Dave Gevry Photography

One of the craziest traditions I have seen during my travels. The owner estimates approximately $800,000 are attached to the walls and ceiling of this iconic bar and restaurant with customers adding to it daily. As they say “it’s a great place, if you can find it”

I have been working on a short documentary over the past few weeks. Would love your honest feedback before I begin making the longer version.
This is the Creative statement
From Condemned to Freedom is a short documentary about what happens when a person is forced to face death and discovers a different way to live. After a stage 4 cancer diagnosis, Charles Van Orden moved from fear toward peace, and from the distance of judgment toward the intimacy of service. Rather than telling a story of simple triumph, the film explores a quieter transformation: how mortality can strip life down to what matters most, and how purpose can be found in walking beside others through their suffering.
Visually, the film contrasts institutions of illness and law with moments of stillness, reflection, and human presence. The goal is to create a restrained, compassionate portrait that feels intimate rather than performative, and honest rather than sentimental. At its heart, this is a story about peace, love, and the choice to use whatever time remains in service of other people. Charles’s interviews frame life as gift, his wife grounds the cost and fear of the diagnosis, and the client and friend reveal how that inner change now shows up in the world around him.

Dave Gevry Photography From Condemned to Freedom | A Short Documentary on Cancer, Peace, and Purpose

Hey there 👋 for those of you that don’t know me my name is Dave, I am a commercial photographer, and my New Year’s resolution is to help your brand get back more time so you can focus on what you love.

The things you will get when working with me:

-I promise that I will care about your business success almost as much as you do and I will constantly under promise and over deliver.

-You will have a true partner that helps round out your marketing team without having the overhead of another employee or someone there just for a paycheck.

-Use of my education and industry experience to lighten your load and increase customer engagement and sales.

-I guarantee high quality images that will help drive customers to buy more from you this year than they did in the past.

As a small business myself, I know there are so many hats that we are required to wear for our business to operate, most we don’t enjoy nearly as much as why we went into business in the first place.

I am here to take some of that burden. This will give you a moment to breathe and get back time, so you can do more of what you love.

I help brands large and small, from the one man band to national and international chains, execute photo and video marketing campaigns.

Restaurants, hospitality companies, food and beverage brands and marketing agencies are my bread and butter. These are the industries I have spent the bulk of my life in, both in school and in the world serving in all facets. The remaining years of my life I have focused on military service and attention to detail.

So if you are needing, or know someone who needs, to get back more time and receive my quality services please reach out to me here or on my website, www.davegevry.com