YM caters to all photographers; professionals, amateurs and hobbyists. We offer the latest cutting edge film, and digital cameras as well as hard to find items.

Our sales floor is well stocked in Accessories and Supplies and we have a friendly, expert staff who are always available to help you make the appropriate selection.

Our Photo Lab will provide customers with quality photographs, large poster prints,scanning services, and photograph restoration.

Meet theTeam

Jim Yankush
President

Our fearless leader. Jim has been in the retail photo world his entire life! If Jim's not around the shop, you'll find him on his bicycle, with his 4 grandsons Nico, Leo, Angelo, & Bennett or doing yard work with his wife Laura!

Robby Yankush
Vice President

YM's resident camera geek & film nerd. Robby has a passion for photography, board games, & creating the content for YM's Social Media. He also does all the ordering for the store, so if we have a camera in stock you want, give him a high-five!

You can find Robby enjoying black & white photography or spending time with his wife Emily and his son Bennett.

Jim Stamm
Store Manager

Jim is the handiest man in the shop & the worlds best sensor cleaner. If there is something wrong with a camera or lens, Jim has a 6th sense to find the issue!

If Jim’s not keeping everything running at the store, you’ll find him spending time with his daughter Lily or playing Warhammer.

Julian Ford
Sales Staff & Printing

Julian is the coolest dude around, and loves doing your copy prints & tape transfers! He takes pride in preserving your memories onto digital formats.

Julians passion is to shoot portraits and street photography with his Nikon Z6 II, and outside the shop you can catch him doing creative shoots, gaming, or watching Anime.

Robert Faix
Sales Staff & Film Lab

Robert is super passionate about film photography and will enthusiastically answer all questions about anything analog. Being a self taught film photographer he often tries new film stocks, learns about different development techniques, or spends time making darkroom prints of his negatives. When he isn't taking pictures he enjoys perfecting his latte art.

Erik Vargo
Sales Staff & Video Specialist

Erik is a videographer and photographer specializing in sports, working for the YSU Athletics media team. He enjoys shooting with his favorite camera, the Sony FX3 and has a passion for storytelling in video. In his free time he likes to play or watch soccer whenever he can, play some video games and travel.

Trinity Wendt
Sales Staff

Trinity is a photographer who loves to get creative. She mostly shoots portraits with her Z8 camera. She started taking pictures when she was just 11 years old! You can find her in the studio building, creating unique sets, or exploring nature to find new shooting spots. Outside of photography, Trinity is a huge animal lover. You can find her pet sitting or rescuing animals of all kinds.

Dennis Collier
Sales Staff

Dennis is a creative photographer that can trace his roots for the craft starting with photographing his deployments in the Air Force in the 70's & 80's. After Military service, Dennis progressed from tour-duty snapshots to fine art landscape & wildlife photography. Outside of the shop Dennis enjoys camping & enjoying the outdoors.

You?

YM is always looking to add more family members, drop in the store and find out more info!