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SJPHoto

Chance favors prepared minds.

About Me

"When you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life."
I am a freelance portrait, wedding, and event photographer. Message me if interested in booking. View my online portfolio at: sherrijphotography.com or my professional blog SJPHOTO . All images on this page have been taken by Sherri Johnson.

DJKJ@ Zentra

Climax Lounge

LegRoom

Patricia and Elizar's Wedding. Edit time 60 mins

70-300mm zoom lens

Gangsta Lyly. Edited for Photoshop User Contest. Edit time 4 hrs.

TBH at the Abbey

Self Portrait. Edit time 30 mins

Bobby's Swinger Parody. Edit time 60 mins.

West Lake Hang Zhou 2005

My Interests

Photography
Music
Art
Travel
Culture
Poker
Cooking

Lake Michigan at Waukegan Beach

Joanne and Ed's Engadgement at the Glen
Ruth in Studio

DeeLynn at the Art Inst

I'd like to meet:

Josh Hartnett, Jack Black, Mario Testino, The Trump Man, Quentin Tarantino. As far as friends, anyone with similar interests or goals; someone who is happy, ambitious, creative. If you are interested in a photoshoot, message me.

Your Life Path Number is 3
Your purpose in life is to express your unique self.

You are a creative and artistic person with an interesting view on life.
Witty and outgoing, you enjoy sharing your crazy ideas with anyone who will listen.
A total social butterfly, you're the life of any party.

In love, you inspire and enchant your partner. You are often an object of fantasy and desire.

While you are very talented, you sometimes lack the ambition to put your talents in play.
And while your wit carries you a long way, you occasionally use it to mask your true feelings.
Your natural abilities can bring you all the success in the world ... if you let them What Is Your Life Path Number?

Music:

Indie Rock, Jazz, Classical, some Hip Hop... Elizabeth at Edward's Orchard. 50mm 1.4 Lens

Movies:

Pulp Fiction
Requiem for a Dream
300
Family Man
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Romeo and Juliet
Wedding Crashers
Catch and Release

Television:


America's Next Top Model
How I Met Your Mother
30 Min Meals w/RR
Anything on Food network or TLC

I painted this.

Books:

Current read: Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez and 5 Love Languages. Always reading Photoshop Mags, Canon Forums, inspiration from high fashion and lifestyle mags. Anything by DAn Brown. Super System 2

Heroes:

My mom


What's in MY BAG?
Camera: Canon 30d, Backup: Canon 30d
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L, Canon 50mm 1.4mm
Flash: Canon 580EXII Speedlight, Canon 580EX Speedlight
Studio Lights: Bowens Strobes/ Travelite 1875w 3-head System
Accessories: FlashBracket, UV Filter, OmniBounce, 12 gigs ScanDisk Memory
Workflow: Photoshop CS3, Lightroom, Color corrected monitor and printing system.
"Hi Sherri. I cannot tell you how much I treasure the portrait of Elizabeth with the apple. Your artistry is glorious! Thank you so much!" -Martha T.
"Hey Sherri the photos rock our socks, super hotness kido. Thanks for everything." -Chantal of Maintience Crew
"You are too freakin awesome! I just saw my new updated team photo and I'm LOVING it ... I didnt like it so much at first (nothing to do with you - I just dont necessarily like my photos all the time - plus I wasnt feeling photogenic - but now that I see it again - I love it!!) Thanks again for doing such an awesome/professional job!" -Lina P.
"I LOVE the photos. You are very talented. The looks are everything I was striving for." -Trevor H.
Very professional, organized, and creative with the staging. Great artisitic eye for photograpy. -Rachel B.
"Sherri is my photography hero." -Jamey
"The pictures are AWESOME!!!!! I love you~!!!! ^_~* p.s YOUR SOOOO TALENTED!!! ^^* " -Ruth C.
"I love, love, LOVE, (cannot express the love) of the pregnant photo. Beautiful!! :) " -Andrea
"I saw all marys pictures.. ur the bomb Sherri! I can't tell u how great they ALL turned out!!!" -Joanne P.
"Great picture taking like always!!!" -Mike
"You are such a great photographer. I really enjoy looking at your work." -Holly
"The pictures are amazing thanks for not letting me look like a hot mess! lol" -Amanda
"You're talented photographer - Hopefully we'll get to work with you in the future." -Fishbowl Media
"Looooove the pictures you take!!" -DeeLynn
"You snapped (no pun intended) with the maintenance crew photo. Thats a dope picture." -Decay
"You're a very good photographer." -Pat L.
"What a night!!! Thanks for the awesome pics!!" -Jessica G.
"The pics rock thanx a bunch for the support." -Ulysses of Mamora
"Sherri J...you are so talented!" -Brian J.
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My Blog

Lifes Little Instructions

Life's Little InstructionsSing in the shower.Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.Watch a sunrise at least once a year.Leave the toilet seat in the down position.Never refuse homemade b...
Posted by SJPHoto on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:13:00 PST