Born and raised in the heart of California, Jermaine graduated from Lindsay High and continued his major in desktop publishing at TCOVE. He later worked for a non-profit company called Children and Family Futures, Inc. for almost five years as their Graphic Arts Designer. His desire to continue work in the graphic arts industry led him to go to school for Graphic Design at Penn Foster College. During that time he started freelancing under the name J&M Design Studio and was practicing photography for two years doing commercial photography for his clients' designs. Confident he could start doing portraiture he then started to do portraits of friends and family. He also started to do weddings as people started to have an interest in his work. Due to popular demand he changed his name to Bellah Vista Studio to better remember and brand his 3 year old business. He also joined PPA after his second year in business and hasen't look back since.
He currently does family portraits, seniors, weddings, and special events. His style of photography is eclectic and editorial.