D‘Arcy and I met through RHH Live, an incredibly inspiring conference for women entrepreneurs hosted by Marie Forleo, founder of RHH B-School.
I have been on the hunt for a photographer that could capture the essence of my little boutique art & design business in my profile shots and fell in love with D‘Arcy‘s timeless, ethereal style. I completely resonated with her beautiful work, which has a dreamy quality to it, confidently stripped of excess post-processing and time-period emulating so common today. D‘Arcy lets her eye and emotion rule her photographs, as it should be.
The most important reason her work clicked for me, is that D‘Arcy is an ardent fan of traditional film photography. When I first saw her work, I felt that we were creative soulmates-me with my belief in preserving artisanal skills and traditional artistic methods such as handmade papers and watercolors, and D‘Arcy with her passion for an increasingly rare and difficult medium, that of old-fashioned film photography.
D‘Arcy and I sat down to brainstorm what I envisioned for my website shots that would fit with the TreeSpace Studio’s brand, message and style. As a storytelling artist and designer inspired by whimsy and nature, I wanted to be captured outdoors, amongst trees and my art tools, in the late afternoon/evening light, and with a dreamy quality. We had a limited time to brainstorm but D‘Arcy connected really quickly with my vision and what I had in mind.
D‘Arcy also helped me pick the best outfit to wear and I really enjoyed the entire shoot. Not being naturally photogenic, I warmed up to D‘Arcy soon enough as she is so easy to get along with! She made a few artistic suggestions on my headshots which ended up being my favorite of the bunch! It was a fairly short session but there were many shots I could pick from that blended seamlessly into my website’s whimsical style and creative message. D‘Arcy took both digital and film but it’s her film photos particularly that I love, with its elusive quality and texture that is very important to me and so hard to find elsewhere.
I know it’s a great fit when I’m thinking of excuses to work with D‘Arcy again in the future!
