Jon Lai is a seattle photographer and designer With a passion for automotive and product photography for promotion, sales, and social media.

Jon’s passion for photography started early and was inspired by the 35mm Yashica FX-3 that his grandfather immigrated with to the United States. In high school he started covering sports, and eventually began documenting motorsports and specifically rally in the the Pacific Northwest. Following design school, his focus moved towards product storytelling and studio imagery.

Education

Louisiana State University (current study)

Master’s of Digital Media Arts and Engineering (August 2020 - May 2022)
- Virtual Production
- VFX
- Game Design

University of Washington

B.DES Industrial Design [March 2009 - June 2012]
Photography Cert. (Sept 2017 - June 2018)