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Welcome

Thanks for checking out my site!  I'm a lifestyle photographer living in Jacksonville Florida. I've been taking pictures ever since my parents got me an all manual 35mm camera when I was 12.  That camera served me well as the Staff Photographer for my Jr. High and High School Yearbooks.  I continued learning all I could about photography through my adult years.

What fascinates me about photographs more than almost any other medium, is a photograph's ability to immediately take you back to the very moment the image was made.  There are very few things as satisfying as somone looking at a picture that I took and instantly laughing as they remember the moment.  That's what fuels my approach to photography.  I document memories.


Category Archives: Family

Disney’s Jazz Celebration 2010 (Congratulations FCMS Jazz Band 1)

What an absolutely amazing weekend! My son Brian and his school Jazz Band went down to participate in Disney’s Jazz Celebration. It was a day of clinics and then a judged performance. There were jazz bands from all over the country including many from performing arts schools. The performances were held...

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Going to Disney World!

This morning at 3:30 AM, my son headed to his school to meet up with the Jazz band and head to Disney World. He’s spending most of today in Jazz clinics. Then, tomorrow the band performs at Hollywood Studios. We are heading down to watch him tomorrow. If that’s not exciting...

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We Miss You Lola

When my wife approached me about puppy sitting for one of her tennis friends over Christmas, I was reluctant. Of course, the kids were right behind her giving me sweet faces and begging me to say yes. The swore they would take care of every little detail and I wouldn’t have to do...

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My Favorite Assistant

I’d like to take a second to showcase the man behind the scenes of Thomas Lester Photography. My favorite assistant. This guy works 16 hour wedding days with me. He hauls my equipment around and acts as my “voice activated light stand” (i.e. he holds my lights). It would truly be...

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Headshot day tomorrow at the BNI Money Tree.

I’m a member of the Money Tree chapter of BNI here in Jacksonville, FL. BNI is a referral network for local business people. Tomorrow, we are doing on location business headshots right after our weekly meeting. If you are interested in checking out BNI, drop me an e-mail. I’d love to...

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