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@daaiyah.james

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📍NJ / NYC
† Follower of Christ
📸Commerce Photographer & Graphic Designer @nbcnews
👩🏾‍💻Documenting my creative career
📩 [email protected]

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Marriage isn’t sustained by grand gestures alone; it’s built on the daily choices to love, serve, forgive, and grow together.

Two years later, one truth remains: the closer we’ve grown to Christ, the closer we’ve grown to each other.

Here’s to a marriage that points back to Him. ❤️✨

#DestinedToBeJames #MarriageMinistry #KingdomMarriage #GodCenteredLove

📸: @thehouseofvisualz @malachi.gwyn by @daaiyah.james

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summer ‘26, you were sweet to me 💐💕☀️ by @daaiyah.james

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06 • 01 • 24 ✨ The Beginning of Forever
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#DestinedToBeJames #CollegeSweethearts #HBCULove #Blacklove #RockQuarry #JamesEmpire #ExplorePage taken in 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓈𝑒 by @daaiyah.james

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@shoptoday x @univofalabama 💗

So much hard work went into creating an incredible experience for students at the University of Alabama, and I had the pleasure of being on the ground as the photographer, capturing it all in real time. 📸

From activations to the energy of so many excited students, it was such a fun experience to document. Grateful to be part of a team that puts so much intention, creativity, and care into everything we do. 💗 by @daaiyah.james

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Cheers to the girls who make life sweeter 🥂🤎 by @daaiyah.james

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Beauty Product Photography for @shoptoday’s 2026 Beauty Award Winners 💄📸 by @daaiyah.james

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Postcard from August ‘26 💌🥀 by @daaiyah.james

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📸 July - August Broadcast photos for @shoptoday by @daaiyah.james

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Still floating from the most beautiful birthday 🤍

Brunch with the sweetest women, full of love, laughter, and the kind of conversations that fill you up… then ending the day at the theatre with my husband 🥹✨

I’m so grateful for my people and the way I get to experience my 20s surrounded by genuine, loving souls. This is the life I used to dream about, and I don’t take a second of it for granted. Thank you Lord for another year of life, and granting me this reality 🤍

Just feeling full. So, so full. by @daaiyah.james

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Wash day results >>> 💐🤍

Wash and Go Products:
@biosilkhaircare Shampoo and Conditioner, and leave-in
@californianaturals Deep Repair Hair Mask
@patternbeauty Curl Mousse by @daaiyah.james

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2025 was a no-filter year for me. It asked me to become quieter, steadier, and more honest with myself.

It was a year of growth that didn’t always look loud, but it was deep.

I learned how to move with patience, to trust timing, and to walk with humility in rooms I once prayed to enter. I learned that purpose isn’t just about achievement, but about what’s being shaped in me along the way…the discipline, the softness, the discernment, the endurance.

This year stretched me professionally, rooted me personally, and grounded me spiritually. I built, I created, I led, I rested. I learned how to love my people better, how to show up more fully in marriage, friendship, and community, and how to stop performing and start being.

There’s still so much unfolding. But I’m proud of the woman I’m becoming, grateful for the covering around me, and thankful for a year that taught me to trust God with both the process and the promise.

Closing out 2025 with clarity, peace, and expectation 🤍 by @daaiyah.james

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