Today we’d like to introduce you to Roxy & Jon Golightly.
Roxy & Jon, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
We would say that photography has always been a passion of ours, even before deciding to go the business route. From playing with film cameras as a kid, to taking film developing courses during at a summer school, photography has been a part of our lives.
We “officially” launched our photography business in 2014 under the name Roxy & Jon Photography, with a primary focus on weddings, portraits and Quinceañeras. In early 2020, we decided to rename our company as Golightly Studios, mainly to have our family name on our business, but also with future growth in mind.
Under this new brand, we added commercial photography, in addition to our primary services of weddings, portraits, and Quinceañeras. This decision ended up being a great idea, as there was a big downturn of weddings and engaged couples late 2020/2021 due to the pandemic.
Today, we continue to photograph and build our brand, looking forward to the exciting future!
I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Heck no! The path of a small business owner is full of uphills and downhills. Every day is a learning experience, and you will learn plenty haha!
Some of our struggles, as many wedding photographers would attest to, would be the pandemic in 2020. As wedding photographers, that was a big chunk of our business. We quickly decided to pivot and dive into commercial photography.
This was an extremely difficult decision for us, as photographers are always told “niche down” and not to offer too many services. For us, it was worth it, as our commercial side continues to grow this day.
Learning to actually operate and manage a business, is something we all struggle with. Every day we have to not only be a photographer, but also a Chief Operations Officer (COO), Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Photographers must wear all of these hats, and more!
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Currently, our focus is on wedding photography & commercial photography. For our wedding couples, we enjoy providing a more personalized wedding experience that includes plenty of time before their wedding learning about their vision and values.
This way, we can photograph their wedding in a way that is meaningful to them, After the wedding, all of our couples get to enjoy a one of a kind wedding album handcrafted in Italy. For us, printed artwork is the best way to relive wedding day memories.
With our commercial photography, we enjoy being able to provide high-quality imagery to companies. We are typically booked because of our professionalism, personality and of course the quality of work.
We love surprises, fun facts and unexpected stories. Is there something you can share that might surprise us?
We met at Wal-Mart, in the photo aisle haha! We ARE NOT, however on the “peopleofwalmart” website, so don’t bother looking.
In 2025, we travelled to the Dominican Republic to compete in a 5 day mountain bike race, yes, it was humbling!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.golightlystudios.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/golightlystudios/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/golightlystudios/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@knoxvilleweddingphotographer/videos
