By: Alexys Smith
Hi, I’m Alexys Smith. I am a photographer and film enthusiast. I believe that I am able to expand my creative abilities when I am analyzing film or TV, exploring nature, and capturing the beauty in this world. I have a background in events, children, and family photography. I am currently growing my business to stretch into brands, products, and food photography. My goal is to build meaningful relationships with families, individuals, and organizations by capturing movements in photography, creating self-expression in video projects, and keeping brand consistency with designs projects.
Smith Artistic Designs is a place where people get to bring their creative design projects, photos, and videos to life. When working together, we will begin with an idea or concept that we workshop to create a timeless image. This may be a pose you saw on Pinterest you want your family to recreate or a concept you want to capture at a birthday party. The creative ideas we can bring to life are endless.
My work gives life to ordinary objects like clothing, accessories, and beauty products. When photographing people, I capture light and emotion, bringing every image to life. I will strive to make your experience working with me fun and professional. My process focuses on the people in the image and the people receiving the image. I pull inspiration from music, images, and the people around me to create beautiful art.
Photography
I have always loved taking photos, especially enjoying how memories are captured in photos, as well as how photos show movement and creativity. I grew up dancing, feeling the movements throughout the bones in my body, and saw in pictures how movement can be captured in a picture. I love working events and children because you can freeze a moment in time when people are happy, sad, meeting strangers, creating a community, and more. Movement can be the simplest thing, such as children playing with bugs in a field, made into a story by taking a picture that lasts forever.
Video Editing and Filming
When I was younger and learning how to read, I read captions to my favorite movies. I learned that stories empower individuals and strengthen communities by taking time to watch the movie, and reading along with it helped me better understand the story. Even the simplest of videos—promotional advertisements, family reunion clips, or Instagram reels—is a story being told. I can tell stories through film because I have had opportunities to tell organizations stories through video and it’s my passion for telling stories that will connect to people.
Design
Designs can enhance a story. When I design stickers, invitations, cards, etc because they are a timestamp to a moment that meant something to someone. The simplest of things can mean so much—like a Christmas card that will have a photo of a family on it or an invitation to a wedding shower for a couple you care about. Receiving these small designs makes the individual feel included, and I can create that beautiful product that you give to those people you want to include in your story.
I provide you with the opportunity to add video and design projects that enhance your communication with your audience—the opportunity to be within a growing community of young creative thinkers. And the opportunity to be about a growing community of young creative creators. Let’s enjoy the world of art together in all of its many forms—from video to painting.
Check out what we can create together by looking at Multimedia and Design pages.