Category Archives: portrait
Jack Dorsey wants to Square Up & I want to Catch Up
by Sonya Revell
Since I’m playing catch up with my blog, I’m going way back in the archives for this post. This is an assignment I shot for SQUARE back when I was still living in the Bay area. Square, started by Jack Dorsey, (who is better known as the founder of Twitter) is an awesome mobile payment service which utilizes a credit card reader that plugs into your smart phone or tablet…it allows small businesses (like me) or individuals to accept mobile […]
Categories: California, lifestyle, oakland, portrait, Square, Squareup • Tags: california, coffee shop, Jack Dorsey, oakland, portrait photography, remedy coffee, square, squareup, twitter
The Watcher in the Woods
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
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
by Sonya Revell
Categories: children, kids, Personal Work, portrait, Uncategorized
Who will be the next Mayor of Oakland?
by Sonya Revell
I hadn’t been paying very close attention to the local election campaigns until a couple of weeks ago, when I had the opportunity to photograph Oakland Mayoral candidates for the cover of the East Bay Express. The issue is on news stands now and the cover features front runners, Rebecca Kaplan, Joe Tuman, Jean Quan, and Don Perata. I photographed city councilwoman and fellow Virgo, Rebecca Kaplan, at her 40th birthday party down in Jack London Square. It was definitely […]
Categories: east bay express, editorial, oakland, portrait
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
Out Takes from the Insider’s Guide to the East Bay
by Sonya Revell
In the beginning of February, I photographed somewhere around 15 profile shots for the Insider’s Guide to the East Bay, part of the East Bay Express. Any time I shoot an editorial assignment I am always curious to see which images the editor will choose. Although I typically edit the photos I show them down to between 5 and 25 images (depending on the client) I definitely always have an image (or images) that I prefer over the others.Here are […]
Categories: California, east bay express, editorial, portrait, travel
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 