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BY JONATHAN PERRIELLO
For Blackall, one of the most powerful parts of her photography is helping bring people con dence.
After starting Blackall Photography in 2008, Blackall broke into family and wedding photography, which eventually became her specialty and allowed her to capture people’s stories and form lasting relationships.
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Blackall Photography nds niche in Lewisville Photographer Kelly Blackall said she will never forget the red hue of her grandfather’s darkroom, the heavy scent of developer and the feel of the wooden tongs on paper as they dipped photos. Blackall’s grandfather helped sow the seeds of her passion as a child by gifting her a blue Fisher-Price camera, which she owns to this day. Years later, she took the plunge and started her own photography business, Blackall Photography in Lewisville. The backstory Blackall began taking photography more seri-
bills led her to take a safer job, and photography took a back seat, she said. It wasn’t until her husband bought her a mirror- less camera in 2007 that she discovered her passion for documenting other people’s stories, especially for Lewisville residents, Blackall said. While photography remained a hobby and a side gig, everything changed when her neighbor asked Blackall to take family photos. Blackall accepted the o er, but she was surprised to nd a check for $300 in the mail the following day, she said. It was at that moment that Blackall believed she could make photography a career. “All it took was one person to have faith in me,” she said.
Kelly Blackall has been a photographer since high school.
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ously once her family moved to Lewisville and she joined the high school yearbook and newspaper. This led her to pursue a journalism degree in college, focusing on photography. The pressure of
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