Devinphoto…The Blog

Bridal Portrait

Here is an example of a wedding “Devin Style!”

If you like weddings that are unique, you will love these photos.  This wedding took place in Virginia.  The motif was a southern lawn party.   Invitations called for attire to be “Southern Sassy.”

The bride was…….my mother in law!

They set up a tent, croquet, mint julips, bananna pudding, all things southern.

Decorations

Wedding cake

The Tent

She made a grand entrance down the staircase to her husband…

The Entrance

The Bride

The Moment

The Ladies sang for the guests….

Wedding singers

All the southern belles wore their finest hats!

The hats

The FAMILY!

Family

Boys

Girls

The party went on into the evening….

The Couple

My girl and her mother

Andrew

Kiss

Cake

Dance

The end

Whenever I get the opportunity to work with other artists, I get excited.  I just worked with a  great group of musicians called Sharp 9.

They needed a band photo for publicity.  I met the leader through a good friend who thought we would work well together.  Boy, was she right!!

I asked the leader to try to describe the feel he wanted with this image.  Here is what he said:   “Emotional, Artistic, seductive undertone, captivating, reconnection with memories, dreams, desires, actualized or not, passionate,confident, assertive, I want to grab people deep in their soul, I want them to surrender to the excitement of their own dreams. maybe people them to reignite them. rekindle their own passion. To engage them in a journey from what was, to what they hoped it would be, to what it still could be.”

I had to do the shoot before a rehearsal in one of the band member’s basement.  Very little space, ELEVEN people, challenging lighting.  I had a vision in my head of what I wanted to do, and….it worked!

Musician Photography

This is what he said after seeing the result:

Devin is the consummate professional. A true artist and visionary, his work speaks for itself. He is more than deserving of my highest praise and gratitude.

Rebecca and her family are terrific.  I really enjoy working with them, and we always get great photos.  One thing I really appreciate about her is that she is very creative and adventurous.

The images below are from their third session.  They are expecting their second baby.  She wanted this maternity session to be more about the FAMILY compared to the first pregnancy which was more about the PARENTS.

I asked her to get some finger paints as preparation for the shoot……

Fun Maternity Portrait

There are two things I try to avoid at all costs:  I never want to give my clients the same old pictures that everyone else does.  I also do not want to give you MY same images.  Every session needs to be unique and special.

Here is Rebecca looking fetching after her makeup job!

Fun Maternity Portrait 2

I love to make what I call “personality portraits.”  Instead of the typical “studio portrait”,  I give people something that tells the story.

Personality Portrait

This is a portrait of Michael’s portrait.

I was at his home to make a family portrait.  They are a very interesting family, and I spent some time doing portraits of the individuals aslo.

Michael was given a painting of himself by a client, and he wanted a photo of himself with it.

He was thinking side by side mimicking the painting.  I put him profile with no tie to create a subtle difference.

The difference in poses and missing tie give the resulting image something to really look at.  He loved it!

I had a good time shooting with Michele and Vincenzo. Something about their narrow stairway caught my eye….

Maternity photography at home

I put them in black outfits. Notice how Vincenzo’s black clothes create a backdrop to accentuate her belly.

The single, overexposed light source coming through the door gives a sense of mystery to me. Where are they? What is on the other side of the door? The smile on his face softens the mystery and makes it a happy portrait of an expecting couple. I felt the scene had a “Fellini” feel to it when I was shooting it (not so much of the surreal, fantasy aspect, but the lighting and location…), but Vincenzo’s smile takes the “darkness” right out of it.