The Hidden: a novel of suspense (and my first book cover)
by Sonya Revell
Author: Bill PronziniPublisher: BloomsburyCover Photograph: Me
Categories: Book Covers, California, landscape, travel
Category Archives: landscape
Lions, Tigers, Performance Artists, OH MY!
by Sonya Revell
So I’ve been slacking (more than a little) on this whole blog thing. Therefore I’ll be playing catch up over the next couple of days. Below is my tear sheet from Issue #21 of JPEG Magazine, which came out a few months ago. I made this image back when I lived in Miami and get asked about it often. No, that is not a statue. It is, indeed, a monster of a performance artist. The story of how this image […]
Categories: children, conceptual, editorial, Florida, jpeg magazine, kids, landscape, Personal Work
Editing Your Own Work for a Portfolio Can be Tricky….and I Need Help!
by Sonya Revell
I often develop an emotional attachment to certain images, while growing tired of others after staring at them for so long. I also sometimes have trouble connecting the dots and creating a cohesive flow from one image to the next, especially in a printed portfolio. I’ve gotten some great advice and help with editing already (which is how I got this far) but its still not quite finished. So since I need to stop procrastinating and get this new version […]
Categories: California, children, conceptual, east bay express, editorial, Florida, Georgia, kentucky, kids, landscape, lifestyle, Personal Work, portrait, south florida, travel
Here’s to New Directions
by Sonya Revell
The images I’ve been making lately feel like what I should have been photographing all along. Sometimes as a photographer you get wrapped up in what you ‘should’ be shooting vs. what you actually want to be shooting. I’ve heard it said many times that staying true to yourself and making photos that you really believe in will MOST lead you on the path to success. I guess no matter how many successful people share their words of wisdom, sometimes […]
Cowboy Poetry Gathering
by Sonya Revell
At the end of January I drove to Elko, NV to attend and photograph the Cowboy Poetry Gathering. Before setting out I envisioned the cowboy portraits that I planned to make. In my mind I saw the cowboys set up against a dramatic landscape made of mountain and sky. Since I have lived in a warm/temperate climate for a while now, I sometimes forget that other places get really cold this time of year…one of those other places being […]
Categories: editorial, landscape, Personal Work, portrait, travel, Uncategorized
Fancy Dance
by Sonya Revell
I was recently introduced to Pow Wow dancer Eddie Madril. Eddie is part of the Pascua Yaqui tribe and does not only Fancy dancing, (Fancy Dancer regalia pictured below) but is also a talented Grass and Hoop dancer.Although I asked Eddie to participate in this shoot specifically for a series I am developing which focuses on dance and movement as a way to express one’s spirituality, I wound up liking the still portraits the best a) because the weather was […]
Categories: California, landscape, lifestyle, Personal Work, portrait, travel, Uncategorized
Miami photographer: Sonya Revell | commercial advertising portrait conceptual and lifestyle photography in South Florida 