with some lemony life situations we had been through. So I put those two together, and bam!
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My dear friend also pointed out that a lot of times in photos, you have the lemon and the lily characters; the lemons who are not thrilled to be posing for photos and the lilies who not only ARE excited, but who have carefully planned out outfits, hairstyles, etc. My father and husband both, more times than not, fall into the lemon category - whereas my mom and I are lilies to the core. <3
My mom, who had professional photos taken with her poodle... I mean?!
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