James Lewis

Educator and Creative sharing the good, bad, and not so ugly.

Arizona-based portrait photographer, educator, speaker, trainer, mentor, and coach James Lewis is hard to capture on a single page. In a word: he’s eclectic.

He is a Jeep Wrangler guy, yet he recently sold his own Wrangler for a Toyota Prius. He is crazy about tattoos but doesn’t have any. The people who know him best describe him as the most extroverted introvert they’ve ever met. As diverse and eclectic as James is, his interests are unified by his love of people.

As a portrait photographer, James loves to shoot people (with a camera) and is deeply influenced by artists like Annie Liebovitz and Gregory Heisler. He shoots in a fashion, beauty, commercial and environmental portrait style to show his clients the real beauty they often don’t see in themselves.

James has studied Music Performance and Counseling Psychology, which informs his daytime work in education. His teaching, training, and coaching is grounded in positive psychology with specific interests in interpersonal process and psychosocial aspects of learning and motivation. James is obnoxiously passionate about teaching, training, mentoring, and coaching people in a manner that empowers them towards greater self-efficacy and success.