Photo Essay | A Weekend in Porto

Porto is just beautiful. So rich in flavor and color, every turn is a photo waiting to happen. It’s an artists dream – a city that seems like a scene of a Wes Anderson movie. We took long walks along the river and sipped on the famous port wines. I was so inspired being in […]

Awesome Maternity Session | Richmond, Virgina | Joyelan.com

I travel A LOT. In case I didn’t make that obvious here, or here. This past fall I had an amazing opportunity to visit Richmond, and see a couple of my favorite people EVER. This isn’t one of those cheesy – I love all of my clients posts. I’m serious, these people are two of […]

@JoyDoesStuff | 24 Hours In Dublin

I’ve always wanted to see Ireland. I’m not entirely sure why since I knew very little about it.  Something about the  images of vast emerald green fields always stuck in my mind as euphoric. We visited Dublin for 24 hours. Our plane landed at 9:30am and left the following day at 10:00am. Literally about 24 […]

Be Different | Joyelan.com

Be Different. That’s a big philosophy we use around the studio. Making a name for yourself in a career that many people can easily do is very hard work. Now I’m not saying everyone is Great at photography or even good at it, but anyone with some spare money could buy my equipment. I stand […]

Antigua, Guatemala | @JoyDoesStuff

We just came back from a trip to Antigua and it was wonderful. Guatemala isn’t known for being a big tourist destination. In fact, at the time, it was listed as on of the top ten places not to go. I wasn’t aware of that scary detail until we were in the heart of the […]

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