Stephen Devries Chronicles

The Wilson Family

stephen — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:38:03 +0000

Had an opportunity in the fall to take some pictures of my good friends, The Wilson family. We spent a morning playing around at the zoo and got some really great shots, here are a few of my favorites:

Barnett and Megan: Engagement Session

stephen — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:03:28 +0000

I can’t tell you how excited I am to get to shoot Megan and Barnett’s wedding this fall! Megan is one of my favorite people in the world to work with…she’s the stylist behind Southern Femme and literally has styled almost every single fashion image I’ve ever shot! She’s absolutely incredible at what she does and we have the most fun working together! I got to shoot some engagements for her and her fiancé, Barnett back when it was still nice and cold….here are a few of my favorites from the day!

Daniel and Courtnie – Wedding

stephen — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:37:29 +0000

Saturday I shot my first wedding of 2013 so I figured now was a good time to post the last wedding of 2012 (I know…I’ve been slacking big time! I’ve been BUSY with commercial/editorial work…proof HERE). Check out some of my favorite shots from Daniel and Courtnie’s Tuscaloosa Wedding from December!

Jason and Rachel – Engagement Session

stephen — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:22:42 +0000

With wedding season coming back up and a ton from last fall still un-blogged, I guess it’s about time I shape up and get back on top of things! I’ll kick it off with this fun engagement session I did back in August with Jason and Rachel around Birmingham…really excited about their wedding this summer!

Wes and Charlotte: Wedding

stephen — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:26:15 +0000

I’ve been slacking off on the blog big time lately…wedding season has slowed down for me until April and I’ve been shooting a lot of editorial and commercial work (check that stuff out on my other blog HERE if you’re interested) so I’ve been bad about updating over here. The good news is I have a TON of beautiful weddings from the fall/winter that I haven’t posted yet…so brace yourself for tons of new work coming your way! Starting with Wes and Charlotte’s beautiful backyard/farm wedding in Plant City (read tampa), FL. I met Charlotte as a bridesmaid at a wedding I shot several years ago and we’ve stayed in touch since then—connecting over our love of film cameras, travel and missions work. When she called me up about shooting her wedding I was super excited to say the least. We had a blast in FL, Wes is awesome, and here are the pics from the big day!

Chris and Shelby: Wedding

stephen — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:10:55 +0000

It’s been a little crazy so apparently I fell WAY behind on posting weddings…but finally I have Chris and Shelby’s beautiful Manhattan wedding to share…tons more coming from our super busy fall! Looking through these images again makes me want to be back in the city so bad…huge thanks to Chris and Shelby for giving me the honor of capturing their gorgeous upper-east side wedding!

Christmas 2012 – Part I

stephen — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:07:08 +0000

This year for christmas we tried to split time between my family in the South East and Annie’s family out West. We started our holiday season with a week long trip to Disney in Orlando before heading out to Phoenix for Christmas day. Here are some shots from our Disney Vacation:

Top 12 of 2012

stephen — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:22:16 +0000

Now that we’re officially ‘settled’ into the New Year I thought it that it was about time for me to kick off 2013 with my top 12 of 2012. 2012 was a HUGE year for me so brace yourself for a big 12, starting from 12 and working down to 1:

12. A big year of editorial and commercial work. I was so blessed and excited to have an amazing year of commercial and editorial work in 2012…can’t wait to see what 2013 has in store!

(spread from a story that I shot and my wife Annie, wrote)

11. Directing my first movie. 2012 was a big year for me in that I directed my first film, “Blue of the Sky”. It was an incredible experience and one that I hope to have again before too long! Check out the trailer HERE.

10. Fun with Friends. Annie and I spent countless hours with great friends this year and are so grateful for all of the people who are a part of our lives. We couldn’t have asked for a better group of friends and were so blessed in our first year of marriage to be surrounded by so many amazing people.

9. 2012 Holiday Extravaganza! For our first married Christmas we spent a week with my family at Disney world, then flew out to Phoenix for christmas with Annie’s family…it was quite an eventful/exciting time and we had a blast sharing it with both of our families.

8. WPPI Las Vegas Trip. Every year one of the highlights is going out to Vegas for the photo conference WPPI. Despite never having attended the conference, it’s always the perfect trip to re-connect with all of my west coast photographer friends and play a little blackjack. I’m already looking forward to another fun vegas trip this spring!

7. Shooting for WorldSoccerShop(dot)com. Being a life-long soccer player/fan, it was an absolutely amazing experience to get to shoot for WSS’s Christmas Catalogue and for their sister company, WorldRugbyShop(dot)com’s team catalogue this year.

6. Getting back involved in music. After years (many) of not playing guitar, I finally got the gear out again and started playing again for my church. I didn’t realize how much I missed music until I had it back, but I’m glad that it’s a normal part of my life again (sorry…no photo).

5. My Great Grandma Barb has been a part of my life since day 1. She’s always been an incredibly strong woman and someone that we all loved so much. She passed away last year and Annie and I were able to visit her last Christmas before she passed. It was really great to see her one last time so our visit definitely makes my top 12…miss you Grandma!

4. Having my first billboard, and having it in Times Square!

3. Seeing Chelsea FC (soccer team for those of you who don’t know!) play at Yankee Stadium in NYC. As a long time Chelsea fan it was a dream-come-true to finally see them play in person.

2. Snorkeling on my honeymoon in the Bay Islands of Honduras. Not only was I on my honeymoon, but snorkeling in the Bay Islands was one of the most amazingly beautiful things I’ve ever done in my life!

1. Getting Married!! I married my amazing wife Annie in march of 2012 and the past 9 months have been the best of my life…I’m so excited about starting another new year with her…and many many more!

*BONUS* best book of 2012…Ender’s Game (and the whole Ender’s Series)…SO GOOD.

Southern Weddings Magazine: Behind the Scenes Video

stephen — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:17:53 +0000

Check out the behind the scenes video for the farm-inspired wedding editorial that I shot that was featured in the latest issue of Southern Weddings Magazine!

English Farm Inspired Wedding – Behind the Scenes Video from Stephen DeVries on Vimeo.

Luis and Zara: Wedding

stephen — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:08:28 +0000

Finally getting around to blogging my first Manhattan wedding from earlier this year! Luis and Zara’s wedding was absolutely stunning and such a fun weekend! As an added bonus we got to work with one of my favorite wedding planners, Mary Hines (who did an incredible job with this wedding!).