Miami Family Photographers

As a Miami native, Stephan has honed his videography skills over the course of eight years, developing a deep passion for using his lens to capture unforgettable memories and convey powerful messages. Nothing brings him greater satisfaction than bringing his clients' imaginations to life through his craft. Whether in need of his services to capture a special moment, promote a brand, or tell a compelling story, Stephan is dedicated to delivering exceptional results that exceed expectations.

I'm very passionate about photography. I like doing everything from portraits and real-estate to fireworks (my favorite). You may have seen my photos of Cirque Italia published with their ads in newspapers as they went through Florida or on the cover of Ibis Magazine. I can do headshots, family portraits, products or other types of photo shoots.

Derek began his professional photography career as a headshot/portrait photographer in his mid-twenties in Miami for actor and models. Wanting to add other genres, he began reading photography magazines and books (no internet in those days) to learn more. He realized that if he was able to understand and conquer lighting technique there was no type of photography he could not do. He continued studying, attending workshops and taking online classes once the internet was popular. He is completely self-taught. He studied not only the physics an techniques of photography and lighting, but also became an expert in the post-production process of picture editing (It was a lot better than smelling like ammonia from developing pictures in a darkroom). With time, training and experience, he became quite adept in other areas of photography: architecture, food, lifestyle, nature, products, portraits, hotels & resorts, hospitality and even video. He is living proof that once lighting is mastered, one he can shoot anything. He loves photography and never gets tired or bored of shooting and learning even though he’s been been behind the camera for over 30 years.

With 10 years of over all experience shooting families and weddings, I've developed a process of making photoshoots easy and fun for everyone. Through weddings I've gotten to learn so much about people. Shooting family portraits, portraiture, products, events and even architectural photography within one day. My favorite type of shoots I would say is events! But family photos are my speciality especially shooting youngsters and making putting them ease and showing them what I am doing and hopefully inspire others to become photographers too.

My interest in photography comes a long way, buying my first camera in 1986, a Canon AE1 Program with which I learned photography from the New York Institute of Photography, finishing in 1988. Then in 1990 I went to The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale where I graduated in 1993 on Commercial Photography, using everything from 35mm, Medium Format and Large 4x5 View Cameras. My passion for my craft is creating the scene, studio lighting, location lighting, taking the time to learn more and more every day. Photography is always evolving and one needs to evolve with it and embrace the changes. It’s a wonderful thing!

I a have degree from tertiary education (Kyiv Boychuk University),worked as an interior designer, decorator and architector, was working as a photographer for last 8 years in Ukraine.I attended photo lessons when I was studying at the institute, then I finished photography courses and started doing photo shoots, wanted to find my own style, visited master classes, took internet photo lessons.