Stephanie Millner Photography & Design

The World’s Cutest 1 Year Old Girl

Stephanie Millner — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:47:06 +0000

Better late than never, right Katie? I almost ALMOST forgot to post this blog entry, so thankfully I was reminded… because Baby T. is going to be entered in the Cutest Baby competition for GAP! Obviously, there is NO contest once they see her… C’mon, look at that expression!
Generally, one-year-olds are a challenge to photograph. They don’t sit still, and when you add cake into the mix, a One-Year portrait can be down right exhausting. Not T.! The hardest part about this session? Trying to avoid eating the cake before T. got to it… It was delicious! And T. was a great sport the entire time. Such a great baby. Happy Birthday, T!

Incredibly adorable T. with her teddy bear

No!!! My bear!

So dainty. Most babies go head-first – T. takes a scientific sampling instead.

Ok, that’s better. :)

O Dio! Can you even believe how cute this is!?

To be honest, getting this much cake on her was Mom’s doing. She’s a very tidy baby.

All clean! Look at those baby blues. (pun intended.)

Hi I’m Jessica!

Stephanie Millner — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:38:25 +0000

Jessica's first shoot in the studio

Hi everyone! I’m Jessica. I’m here with Stephanie learning some things about Photography and Photoshop! Photoshop’s hard isn’t it??!! I also hadmy first studio shoot, it was fun! A little embarrassing, I’m not used to taking lots of photos of me by myself…By the way I’m Jessica. I just turned 21! I study marketing and my course is awesome. I have a full schedule between lessons and little jobs here and there, but I like to keep myself busy! In my free time I love to go out with my friends and have fun or watch different tv shows; my favorite tv show is “Prison Break”, too bad they cut the season off…It was so good. If you’ve never seen it you should watch it. The new series of “90210″ is great as well. Let’s see, what else do I like, well I love the sun and beach, in fact I’m happy spring is here, it’s the best season, not too hot nor too cold, perfect!

Jenn’s Family Portraits

Stephanie Millner — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:29:54 +0000

In April, I ended up getting really backed up with work, and sort of neglected posting anything here for fear of not giving anyone enough time on the blog. Unfortunately, that turned into not posting ANYTHING on the blog for… well, a long time, really. So I wanted to right that wrong and post some older sessions that just haven’t been featured yet.

This session is of Jenn’s family. Jenn is one of my fabulous brides from a few years ago, back in Virginia. :) It was so great to see her and her fantastic family again.

One of the whole gang

This one involved giant bean-bag chairs!

Something a little more classic…

A very cute one of mom & dad together!

The happy couple (my favorite. Jenn, you NEED this one!)

Mike finds a garden gnome…

My personal favorite of everyone together.

…but this is a close second. I’m not overly decisive obviously.

Three’s Company

Stephanie Millner — Sun, 15 May 2011 09:59:25 +0000

You may remember Lizzy’s dogs, Brice & Brody, from earlier posts. However, they have a new (gorgeous) sister – Sheba! While she looks a lot like Brody – both mastiffs – they have such different personalities! Sheba’s so calm, relaxed… and reluctant to be in front of the camera! Brody, on the other hand, knows what a handsome boy he is… and he’s definitely NOT camera-shy! Brice… well, Brice is just Brice. Aside from being the only dog Hailey just loves to play with, he’s got the cutest little “snort” whenever he’s happy. It’s so cute to see three doggie siblings who just love each other so much!

Sheba, posing sweetly for the camera

Sheba, in Black-and-White

Look at how big those paws are!

Sheba again, showing off her great Mastiff wrinkles.

A family portrait of the whole family

A pair of mastiffs. Sheba’s laying down. Brody is sitting up. (Lizzy calls this “the engagement portrait”!)

The three together. Don’t they all look happy!

A more relaxed family portrait of everybody

Please Help! PDN Contest

Stephanie Millner — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 08:49:49 +0000

It’s been months since I’ve begged of my loyal readers to help with something… And therefore, it’s high-time I abuse your readership for my own personal advancement. Actually, it’s nothing huge, but I’d be forever obliged if you’d click the following link and simply “vote” for my image. Yes, it’s a popularity contest – but little would make me happier than winning a popularity contest too! The actual judging for best in category is done by PDN magazine editors. For those of you who aren’t familiar with PDN, it’s one of the leading market publications in the industry today. I got hooked on it in college while working at BU Photo Services.

Anyway, please vote here! http://facesphotocontest.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1009410782

Quick – Before it’s too late!

Stephanie Millner — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:19:52 +0000

One day, I will remember to post on my blog when things are still relevant… But this is probably as close as you guys are gonna get. My solo exhibition at the Sembler Gallery, via Veneto – Roma, will be closing in only 5 days! (Hey, better late than never.)

Below is the writeup from the April 12th edition of the US Embassy’s VenetoViews newspaper regarding the exhibit. You could say I have an “in” with the editor.

To read at full-size, right-click and select “open image in new tab”

And below are some quick snapshots of the hanging exhibit

The wall of monochrome pet portraiture

The wall of high-dynamic-range travel photography

HDR Triptych of Burano – which has seen better color… This image didn’t really do it justice. Go see the exhibit!

The Roman Forum canvas borrowed from my living room. Photographed this last December.

People checking out the exhibit. Burano seems to be the big hit.

My bio & artist statement

Some pull-cards and business cards

Another view of the pet photography wall

Rental Dogs

Stephanie Millner — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:58:11 +0000

Apparently, we get a lot of rental pets. First a rental cat, and now – two cute doggies! These guys are Darby and Gizmo, friends of Hailey’s from when we traveled to the US. (Some day I might post those photos on the blog, too!) They are the sweetest dogs ever and make Hailey look like a monster in comparison. Gizmo’s the lapdog of the bunch. I think he might be part-cat but it’s hard to prove. He very much enjoys slumping over your shoulder to sleep, and has the cutest powder-puff tail that trembles when he’s happy. (So darn cute!) Darby’s the old, wise lady. For being fourteen, she is in amazingly good spirits. In fact, she acts more like a puppy than Hailey & Giz. Her favorite game here is chasing around this giant blue exercise ball.

What’s most amazing though is both of these dogs are near completely deaf. (I think they can hear clapping, or perhaps it’s just the vibration in the air they can sense.) That said, they are more attentive and better behaved (easier controlled?) than Hailey- who’s kind of a brat right now. She’s also super-jealous of them, so maybe it’s that. Anyway, without being able to use any noise makers or my famed “moo-in-a-can” during their session they sat there and posed beautifully the whole time. Better than most dogs who can hear, actually!

Darby, prancing around the studio. Technically an out-take, but I love her perfectly-shaped heart patch of fur. <3

Gizmo, annoyed that I’m making him sit for the camera.

Gizmo, watching over Darby, very curious
(right click and select view image. it looks better)

Both doggies, cuddling. (Stupid JPG compression ruining my background…)

My favorite – two doggies!

Love this one too… How cute are they!?

Darby, {p}laying around.

Love this because this is totally how they were the whole time. Gizmo, upright: “pet me, pet me” Darby, half asleep: “eh, pet him.”

Lovely Lena

Stephanie Millner — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:22:26 +0000

Last week we had the privilege of working with Lena, a stunning model from Sweden. While in Rome, Lena decided to round out her portfolio with some studio work as well as some great lifestyle images out-and-about in centro. Isn’t she gorgeous?

Makeup and hair were by the fabulous Doranellys Patton. Thanks, Dora, for such a fantastic job!

The Awesome O. Family

Stephanie Millner — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:41:45 +0000

HAPPY NEW YEAR! (And… uh… Happy Valentine’s Day too!)

I know, I know… I left you again, loyal blog-readers (and people who’ve subscribed but never actually read.) I am very backed up on posts for this blog! Do not fret – they will all be posted. We’re still settling in from two non-stop weeks touring the United States. I’ve been working ’round-the-clock on catching up, but I promise to get everything featured on here.

To start off my New Year’s Resolution (blog more) – here’s a post about this fantastic family of ten who came to the studio after Christmas.

Yes… ten. In my tiny studio. You might call it “A Christmas Miracle” that everyone could fit! This is the first time in years the O. Family was all able to be together for the Holidays. Part of the family lives here in Rome, working for the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) for the United Nations. But the rest of the family lives far-and-wide, from England to the United States, to Nigeria. It was such an honor to be asked to photograph such a milestone, and for such a fun family too! Thank you, guys, for letting me share in your Holiday fun!

The family of five siblings has grown by leaps and bounds. These first three images are the siblings with spouses and family.

My favorite! Everyone looks so happy. I should photograph the canvas of this to blog about, but it just doesn’t do it justice. (Totally buying another for a sample!)

Hysterical! We had three little ones in the session. I love how their world just revolves around getting that bottle!

Mom & Dad together

Sister and Brother (here in Rome)

The five siblings together. Love!

And Baby Makes 4!

Stephanie Millner — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:43:56 +0000

You might remember this fabulous family of three from a few months ago. Happy to announce, that Baby M. has finally arrived! And, of course, he’s incredibly cute. Like really, really cute.

Also, dog-brother Nelson is just too sweet about having a new baby. He just loves his new brother so much. Adorable! :)

I figured I’d post some lovely black and white’s of the family for this blog post.

Just look at those little lips. Doesn’t he have gorgeous eyes too?

Probably my favorite “photographer” shot… teeny tiny toes

Mom and Dad call this one “the face” – it certainly is!

I absolutely adore this one. Love how his little tiny nose is being tickled. :)

If ever there was an expression of “did I do that!?”…

Ok, so I had to throw in ONE color one… c’mon – look at that face! See, I told you he was really really cute!

And of course, here’s a (near-complete) video of the session too!