TJ Lor
TJ LOR
photographer
Tomás Leal owns and operates Leal Studios LLC, a Saint Paul based company that provides digital media services to local businesses and organizations. Leal Studios provides services in photography, videography, graphic design, art curation & consultation. Leal also works as a teaching artist, for youth and adults. His expertise is in portraiture and event photography but is a very versatile photographer, versatile photographer, as he works in product and real estate photography.
Tomás Leal is well known for his technical expertise and understanding in the practice of lighting. He is a founding artist of In Progress and now leads then organization’s Family Portraits initiative, photographing hundreds of families each year. He is also the program coordinator and mentor for the NEXUS program training participants in camera technique and lighting. He is the lead photographer / studio manager / community liaison for In Progress.
photographer
BIOGRAPHY
TJ is a Hmong American artist. Born in Minneapolis, raised in Saint Paul. TJ started with music when she got involved with IP then moved onto photography and has continued since. Through trial and error with photography, she has progressed with her craft for the past three years.
TJ’s craft is more candid shots rather than posed shots, she’s more into covering events and musicians. TJ is slowly learning more about photography and expanding to more than just candid’s and events. She’s learning more about lighting and poses, it is a challenge, but she’s learning. TJ hopes to become a professional photographer full-time and much more.
Qualifications
singing and performance
pro tools
sound recording techniques
sound mixing