Bev Michel Photography

Bev Michel, CPP and Master Photographer is one of only a few photographers in Delaware and Pennsylvania to carry designated certification from Professional Photographers of America. Less than 3% of all photographers hold this distinction. Master of Photography is the highest honor PPA bestows upon a photographer.

I am not a very formal person. I love a comfortable pair of jeans, the perfect book, blue cheese dressing and my kids and my Labs. Perhaps a little more passionately--- I grimace at traffic, big egos and asparagus: not in any particular order. I can't type at all. "The" is always "teh."

I am a scientist, an artist; creative and curtailed all in one. My camera satisfies both of these eccentricities. Light has always wrapped around my soul and whispered to me; daring me to hold and keep it. So here I am, a photographer. I thrive on light, while I'm sure light is coyfully giggling at me. After all, the absurdity of being able to "capture light" is just that---absurd! But I do it. I do it with passion, innovation and determination.

As a long-time photojournalist, my favorite images are the ones you don't really know I'm taking. I am simply there to record your life; documenting. These are the times when you can just be you, and I can capture light as it wraps around you. What is it saying you? It kisses your eyes, plays in your hair and caresses your soul. Whether it's your son deeply engrossed with his I-pod, your daughters leaping on the bed, your dog sticking his tongue out the side of his mouth, or your family laughing wildly at the dinner table after an impromptu food fight with the side salad; my hope is to sear these moments in time. Light will be there revealing your life. I'll be there as its ally.