Business becomes focus of photographer's passion

City issues 27 business licenses in December

After earning a pair of business degrees, Lindsey Pantaleo has turned her passion for photography into a moneymaking venture.

She and her husband moved to Jefferson City last year to be closer to his job, and she recently started her own photography business, Lindsey Pantaleo LLC, 712 E. High St. It's more of a studio than a storefront, so it's accessible by appointment only.

She's one of 27 businesses that the city issued business licenses to in December.

Pantaleo said her photography business focuses mostly on weddings and lifestyle photography, such as senior portraits. She also arranges glamour portrait packages that include makeup and hair styling from Catherine Crumb The Salon, followed by glamour shots that include more than two dozen retouched digital images.

Pantaleo earned a bachelor's degree in business from Missouri University of Science and Technology, followed by an MBA degree with an emphasis in marketing.

When she started photography as a hobby about a decade ago, she used her mom's old Pentax film camera.

"I was getting into it before the big digital age came in, but I hopped on the digital boat pretty quick," she said.

Her website is www.lindseypantaleo.com, and she can be reached by phone at (573) 263-1884.

Other business licenses granted in December are:

• Tanner's Barbershop, LLC, 200 E. Franklin St., barber

• Weng's Corporation, 730 W. Stadium Blvd., retail, doing business as Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffett

• G2 Gallery Catering & Events LLP, 2100 Stewart Drive, LIQCat

• RDH Construction LLC, Mokane, contractor

• Doormail Plus, LLC, 809 Southern Air Drive, advert, doing business as Door Flyers Plus

• Hotel DeVille LLC, 319 W. Miller St., Sunday

• Deetz, Donna, Festival

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• MNM Auto Sales, 501 Missouri Blvd., retail

• Rosetta Construction LLC, Springfield, contractor

• JBFord Construction, 2107 Lowell Drive, contractor doing business as JBFord Construction LLC

• Art of Martial Arts, 2425 Industrial Drive, karate

• Howeth, Daniel, 114 Riverwood Drive, artists

• Keep It Clean Recycling, 5020 Bagnall Drive, JunkRecy

• Contegra Construction, Edwardsville, Ill., contractor

• Goodwin Brothers Construction Co., Crystal City, contractor

• The Grand Cafe LLC, 107 E. High St., Sunday

• Kim's Nail Salon, 706 Missouri Blvd., retail

• Arcobasso Promotions & Special Events, 3528 Gettysburg Place, BusUnspec

• Performance Contracting, Inc., Lenexa, Kan., contractor doing business as PCI Advanced Protective Coating

• Sterling Excavation & Erection LLC, 2701 W. Main St., contractor

• Tax Services of America, Inc., 3600 Country Club Drive, tax, doing business as Jackson Hewitt Tax Services Inc.

• Peachtree Catering, Inc., 201 W. Capitol Ave., retail, doing business as The Capitol Grill

• Pinky's Louisiana Kitchen LLC, 2823 Sue Drive, Bus Unspec doing business as Wilson & Associates LLC.