We Have Never Had Such a Great Experience…


This family was a blast to photograph.  Their twin daughters were turning one and these babies were H-A-P-P-Y!  My baby-loving daughter Alli came with me to this shoot as my Assistant.  I give her credit for most of the smiling pictures.  These little girls loved her. I was totally blessed by this feedback from Jill.  Thank you Jill for trusting […]

Beauty From Ashes


Friday, October 4th, 2013, will go down as the craziest day of my life to date.  If it could go wrong it did. I was headed to the beach to meet some girlfriends for the weekend.  Before I connected with them I planned to hike to the summit of Neahkahnie Mountain – just me and God for some one-on-one time. […]

Kept Her Finger on The Trigger


Feedback like this keeps me excited about having such a great job.  Thank you Lynne!   “The thought of getting my 4 yr old, 3 yr old, and 2 yr old to sit for a professional picture is a source of anxiety for me! What will the photographer think of us?!   My children never look at the camera on […]

Living the Dream: Part 2


Yesterday I told the first part of this story.  Find it here. I wrote in my journal, “I’m praying about launching Jodi Stilp Photography.  It feels good – and scary – to dream.  To say it out loud:  I want to be a photographer.     What does that look like?   How do I shoot portraits?  Is it feasible? […]

Living the Dream: Part 1


My friend Allison Vesterfelt wrote a book that was recently published. Titled Packing Light – thoughts on living life with less baggage, the book tells Ally’s story of quitting her job, selling everything she owned, and going on a fifty state road trip with a friend because she wanted to learn to live life with less baggage. Ally is a […]