Photo Mafia · Founding Brief · 06.16.2026
Photo Mafia
Photo Mafia / Founding Brief Volume Sports Photography Soft Launch · 06.16.2026

The Edit Is Eating Your Season.

The Family ends that.

Photo Mafia is the community teaching the exact shooting and Evoto editing system the Jerry Hughes Photography team has run for 13 years — cheer, gymnastics, team & individual. Shot faster. Delivered before your competition has packed up their gear.

Free white / gray / black background pack on sign-up · No spam — just the Family.

Founding · 2026
Years on file13
Signature techniques5
Athletes processed100K+
Typical turnaround24hr
Built onPhotoDay · Evoto
01The Brief
Filed · 2026
Status — Urgent

The window is open. It won't stay that way.

For years the studios with the fastest volume workflows kept the method to themselves. The knowledge is leaking — webinars, Facebook groups, "big announcements." You can piece it together from strangers, or you can learn it in order from the team that's been refining it for 13 years.

02The Code
This isn't a course.
It's a family.
Article I

Learn the Method

Step-by-step education on every signature technique — the lighting and in-camera craft behind the look — plus the complete Evoto editing workflow that delivers galleries before the competition has loaded their van.

Article II

Move With the Family

A private circle that actually answers when you call. Workflow questions, pricing questions, gear questions — asked and answered by people who run the same jobs you do, the same weekends you do.

Article III

[Title TBD by Jerry]

[Placeholder — Jerry to provide the third pillar focus and copy.]

03The Roster
Run by photographers.
Not marketers.
JH

Jerry Hughes

Volume · Sports · The Method

Thirteen years deep in the volume business. If it involves a gym floor, a green screen, and a six-figure weekend, Jerry's done it more than anyone teaching online.

PH

Peyton Hughes

Lighting · BTS · The Field

Behind the camera and in front of it. Peyton runs the technical side — lighting setups, on-location problem-solving, and the field reports from real jobs.

KS

Kadi Schenk

Operations · Systems · The Engine Room

Studio owner and the Family's operations engine. Builds the systems, tools, and infrastructure that turn shoot day into payday. Concept to fulfillment, every time.

04The Opening Slate
Loaded for 06.16.2026
More on the docket weekly
01
Marquee Series

Inside a 300-Athlete Job

Three-part docu-series: shoot day, edit night, delivery morning. Every shortcut, every mistake, every dollar. On camera, from the floor.

02
Weekly Podcast

The Photo Mafia Podcast

Guest interviews with the operators most photographers only hear about. The questions you'd ask if you got them in a room.

03
The Library

The Posing Playbook

Posing charts for every sport — team and individual. The system the Jerry Hughes team uses on $40K weekends. Free samples on day one.

04
Live Sessions

Weekly Office Hours

Rotating hosts. Ask anything. Free for the Family. This is where the real teaching happens — between the camera and the keyboard.

05The Bonus
Free for first 500
Filed on sign-up
No Cost · No Catch

The Photo Mafia Background Pack.

Drop your email and we'll send the white / gray / black background pack the Jerry Hughes team uses on actual shoot days. The first piece of the system — yours before the doors even open.

Delivered immediately · Founding-member details to follow.

The Public Side · Free to Enter

The Facebook Group Is Open.

Hop into the public Photo Mafia group while you wait. It's where the Family hangs out before the doors open.

Join the Facebook Group →
Final Notice

The Door Is Open.
The Family Is Forming.

Don't watch this one from the sideline.

You can scramble to figure it out from strangers and half-finished posts. Or you can walk in the door, claim your spot, and learn the system from the team that built it.