DaVincent Photography

02/03/2023

Sometimes a shoot goes so well, it seems nothing will stop the images working.

These were taken during a break in Belinda's confidence-booster shoot. She is an awesome musician and as soon as she started playing I knew I had to capture it.

21/02/2023

2nd Set from my shoot with the wonderful Belinda. I'm sure you'll agree... she absolutely smashed it!

15/02/2023

What is it you find most rewarding with photography?

Since I’ve known Belinda she’s always been a beacon of positivity - a bubbly, larger than life character guaranteed to make you smile.

Recently though she’s been through the wars to say the least, with a chronic illness amongst other things robbing her of her confidence and a leaving a distinct lack of self-love.

After a long series of chats we met up in the studio so I could show her what others can see, that she has lost sight of.

The ultimate reward came from the messages I received from Belinda after I’d sent her the images; hearing someone who a few days earlier was saying they had no confidence, now saying they couldn’t wait for the world to see the images I’d created of her.

That certainly put the biggest grin on this photographers face 😁

More sets from the shoot to come soon, stay tuned!

21/09/2022

A quick before and after, (with a closer look at the same shot) that was anything but quick.

Unfortunately for my good friend , when you're asked to take a wedding portrait somewhere as prestigious as St Paul's Cathedral they don't actually close it to visitors, so tourists are free to stand in the background. And they do. Constantly.

Despite him taking a mass of shots there was almost no clean data to be had through the walkway behind. So he asked me to see what I could do with it. 10% of the missing data I could piece together from other shots, the other 90% had to be created in any way I could muster.
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27/07/2022

A little project in the "studio" taken some time back but I had to sit on as it was in an awards competition

If you'd like to see how it is created, head on over to my youtube and take a look and show some love:

https://youtu.be/9eQjCMsSWZ0

21/07/2022

For those friends that have asked, here are the images that scored me the wins with BIPP (in no particular order)

21/07/2022

Last night was the regional ceremony at the

Despite getting stuck on the M25 for 1.5 hours I made it just in time, and you could say I am rather glad I did 😁

I was awarded:
🍹 photographer of the year
💃 & of the year
👟 & photographer of the year
👯‍♀️ Fashion & beauty photographer of the year

And to top it all off…

Overall !

Going to need a shelf to put them on now…

20/07/2022

Anyone struggling to access my website, unfortunately this is down to a technical issue with the hosting company SiteGround

Although I have emailed my affected clients directly, Siteground didn't see fit to make such a move instead thinking that an announcement via a social media post is "professional communication" with their clients, so it's taken me a little longer to get to the root of the problem.

My apologies, hopefully they are better at fixing problems than they are at keeping their clients informed of the situation.

25/04/2022

Did you know that I was a photo retoucher long before I became a photographer? It seems very few knew that. Maybe I should actually post what I do more on social media...!

I recently had a visit from the amazing Rachael Thomas for some shots. (https://www.instagram.com/rachaelthomass/)

It also proved an ideal opportunity to flex the retouching skills, as her looks were far more suited to a paradise beach than inside a studio in wet miserable UK. So I did.

17/03/2022

One thing I get asked repeatedly as a photographer. "Can you photoshop me so that...". Despite the power of photoshop being known by nearly everyone, images viewed online still form major aspirations, people want to present themselves equally as flawlessly. You don't even need to be photoshop literate anymore, filters stuffed into every device in our daily life. So the answer is yes. I can.

But that doesn’t mean it should be done, and you definitely shouldn’t aspire to it in real life.

It doesn't have to be you that changes either, it can be anything in a digital image.

It's damaging to a great many so it bears repeating that what you're looking at online isn't real
life, it's the creators dream.

Don't aspire to it, be your true self.

Danger Twins • Thing of Beauty

05/01/2022

From E-comm to overlay to advertising... A few shots recently completed for (the very tasty!) Daviun Vodka Brand.

I was given a totally open brief on this project, so I got to play around a bit more and have some fun, which always makes a pleasant change!

17/11/2021

I've not posted on this page for a very long time, mostly because Facebook's approach to displaying anything from a business page make it all but pointless, but thought I'd share a shoot I had a lot of fun completing for Kandoo Ltd.

Kandoo Ltd supply such a huge range of branding merchandise that the decision was taken to shoot on-site - no small task with product photography, to get the job done properly the majority of the studio had to be carefully packed away and transported there!

A great team to work with though made it all worthwhile, and the client got to learn the intricacies of product photography all at the same time! To see more about them, visit their website - Kandoo.com

09/04/2021

How many of my followers have had two lockdown-birthdays so far?

I was fortunate enough that my birthday last year missed lockdown by a couple of days. This year... didn't quite make it. My wonderful wife decided I needed a drop of something special to help ease the disappointment, and with such a beautiful bottle it simply had to go in front of the camera before being enjoyed.

I'd like to use my skills to help any smaller brewers / distillers to up their marketing game with some introductory offers, hopefully help save some of our many small businesses that have been hard hit by the pandemic, so if you know any, put them in touch.

08/02/2021

How is everyone coping with Lockdown 3? It's been particularly hard hitting on us here at DaVincent Photography, more clients succumbing to the financial pressures, purse strings tightening, and then there is that seemingly never ending boredom... Let us know your tips for not going slightly insane during these times!

My attempts to retain my sanity were messing around with lots of dental floss and a pair of CONVERSE to make little people out of the laces.

18/10/2020

3 years ago today, and still loving this shoot!

Is there any more beautiful time of year than Autumn? What better opportunity to make use of the leaves.
Silk dress by Tweedy Clothing (go give them a look, absolutely stunning stuff!)

01/07/2020

After months of being stuck indoors, it was a great pleasure to get out shooting again.

Time for new branding images for the fabulous Mag Lepkowska of Mag's Media, check her out if your social media isn't working for you how it should!

09/06/2020