Captured Concepts is an editorial photography studio working from Delaware since 2005. Co-founded by Keith Modzelewski and David Huynh, both active photographers, the studio works at the intersection of fashion editorial, fine art portraiture, and high-end weddings, with commercial brand work and editorial videography alongside.
The approach is rooted in disciplined craft. Maximum two to three selects per setup. Every frame justified before the shutter fires. Soft subjects, controlled light, intentional composition. The defining aesthetic tension is soft against hard: delicate subjects in stark environments, industrial texture against human vulnerability. Restraint over volume.
Wedding work is editorial photojournalism applied to high-end weddings, by referral and by appointment. The studio accepts a limited number of weddings each year. Wedding albums are designed in-studio and produced exclusively by Graphistudios, the Italian album manufacturer used by leading professional photographers worldwide.
Commercial portfolio includes retail brand photography for Pottery Barn, Tanger Outlets, Banana Republic, Lucky Brand, Lush, MAC, Williams Sonoma, Sephora, Forever 21, Bebe, and Brighton, photographed for General Growth Properties and direct brand clients. Additional commercial clients include the Delaware State Police, White Clay Creek Country Club, McQueen Classics, and Christiana Mall. Videography work includes the Delaware Department of Corrections recruitment campaign, recognized as the Best Correctional Officer Recruitment Video of 2022 by Corrections1.com.
Editorial credits include Delaware Today, Delaware Women, and University of Delaware fashion magazine UDress.
The studio has photographed weddings and editorial work in New Zealand, Vietnam, Chile, Norway, Belgium, Kenya, London, Italy, Spain, and Paris, alongside ongoing East Coast US work.
Keith Modzelewski, Co-founder and Lead Photographer
Inspired by the darkroom era and trained on 35mm black-and-white film with 24 or 36 frames per roll, Keith built a practice around frames that have to count. He shoots in Manual. He shoots in RAW. He gets the lighting right in camera, not in post. The conviction is not nostalgia. It is that thinking before the shutter fires produces better work than thinking after, and the 36-frames discipline carries straight into digital practice. Keith still shoots as if the card holds 36 exposures, not 3000.
His specialties are editorial wedding photography, fashion frames, and fine art portraiture. The aesthetic centers on light as the primary creative tool and on the soft-against-hard tension that defines the studio's voice. Keith leads editorial weddings by referral and accepts a limited number of editorial and commercial assignments each year.
Keith holds a BFA in Photography and Visual Communications and an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, both from the University of Delaware. He consulted for the University of Delaware's Horn Program of Entrepreneurship through 2016, then served as Director of Entrepreneurship at ESU and mentored at New Mind Design through 2020.
David Huynh, Co-founder and Lead Photographer
David shoots Manual and RAW, working from the same conviction Keith does: the lighting decision belongs in camera and not in post. The 36-frames discipline runs through his work. His capture work spans weddings, fashion, and commercial assignments alongside Keith, and he leads the studio's videography practice. David's attention to detail extends to the macro level: textures, leading lines, and the architectural elements of a frame that draw the eye through the composition. He also leads the studio's design and art direction practice: album layouts, brand presentations, and the visual systems that hold the portfolio together.
David holds a BFA in Photography and Visual Communications from the University of Delaware.
Two photographers, one voice
Keith and David's styles have evolved in parallel since 2005. Side by side, the work is no longer identifiable as one photographer's or the other's. The studio's aesthetic is the studio's, not the individual's. A Captured Concepts shoot will look like a Captured Concepts shoot, regardless of which co-founder is behind the camera.
Inquiries by appointment. Editorial weddings by referral. hello@capturedconcepts.com.