Personal Work | Miami photographer: Sonya Revell | commercial advertising portrait conceptual and lifestyle photography in South Florida

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September 3, 2014 by Sonya Revell

My friend and colleague, Corina Marie Howell, (http://www.corinamarie.com) recently approached me about contributing an image and corresponding quote to an article she was writing for Fstoppers, a popular photography blog and online community. I was happy to oblige. I couldn’t be more thrilled to be among the talent cited in the piece, including famed photographer, Art Streiber, Richard Ross and Corina, herself. Check out the article here, https://fstoppers.com/commercial/successful-photographers-agree-your-most-valuable-gear-your-mind-33534

Categories: conceptual, Florida, fstoppers, Miami, Personal Work, portrait, south florida, Uncategorized • Tags: advertising photographer, award-winning portrait photographer, conceptual, corina howell, editorial, f-stoppers blog, fashion, fstoppers, hannah rich, lifestyle, miami arts district, miami photographer, photographer, photography, red balloons, revelle, sonia revel, sonya revell, south florida, wynwood

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Roadtrip/Mi Familia

August 13, 2014 by Sonya Revell

A few weeks ago I packed up my car and drove to my Motherland- Kentucky. Along the way, I stopped in Birmingham, AL to visit my nine-months-pregnant cousin, Valerie and her family. While there, I took the opportunity to photograph Valerie’s very photogenic children. This is Tiziri. I asked her to pout and she obliged. I also made some portraits of my cousin’s husband, Djamel (with kids, Aksil and Luiza). These are for a personal project, focused on immigrants, that […]

Categories: children, conceptual, kentucky, kids, Personal Work, portrait, travel, Uncategorized • Tags: children, family, gardening, kids, miami photographer, photography, portrait photographer, red hair, red-head, sonya revell, yard

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One Eyeland Awards – Conceptual Portraits

February 27, 2014 by Sonya Revell

I am happy to share two of my projects (one series and one individual image) that have been selected for the 2013 One Eyeland Awards! Check out the selected images below.

Categories: Awards, California, conceptual, Personal Work, portrait, travel • Tags: award-winning portrait photographer, ballerina, conceptual photographer, cowboy hat, cowboy poet, dancer, miami award winning photographer, one eyeland awards, photographer, photography, poets, portrait photographer, revelle, sonia revel, sonja revell, sonya revell, south florida

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First Shoot of 2014

January 5, 2014 by Sonya Revell

To start the year off right, I always like to have a portfolio shoot lined up during the first week of January. This helps me set the tone and photographic direction for the new year. For this one, we headed up to the Hollywood boardwalk and found the perfect stretch of empty beach. This shoot also gave me a chance to play with my new toy- a GoPro, which will definitely be capturing some behind-the-scenes action in 2014!

Categories: Florida, landscape, lifestyle, Miami, Personal Work, portrait, Uncategorized • Tags: beach, beach lifestyle, boardwalk, environmental portraiture, fl, florida, guitar, guy with tattoos, hollywood, man playing guitar, portrait photography, sand, sand dunes, sonia revel, sonya revell, sunset

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Vintage, Horses, Blonds…OH MY!

December 2, 2013 by Sonya Revell

I grew up in Kentucky. So like it or not, horse culture is sort of in my blood. Like a good Kentuckian, I took horse-back riding lessons in the second grade and I make the annual trip home every Derby. (Although, funny enough, I’ve never actually attended the Derby. I, instead, go to the Oaks- more of a local tradition.) And I never miss out on a piece of Derby pie. So when I was approached to make some portraits […]

Categories: children, editorial, Florida, Horses, kentucky, kids, landscape, lifestyle, Miami, Personal Work, portrait, south florida, Uncategorized • Tags: blond model, blond woman, cavalia stables, circus horse, commercial photographer, conceptual photo, editorial fashion photographer, equestrian, farm, florida, horse farm, horse stable, horse-back riding, horses, laura taylor stylist, lifestyle photography, melissa paldino, miami photographer, photography, revel, sonia revell, sonja, sonya revell, southwest ranches, vintage editorial, vintage fashion

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Ballerina & Balloons – Personal Work

October 30, 2013 by Sonya Revell

I love working with professional dancers (and no, I’m not referring to the exotic kind). That’s why, when Hannah Rich contacted me to update her professional dance headshots, I knew I had to talk her into doing a test shoot as well. Since Hannah is gorgeous and has amazing balance, I knew I could get both tighter beauty shots, as well as wider fanciful shots. Although I had a loose idea of the type of images I wanted to […]

Categories: conceptual, Florida, lifestyle, Miami, Personal Work, portrait, south florida, Uncategorized • Tags: arts district, ballerina, hannah rich, red balloons, red tutu, wynwood

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New Personal Work

May 14, 2013 by Sonya Revell

For the past year or so, I’ve carried a vision in my head- of a man dressed in white, floating in a pond surrounded by lily pads. Unfortunately since I live in Florida, most bodies of water likely to house water lilies, are equally likely to house alligators or worse yet, (for me anyway) large snakes. One day while riding my bike, by sheer accident, I stumbled upon the perfect pond for my vision- urban enough to weed out the […]

Categories: conceptual, Florida, landscape, Personal Work, portrait, south florida • Tags: accordion, bow tie, floating in pond, lake, lilly pads, portrait, water

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The Watcher in the Woods

February 5, 2011 by Sonya Revell

So lately I’ve been trying to reference more of my childhood influences in my work. And oddly enough, I’m beginning to realize just how much I was influenced by a hand-full of scary children’s movies released in the early 80’s.The two that top the list are Something Wicked This Way Comes, based on the novel by Ray Bradbury and The Watcher in the Woods, staring an older Betty Davis and Kyle Richards (Paris Hilton’s aunt). I’ve asked around to see […]

Categories: California, children, conceptual, kids, landscape, lifestyle, oakland, Personal Work, portrait

White Christmas in the Bluegrass

February 3, 2011 by Sonya Revell

How many people can say that they grew up on a Christmas tree farm? Taylor Swift and Me. That might be it. Okay, okay, I’m sure it’s not that rare and I didn’t really grow up there. I did, however, spend a lot of time running and playing, building fires and roasting marshmallows, learning the names of all the flowers and trees, and creating amazing memories on my Grandparent’s 265 acre farm in Wolf Creek, Kentucky. Back in December, I […]

Categories: kentucky, kids, landscape, Louisville, Personal Work, portrait, travel

Lifesized Children

November 2, 2010 by Sonya Revell

Categories: children, kids, Personal Work, portrait, Uncategorized

Miami photographer: Sonya Revell | commercial advertising portrait conceptual and lifestyle photography in South Florida

Miami portrait photographer, Sonya Revell, photographs people, portraits, lifestyle, hospitality and conceptual images for advertising, editorial and commercial use all over South Florida, including Tampa, Orlando and Naples

Category Archives: Personal Work

Featured on Fstoppers

Roadtrip/Mi Familia

One Eyeland Awards – Conceptual Portraits

First Shoot of 2014

Vintage, Horses, Blonds…OH MY!

Ballerina & Balloons – Personal Work

New Personal Work

The Watcher in the Woods

White Christmas in the Bluegrass

Lifesized Children