My name is Vince Lerz. In June of 2005, I left a twenty-year career in photojournalism to start my own photography studio I have been married to my wife, Lisa Jo for fifteen years. Lisa Jo and I have become a prominent photography tag team here in the Shenandoah Valley. Lisa Jo is a talented artist and a great second photographer. When it comes to photographing children, we complement each other like no other photography team. Lisa Jo will talk and play games with the children, and like magic we capture one precious moment after another. At weddings we are able to be in two places at once, capturing both the bride and the groom as they get ready for their special day. Together, we capture images that tell the complete story of your special day.

I am a graduate of Fort Defiance High School, class of 1980. I graduated from the Woodland School of Photography, White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia, in 1984. I started my career working as a wedding photographer at a studio in Staunton, Virginia. When an opening at The Staunton News Leader came available in June of 1985, I was hired as a staff photographer. I was promoted to Chief Photographer in 1995. I am an award-winning photojournalist with nineteen Virginia Press Association awards and a Gannett Well Done award. My work has been published in countless newspapers, books, magazines, the Associated Press, and Gannett News Services.

Thank you!

Vince & Lisa Jo Lerz

2012

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