01/15/2026
Introducing the newest member of the Cake Media team .phelpsfilms
Davin is a professional photographer and videographer based on Maui, Hawaiʻi, with a career rooted in a lifelong passion for visual storytelling.
His love for photography and filmmaking began at age 13, documenting friends skateboarding and surfing. While in grade 9, with encouragement from his English teacher, Davin helped establish his high school’s first photography class, where he learned film photography and darkroom development—an early foundation that shaped his artistic eye.
Traveling through Europe during high school further fueled his passion, inspiring him to capture landscapes, architecture, and culture through the lens.
After graduating, Davin studied photography and cinematography in college, earning a degree in Digital Media Arts. He later joined the action sports brand Volcom, starting in the mailroom and working his way into sales and marketing while gaining hands-on experience alongside some of the industry’s most influential photographers and filmmakers of that time. This period included photographing surf and skate competitions and ultimately led to an assignment on Maui, where he photographed surfing and fell in love with the island.
In 2013, Davin and his wife relocated to Maui, where he launched his own photo and video business. Now over a decade later, he specializes in weddings, marketing content, and underwater photography. His work has been published in such magazines as Vogue, Surfer Magazine, Stab Magazine, Surf Art Magazine, and Vice. Davin has contributed to four documentaries, including a 2025 Hawaii International Film Festival award winner for Best Made in Hawaiʻi Feature. Outside of work, he enjoys surfing, underwater photography, and coaching his children’s baseball and football teams.
Welcome to the team!
