Joy Pruitt

Photographer: Joy Pruitt

Joy Pruitt is an event and custom photographer who services the Beaumont, Texas, area. Primarily self-taught in art, photography and graphics, Joy's impromptu and edgy style reflect her desire to capture the essenceand reality of her subjects. She shoots a wide variety of subjects including families, babies, high school seniors and spot news, but her favorite niche is in event photography, capturing people enjoying life and their surroundings.

Joy has a strong business and marketing background and utilizes maverick and out of the box methods for marketing her business. She is a member of the Professional Photographers Association and the Beaumont Camera Club. She regularly attends workshops, classes and conventions as well as stays up to date on all current trends and technologies in photography. She uses these tools

to constantly grow and evolve her business with the goal of delivering her clients images they love.

Joy's love of photography began while watching her father, an amateur photographer, create artistic and sometimes whimsical images of her childhood. A native Texan and a mother of three school-age children, Joy has inspiration surrounding her life. Married for eighteen years to her loving and supportive husband, Chris, she has been blessed with being able to devote herself to

her photography.

"It is exhilarating to be behind the camera, capturing moments in time that can be enjoyed again and again. I feel truly at home when I'm shooting; there's nothing like it."