Jane Lydick Staid is a 3rd generation imager from a well known photography family. After working in her parent's high volume studio in Lawrence, Massachusetts for many years, she opened a home gallery studio in Danville, New Hampshire in 2003.

 

Her specialty is wedding photography, incorporating traditional posing, lighting and composition with contemporary candid imagery. She started using digital capture exclusively in 2006 and has studied imagery and enhancement techniques throughout her professional career. In addition to her studies, Jane has also taught other professionals her techniques and practices at conventions and seminars throughout the country.

 

Jane is a Certified Professional Photographer through the Professional Photographers of America and has achieved two of the highest accolades in the industry, Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman.  Currently, only 4 photographers in the state of New Hampshire hold that designation and Jane is the only woman.  She has won many awards in print competition for her wedding, portrait and illustrative works including the Hastings Award for print excellence, the Kodak Gallery Award, Fujifilm Masterpiece Award, the PPA Loan Collection and the Art Leather Social Candid Album Award for best wedding album in NH.

 

Jane is an active member of the Professional Photographers Association of New England, and  the New Hampshire Professional Photographers Association.

 

Jane's daughter, Kathleen, has been her assistant shooter for 3 years.  Kathleen is a student at the New Hampshire Institute of Art.