We’re looking forward to introducing you to Josh and Lindsey Mullins. Check out our conversation below.
Hi Josh and Lindsey, thank you so much for joining us today. We’re thrilled to learn more about your journey, values and what you are currently working on. Let’s start with an ice breaker: What are you being called to do now, that you may have been afraid of before?
Lately, we feel like we’re being called to be seen, not just for what we create, but for who we actually are behind the scenes. For a long time, we were comfortable sharing the polished version—the finished photos, the highlight reel, the parts that felt safe. But the behind-the-scenes YouTube channel? That’s different. That requires vulnerability. It means letting people see the uncertainty, the awkward moments, the doubts, the growth in real time. And honestly, that’s been scary.
Fear has told us things like: What if we’re not interesting enough? What if we say the wrong thing? What if people see our flaws? But we’re realizing that obedience doesn’t wait for confidence. We don’t feel “ready”—we feel called. And we believe God keeps nudging us toward transparency because someone out there needs to see that it’s okay to be imperfect, to grow slowly, to wrestle through fear and still take the next step.
This season feels like an invitation to trust more deeply—to show up even when our voices shake, to create even when it’s uncomfortable, and to let go of the need to control how we’re perceived. The behind-the-scenes isn’t about building a platform; it’s about building honesty. And we’re choosing to step into that fear, together, believing that what feels risky might actually be the very place God wants to meet us—and maybe others too.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
We’re Josh and Lindsey, wedding photographers in St. Louis (but always up for adventure if your love story takes us somewhere new).
We met through a mutual friend at church, and what started as a friendship quickly grew into a partnership—both in life and in photography. We started our business together in 2020, became best friends, and eventually tied the knot! We were married in September 2022, and Josh moved in with Lindsey and Mr. Pheeney (our beloved Maine coon). In 2023, Josh made the leap, leaving his full-time media job to work together on our business, and we haven’t looked back since!
We absolutely love photographing weddings together. Being part of a couple’s most memorable and joyous moments is such a beautiful experience. We really try find the beauty in the ordinary through out documentary photography, but we love posing couples and making them feel epic in this once in a lifetime moment for them.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: What’s a moment that really shaped how you see the world?
Josh was handed a video camera in his early 20’s and was given free creative control to go out and document the life around him and that really opened us his eyes to the film an video world. They weren’t just movies, but art pieces painted with light and shadows. That’s the same with photography and how he looks for patches of light to stand couples in and pose them.
Lindsey got her hands on her dad’s film camera when she was young. She went into the backyard and found some fuzzy bunnies to photograph – the photos weren’t great, fuzzy photos of fuzzy bunnies, lol. But, that doesn’t mean she didn’t enjoy the process, she learned and grew from that experience. Some of the photos she had been able to document at weddings are precious, just like the bunnies, but in focus, lol.
If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
If we could say one kind thing to our younger selves, it would be this: You don’t have to be so perfect.
We spent so much time believing that love, approval, and worth had to be earned—that if we just tried harder, did better, made fewer mistakes, then we’d finally be enough. But the truth we wish we had known sooner is that we were already loved right where we were. Not for what we produced. Not for how well we performed. Just for who we were.
We would tell our younger selves to take a deep breath and loosen the grip. You’re allowed to grow. You’re allowed to fail. You’re allowed to be human. The love you’re searching for isn’t waiting on the other side of perfection—it’s been there all along.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What are the biggest lies your industry tells itself?
This isn’t necessarily a lie, but one of the biggest things we feel our industry tells itself is that you have to always be posting to stay relevant. That if you disappear for a second, the algorithm will forget you, people will forget you, and everything will fall apart.
We’ve believed that lie before—and it’s exhausting. It turns creativity into pressure and rest into guilt. The truth is, constant visibility doesn’t equal meaningful connection. Sometimes the healthiest, most productive thing you can do is step away, detox, and create space to breathe again.
We’ve learned that our happiest work comes from being present in real life, resting well and trusting that our value isn’t tied to an upload schedule. Social media is a tool, not a master. And it’s okay to put it down.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. What will you regret not doing?
This kind of goes along the same lines of the last question. We would probably regret looking back and realizing we spent too much of our lives scrolling instead of living. Missing quiet moments, real conversations, sunsets, creativity, and the people right in front of us because our attention was always somewhere else.
Social media moves fast, and it’s loud—but the world around us is where life actually happens. We don’t want to regret trading presence for pixels or memories for notifications. We want to remember that success isn’t just building something online, it’s being awake to the life we’re already in.
So if there’s something we are choosing now, it’s to put the phone down more often, look up, and be fully here—because the moments that matter most usually aren’t the ones you can scroll back to.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.joshandlindseyphoto.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshandlindseyphoto/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Josh-Lindsey-Photo-100063590018214/
- Yelp: https://www.facebook.com/p/Josh-Lindsey-Photo-100063590018214/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@joshlindseyphotography
- Other: TikToc: https://www.tiktok.com/@josh.lindsey.photo
Image Credits
Josh and Lindsey Photo
