Stephen Devries Chronicles

Jessi on a very wrinkled backdrop

stephen — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:37 +0000

It looks like I’m entering a season of ‘busyness’ again…starting tomorrow. This weekend is my first wedding of the year back in Birmingham, closely followed by an engagement session and then a flight to Mexico back to the Canal and the orphanage where it all started for me! I’m so excited about everything that’s coming up. There’s all sorts of news to share…be warned…it’s all going to be finding it’s way onto the blog soon!

New York Blizzard #1

stephen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:43:43 +0000

So, as of now (my 6th week in New York) we’ve had about a dozen snow days…2 of which were officially deemed ‘blizzards’! So coming from living in Alabama for most of my life I really didn’t know anything about blizzards. I learned that they’re awesome, until about the 3rd day after…when the beautiful snow because not-so-beautiful blackish/grayish slush that gets all over you when you walk to work. But despite the slush I LOVE the snow, and the cold weather for that matter. I was born in Ohio (only lived there until I was about 5) so I think that I have the blood of a ‘northerner’ in me. Anyways…here are some of my favorite shots of our neighborhood in the blizzard:

Cheyne & Hat

stephen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:35:06 +0000

One last shot of Chyene on gray from our shoot a few weeks ago. I’m going to try and bring some color back into the blog this week, so stay tuned for some Blizzard shots from NYC. On another note…I’ve officially made it a quarter of a century on my journey. Here’s to the next quarter century and beyond!

Jessi Lambert

stephen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:45:58 +0000

click the image for a larger view

What can I say about Jessi…wow. Jessi has been featured on this blog more than anyone I know. She’s been my best friend for the past several years, as well as my studio manager (for Stephen DeVries Photo) and the director of development for the non-profit that I co-own, Bedouins International. Jessi moved to New York with me to work for Times Square Church as a project manager for the new missions media team. She got her degree from Auburn (where I grew up!) but we didn’t actually meet until we became neighbors in Birmingham. Jessi is one of the most caring people I’ve ever met, a great friend and, she’s incredibly smart. Check out her BLOG and find out for yourself. We did Jessi’s shoot last week during blizzard #2, which was perfect because Jessi was in Birmingham and missed blizzard #1 and was supper bummed…so we were really excited when blizzard #2 hit and she got to enjoy 16″ of snow for the first time. In summery…Jessi makes my business work. Without her I’m pretty sure they’d crash and burn.

SDP Site Map!

stephen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:38:58 +0000

So…ignore my terrible spelling and check out what we’ve got cooking…NEW STEPHENDEVRIESPHOTO (dot) COM WEBSITE!!! Again…complements of the wonderful Phil Moody and new logotype complements of Wes Morris. Gah…those guys rock my socks. I can’t wait to show you guys what Phil’s put together…the new site is going to be killer. But until it’s live, you’re stuck with my awesome site map drawing as proof!

A few more of Philip

stephen — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:06:57 +0000

Loving all of the stuff from this shoot…this is officially black and white week. These are a few of Philip being goofy.

Blizzard Teaser

stephen — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:01:20 +0000

I have some rocking blizzard photos coming next week…here’s a quick peek at what’s to come, these are two ‘out takes’ that didn’t make the final cut but I really liked them because they’re a little ‘funky’ with the rain (in this case snow) cover falling into the shot repeatedly. Happy Friday!

Taylor Hiding

stephen — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:36:38 +0000

Philip & Hat

stephen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:36:57 +0000

This hat (belonging to Cheyne) has become a staple of photo shoots up here lately. I’m digging it.

Sarah Hines

stephen — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:25:01 +0000

click the image for a larger view

I only met Sarah a couple of weeks ago at a Super Bowl party here in New York. Much like me, Sarah just moved to New York, and is still getting adjusted to life in the big city (coming from Florida…big change!). Also, much like me, Sarah LOVES New York so far. Since meeting Sarah and her family, we’ve been over to their home on Roosevelt Island a few times for dinner and hanging out, and during our time together I found out that Sarah’s been a ballet dancer for most of her life. Like I mentioned before, I’ve been excited about the idea of shooting a dancer for sometime, so I almost instantly asked her if I could photograph her. Sarah’s father works with a church planting/training organization (correct me if I got that wrong Sarah!) and was asked to come live in New York, so Sarah came along for the ride. It’s great meeting new people, and even greater to get to photograph them being themselves.

On a quick semi-side note: Photographing a dancer was so much fun…any dancers out there in NYC or Alabama (I’ll be down south for the summer) who want to be photographed?