Morgan Rhodes Branding Portraits

Charleston based photographer

Documenting life. Documenting stories.

Lydia+Link-Blythewood SC Wedding Photographer

Hey, I’m Lydia!

I'm a photojournalist based in Charleston, SC.

I’m a branding photographer for creative entrepreneurs. I create boss photoshoots for business owners that show off their personality and make clients obsessed with their business!

I’m a crazy beach addict, who is always the hostess (enneagram 2w3 over here), and I’ll probably be serving you tacos and margs when you come over. I start every session with drinks or nachos! (or both) I love getting to REALLY know my clients before the session begins! It becomes more of a hangout around the town instead of a “photo shoot”.

If you’re looking for a photographer who wants every image to tell YOUR story… then you’re in the right place! I won’t tell Instagram the fake story I think will get more “likes” (whatever likes even are). I’ll tell Instagram the REAL story about you! So lets grab some pizza and head downtown for some photos by the marsh!

(If it’s not obvious, food is the way to my heart)

Check out the Gram

what fears do you wanna work on? ⠀ -⠀ I can’t stand when people look at me and I hate attention. It makes me nervous & paranoid.⠀ -⠀ I was a flyer in high school and I was often on the center of the mat & in the front. And it freaked me out because I couldn’t handle all of those eyes looking at me. That feeling carried into classrooms, & it carried into friends groups, and that feeling carried into workouts. And today I sat in the very front of the cycling room.... my very 1st cycling class... And all eyes were on me. Can we say PROGRESS?! ⠀ -⠀ The girl who helped set me up on my bike said I could have a different seat if I wanted. And right then I knew I had the choice. To feel insecure or to ride it out. And I decided to ride it out (literally) in front of everyone.⠀ -⠀ It’s hilarious to me how I accidentally started getting out of my bubble and pushing away these fears. I’ve had zero intention of doing any of these things! I had zero intention to conquer the fear of eyes on me and to conquer the fear of walking into a room alone. But yet here I am! One step at a time conquering these fears and stomping them into the ground.⠀ -⠀ What fears do you need to crush? What fears do you need to push deep into the dirt until they’re gone?
I’ve been doing yoga everyday since the end of July. Since the middle of August I’ve been attending The Works. ⠀ -⠀ I took a year “off” from fitness because marriage and a new job ruined my fitness routines... what a lie! I am now seeing that I can easily make time for fitness! It just takes dedication baby!⠀ -⠀ If that means 5am on a Thursday, so be it. If that means 7:30am on a Sunday, the day after a wedding, who cares? It’s 45 minutes of your day. You can nap later! Just get up and do it!⠀ -⠀ In just a few short weeks I have noticed a massive change in my body and in my mind. I’m not as dependent on coffee which is amazing! It’s crazy to me how I can notice my legs coming back, my arms not looking so tiny, and my posture is getting better. ⠀ -⠀ I don’t workout for the satisfaction of others. I don’t work out to be as muscular as the instructor. I workout to feel good. I workout to feel strong. ⠀ -⠀ Why do you workout? Find your why. Get outside and get in the room babe. 💪🏽🤪🤙🏽🥰
Where do you work? Not like, what’s your job, but WHERE do you work? ⠀ -⠀ @gracelangdonart started her business on a kitchen table. I started mine on my bed. Now I’m either on the porch, the floor, my desk, or the sofa haha ⠀ -⠀ I WISH I could take my computer to the beach and work. That would be my #1 choice for an office space!
Soooo I’m planning MY branding session!! 🤩🤩 And can y’all guess what’s gonna be included in it?? 🤪😏 . #charlestonbranding #charlestonbrandingphotographer #charlestonbrandingphotography #charlestonportraitphotographer
Rest to rejuvenate. Meditate. Made in His image. Those were my 3 victory cards this morning. Can we say come Lord come?! - He for realz wanted me to lay down and be in His presence. Today I went singing down the street, I danced while opening the body butter testers, and I didn’t care who was watching! - God said “yo! Lydia! Rest this morning! Do you feel it in the wind that I’m about to ride in? Cause girl I’m comin in on my jet ski and I’m telling you to love yourself boldly! You can’t love others well if you don’t love yourself well. You know this.” - Woahh... He freaking poured His spirit out! I danced, sang, and cried on my way to work this morning. Then I danced and laughed when I got to work early. Cause we’re transformed by Him! I literally held my hands like a cup and asked Him to fill me with love, patience, kindness, silliness, and boldness. And this little girl received it!! - What do you need Him to pour into you? And what do you need Him to pour out of you? Cause he took fear, perfectionism, and insecurities out of me!
I’m Lydia. I have a widows peak, front teeth that have been stained since birth, squinty eyes when I smile, a weird dent thingy on my forehead, and i get wrinkly when I smile. 🤙🏽 also I hate wearing makeup ✨ Those are things that stand out to me every time I look in the mirror. Some days i hate them, some days I embrace them. 🤷🏽‍♀️ ✨ My challenge for you is that you learn to embrace those things that you notice every morning. Embrace your scrawny arms (my other “insecurity”), embrace your cellulite (we all got it), embrace your chin/nose/thin lips!! Embrace it all boo! Cause you’re boo-tiful!
I’ve become such a different person in 2019. ⠀ -⠀ I got rid of a tonnnn of stuff that was just taking up space. ⠀ I got out of my comfort zone & got more confident! ⠀ I joined @hatchtribe and @theworkschs which were both BIG steps for me! I’m the girl who never likes to step into a room alone. - I started doing yoga & meditating. I am launching 3 new things for my business AND I had already totally shifted my business earlier this year. - I got better with sharing our space with my hubs haha I fostered Graham for @marg_rose_ and only cried for 2 minutes when he left (I thought it was gonna be days) - I hired a freaking coach AND I’m going on a yoga and wellness retreat. - LYDIA DID SOME BIG THINGS THIS YEAR! Never forget the little accomplishments. Cause MAN! They add up! - We gotta show up big for our little people like LJ. They are always watching ❤️