G&J PHOTOGRAPHY

About us

Two ways of seeing.

A father who knows exactly what the light will do, and a son who sees angles nobody else thinks to look for. Between the two of us, not much gets missed — and honestly, nothing beats watching someone's face when they see the shot for the first time.

Watercolor portrait of Gerald, the father half of G&J Photography — gray beard, navy blazer, easy smile

The craftsman

Gerald

Years behind the camera have a way of teaching you things — like exactly what the light will do at 6:40 on an October evening, or which lens forgives a gym's flickering fluorescents. Gerald is the technical backbone of every shoot: the settings dialed before the moment happens, so the moment is never lost to a bad exposure. He's also, for the record, the one who cries at senior nights.

Watercolor portrait of Jack, the son half of G&J Photography — red curls, glasses, patterned shirt

The fresh eye

Jack

Jack is the youngest of Gerald's sons and the reason half our favorite shots exist. He's early in his career and completely unburdened by how things are "supposed" to be shot — he'll lie in the wet grass for a low angle, wander to the wrong side of the room and come back with the right photo. His dad teaches him the physics; he teaches his dad to break the rules. Landscape is where his vision shines brightest — the genre he loves most, and the work he and his dad chase together when nobody's paying for it, just because the light was doing something.

Two generations, one standard

We're not a studio with a roster — we're a dad and his kid from Burton who genuinely love this. Every shoot gets both pairs of eyes: one watching the light, one watching the edges of the frame. We argue about crops in the truck on the way home. And when a parent, a realtor, or a candidate opens their gallery and goes quiet for a second — that's the whole reason we do it.

Gerald and Jack together on the sideline at a lacrosse field

Let's find your moment

A season, a listing, a campaign — or something else entirely. Tell us what's coming up and we'll bring both ways of seeing.

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