Lexington refitted at Bremerton from early March 1945 until 22nd May when she left for PH where she collected CVG-94 (including Hellcat equipped VF-94) and then headed for the western Pacific. It is recorded aboard ship for the first time in USN reports on 16 June 1945. Lexington then sailed from San Pedro Bay, Leyte on 1 July 1945 as part of TG58.1 for strikes on Japan. She didn't arrive back in the USA until mid-Dec 1945.
Sometime in late April CVG-94 was shipped to Hawaii (It was recorded as being at Alameda on 21 April but at Hawaii on 5th May), in preparation for deployment on a carrier.
So the photo probably dates to when VF 94 was working up at a shore base either on the US mainland or in Hawaii, before he went aboard Lexington or perhaps while carrying out deck landing practice on the ship as part of a final work up of ship and air group before the markings got changed.