About

A Great Photograph Makes You Feel

Lynn McMorris is a freelance photographer based in New Roads, Louisiana.

Her work spans family, event, commercial, and drone photography. She’s a proud member of the Professional Photographers of America and the Louisiana Photographic Society.

Lynn picked up her first camera at twenty-two and was instantly hooked. A natural-born storyteller, she quickly realized the camera was more than a machine. It was a time-bending device capable of freezing fleeting moments as life marched on.

She believes a good photograph should stir the senses and prod the imagination. As the great David Alan Harvey once said, “Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” Lynn strives to do just that—to make people feel.

Recently retired from a long and colorful nursing career, Lynn’s worldview was shaped by decades of caring for others in some of medicine’s most intense settings—Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care, Surgical and Cardiac ICUs, Emergency and Trauma Centers, and even the skies above Alaska as a Flight Nurse.

During her dozen or so years as a travel nurse, the road became her home, stretching from California to Maine, Mexico to Alaska, and deep into the red lands of the Navajo Nation. Along the way, she paddled, fished, hiked, and backpacked through some of America’s wildest, most beautiful places. It was there she learned a simple truth: friends and adventure are the true wealth of one’s life.

Before nursing, Lynn served as a nationally registered EMT-Paramedic in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Through her work with The Never Quit Never Forget Gala and the Just Cause Flag Campaign, she’s helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for organizations supporting military members, veterans, and their families.

A born storyteller and unabashed foodie, Lynn was also the founder and co-owner of EatLikeANative.com. Before its sad demise, she grew fat and happy exploring Louisiana’s hole-in-the-wall gems, sharing their stories, and celebrating the state’s culinary soul.

When she’s not behind a lens, Lynn enjoys spoiling her cats, Debit and Credit, both rescues who are exceptionally adorable, and perfect in all the ways that matter.