• About Studio Momenti


      Studio Momenti features the work of Josef Willis and Lisa Ruschetti and is located in the historic downtown of Bristol Virginia/Tennessee.

      In addition to maintaining a studio in Bristol we travel frequently throughout the Southeast and beyond to photograph weddings.

      Additionally we have a summer presence in Butte, Montana where we primarily concentrate on high school seniors.

      Through our Pageant Photography Division we photograph the Miss Maryland USA and Miss Illinois USA pageants in Bethesda and Chicago.

      To visit our online proof galleries chick here.  Thanks for visiting our blog and websites.

{ Weatherly is so cool }

Myers and Shelly brought not the quite a month old Weatherly into the studio for her first session last week.

Weatherly was so cool, she didn’t care at all.  And when it was over she decided it was time to snooze.

{ Breyanna’s Senior Book }

We just received Breyanna’s senior Novella Visiva (senior album) back from the printer and it’s awesome.  Breyanna is a super talented girl and this is a great documentation of an extraordinary teen.

Breyanna was the first runner up for the Miss Virginia Teen USA.  Congratulations.

{ Jacque Carroll – Miss Virginia Teen USA 2010 }

Jacque stopped by the studio with the Miss Virginia USA crew for a session to update her photographs for this year’s publicity tour.

It was so much fun.  Our neighbors at the Bridal Path brought over some dresses and Jackie brought lots of great stuff to try on.

She’s excited and she”l be a great representative for Virginia throughout the year.

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{ Paulena }

The lovely Paulena stopped by to have some senior photographs taken and I was surprised to learn that she was graduating early from Tennessee High.  And moving to Florida !

Can you do that?  She’ll miss the cold, wet winter in East Tennessee/SW Virgina!  What great motivation to study hard.   But I’m sure she’ll reconsider while sitting on the warm beaches in Boca this winter.

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{ Princeton is the top dog }

It’s true, we photograph a lot of beauty contestants, seniors, and models.

But this was a chance to photograph another kind of “beauty contestant.”

Bluegrass Ivy League Z White Star  (why do dogs and English royalty have similar lengthy names?) is headed for “the show”.  He’s scored a place in the Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square Garden in New York.

It’s invitation only.  You know he must have been thrilled when he opened the letter.

This is a copy of the ad for the Westminster program book we produced.

Look for him on USA Network in February.  Then he’ll be in line for the big endorsements.  Shampoo, dog food and a film deal are just around the corner

At least I’ll be able to say I scratched his head once.

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{ Emily + Robert }

Emily and Robert obsessed over two events on December 5th.  Their wedding and the SEC Championship.

Groomsmen and bridesmaids maids alike kept their Blackberrys humming and the couple updated with the latest from Atlanta.

As soon as the ceremony wrapped at the Emory & Henry Chapel the wedding party quickly decamped to the Martha Washing Inn’s bridal suite to watch the final moments of the Crimson Tide’s annihilation of the hapless Gators.

Needless the say the reception (a.k.a. victory celebration) was an especially enthusiastic rock and roll party.

Emily and Robert were beaming with happiness and excitement throughout the evening.

What more could a ‘bama fan ask for!   A beautiful bride and for the Crimson Tide to play for the national championship.  Roll tide roll!

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{ Logan’s Album Photographs)

The lovely Logan came to us for some photographs for her first CD.  After some studio photography we headed out to the country for more.  Look for her CD which should be out soon and remember you saw her here first!_i6e0828_i6e1544fx_i6e1575fx_i6e1691