Today we’d like to introduce you to Meivys & David Suarez.
Hi Meivys & David, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?
We didn’t start out with a business plan or a vision for an agency.
I, Meivys, started with a camera.
When I was seventeen, my mom bought me my first “nice” DSLR, not professional, but not a toy either. The kind you had to ask someone at Best Buy to unlock. I loved photography immediately, but I stayed in automatic mode. I let the camera make the decisions for me. At the time, it felt safer that way.
By my own standards, I wasn’t ready for clients. So I didn’t try. Photography stayed a hobby, like something I did for fun, for free, without pressure. I went off to college, kept shooting casually, and stayed comfortable. No risk meant no growth, but at the time, comfort felt like enough.
Everything started to shift my last year of college, right before I moved back home. My mom started telling her salon clients, “Yes, my daughter is a photographer.” I remember feeling exposed, almost embarrassed — like I wanted to disappear. But she saw something I didn’t yet have the confidence or language to claim.
That season taught me something I still believe deeply: potential only grows when someone believes in you out loud.
At the same time, I had two people doing exactly that. My mom was telling her salon clients, with complete confidence, “Yes, my daughter is a photographer.” And David, in his own way, was saying, “This can’t stay a hobby.”
Their belief created movement. It pushed me to finally learn manual. To take on real clients. To charge more than $65 a session. To let what I loved stop living in theory and become something real.
Where I had passion, David brought structure. Where I had vision mixed with fear, he brought clarity. Together (before we were even engaged, which I don’t necessarily recommend, but by God’s grace it worked) we did the messy work of turning art into a business.
That work became a six-figure branding and lifestyle photography company we still run today.
Over the years, we photographed weddings, brands, and lifestyle moments, and each chapter shaped us. Weddings taught us how to lead under pressure and move fast without missing what matters. Lifestyle work taught us how to capture truth — not perfection, but real life in motion. Brand work taught us that visuals only work when intention and message are translated with precision.
More than 300 business owners have stood in front of our lens, but the real shift happened when we realized we weren’t just documenting their growth, we were growing alongside them. We watched clients step into new rooms, raise their rates, launch bigger ideas, and wrestle with visibility in deeper ways.
That’s what led us to this next chapter.
Our upcoming launch isn’t a pivot away from photography; it’s an expansion of what we’ve been doing all along. With our new branding and content agency, supported by our sister company MSP Branding, we’re bringing brand photography and video, brand identity, messaging and design, social strategy, and done-for-you social media management together under one roof.
Because visuals alone aren’t enough anymore. What founders need is alignment, between who they are, what they say, and how they show up consistently online.
That’s how we show up for our clients now. We see the version of them that feels just out of reach. We gently challenge the limits they’ve placed on themselves. And we support them with strategy, structure, and excellence as they rise into it.
This next season isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing what we’ve always done, fully. It’s about translating story, identity, and message into strategy that builds trust and lasts.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Not at all. It hasn’t been smooth, and in many ways the pivots are the story.
When we officially became an LLC in 2013, we were in what we now call our Walmart stage. If someone needed photos and would trust us, we said yes. Quinceañeras, cars, school photos, families, weddings. Everything. That first season was about exposure and learning, but it quickly became clear that it wasn’t sustainable.
Our first pivot came when we realized we needed focus. We chose weddings, not only because we enjoyed them, but because they offered consistency and a path toward sustainability.
The next pivot happened around 2018, before branding was really a common conversation in the small business space in Miami. We decided to brand ourselves intentionally. We planned a branding photoshoot, studied positioning, and started showing up with clarity before we had language for what that even meant. A close friend, Yanelis Torres Photography, shot that session, and it marked a real shift in how people perceived us.
At the time, we were still both working full-time jobs and shooting destination weddings on weekends. We got married in 2018, rebranded shortly after, and people noticed. Entrepreneur friends started asking us how we had created so much focus and cohesion. We began helping them quietly, without structure, simply because we cared.
That led to another pivot. Branding photography naturally entered our business alongside weddings. Within a year, David went full-time in 2019 while I continued teaching.
Then came one of our hardest pivots in 2021. Our daughter was born, and shortly after, we had three weddings back to back, one of them in Orlando. I was shooting just five weeks after a C-section. I was still healing. Our baby was tiny. I remember pumping in the car between the ceremony and reception, relying on both our moms to help us get through those weekends.
That season made something painfully clear. Weddings required ten to twelve hour days, sometimes longer. Because we shoot together, neither of us could leave if something happened. We realized that continuing down that path meant building a business that would always compete with our family.
So we made another pivot. We leaned fully into branding and slowly phased weddings out. One of the firm boundaries we set was that we did not want to be away from our daughter for more than six hours a day.
All of this was happening while I was teaching virtually, navigating new motherhood, and watching the business grow past six figures. During that time, we experienced health scares, rapid growth, and deep spiritual refinement. We were baptized at our church, Calvary Fellowship in Miramar, and it felt like both our faith and our business were being reshaped at the same time.
I remember one night working past 1 a.m. I walked into our home office, stood there, and started crying. I told David, “I can’t do this anymore.” I wasn’t quitting, but I was overwhelmed and knew something had to change.
That led to another intentional pivot. We slowed down, evaluated everything, and made a plan. On my birthday in 2023, I officially stepped away from teaching and joined the business full-time. I had been teaching virtually, so it wasn’t a physical walk out of a classroom, but emotionally, it was still a leap. Letting go of a steady income was scary. Going all in together required trust. But God sustained us then, and He continues to do so.
Letting go of weddings and my teaching role also meant we needed another stream of income. So in 2023, we made another pivot and launched our lifestyle photography branch alongside branding.
At the same time, we kept our daughter home with us until June 2025. That season came with its own challenges. We split our days into six-hour shifts so one of us was always present with her. She was the priority, always.
When she was ready for school, the transition to preschool was unexpectedly smooth. That clarity gave us confidence that we were entering yet another season.
And that brings us to our most recent pivot. After years of supporting businesses visually, strategically, and informally with their online presence, launching MSP The Agency felt like the natural next step. It’s an extension of everything we have lived through. Branding, social strategy, and marketing support built on experience, not theory.
The road hasn’t been smooth. But every pivot was necessary. Each one clarified what we value, how we want to live, and how we want to build something that supports both our family and the businesses we serve.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about M Suarez Photography?
At the core, our business is built as an ecosystem rather than a single offer. Everything we do sits under one umbrella, but each branch exists to serve people at different stages, with different needs, without losing alignment or integrity.
At the top of that umbrella is our personal brand, @suarezpartyoftwo. That’s where our faith, family, marriage, and business philosophy live most openly. Through one-on-one faith-based business coaching and The Best Day Ever Podcast on YouTube, we share the principles that guide how we build, lead, and make decisions and we interview Christian business owners. It’s about stewardship, obedience, and building businesses that support real life with God at the forefront.
From there, our work branches into photography and brand development.
MSP Branding is where we serve business owners visually. We specialize in brand, product, and lifestyle headshots for high-achieving women in business. These are founders, professionals, and leaders who are ready to be seen with clarity and confidence. We’re known for our light and airy photography style, but what really defines this work is intention. Every session is designed to translate who someone is, what they do, and how they want to be perceived into visuals that build trust.
MSP Lifestyle exists alongside that for a different kind of season. This branch focuses on families, maternity, seasonal mini sessions, and special occasions. It’s still rooted in the same aesthetic and care, but it serves life milestones rather than brand positioning. For us, it was important to honor both business and life without forcing them into the same container. And most of our clients use our services for both.
This year, we’re launching MSP The Agency, which feels like a natural evolution of everything we’ve done so far. After years of helping business owners visually and informally guiding them through clarity, consistency, and positioning, we saw the need for deeper support. The agency is a branding and content studio designed to help women-led businesses move from unclear and inconsistent to recognizable, trust-building, and cohesive online. We support coaches, lawyers, therapists, and other service-based professionals through brand identity, social strategy, and done-for-you social media management.
What sets us apart is how we work and how we lead.
We’re a husband-and-wife team, and that blend matters. I, Meivys, am deeply intuitive. I see what’s unspoken and translates it into a brand that feels like you, just clearer and more confident. David brings structure, systems, and organization. He ensures that every moving piece is organized, on time, and executed with excellence. Together, it’s a balance of creativity and precision, feminine and masculine, vision and execution.
What we’re most proud of, brand-wise, is how we love our clients. Our growth past six figures didn’t come from ads or aggressive selling. It came from relationships. We’re active, present, and accessible. People reach out, have conversations with us, and feel seen before they ever become clients. That care is not accidental. It’s the foundation of everything we do, love God and love others.
What we want readers to know is this: we’re not interested in helping people look good for the sake of aesthetics. We care about alignment, authenticity, legacy. About building brands that are honest, consistent, and sustainable. Everything we offer is designed to support not just growth, but peace, clarity, and longevity.
That’s the work. And that’s the heart behind it.
Can you talk to us about how you think about risk?
Risk has always been part of our story, but the way we understand and approach it has changed over time.
Early on, before our faith was truly central to how we built, we took risks based almost entirely on logic. If something made sense on paper, we did it. If the opportunity looked smart or strategic, we said yes. That led to a lot of growth, but it also led to exhaustion. We were moving fast, sometimes too fast, without always asking whether the pace or direction was sustainable.
As our faith deepened, our relationship with risk shifted. Now, we don’t take risks just because they make sense. We take them when we feel peace, clarity, and approval from God. That doesn’t mean we don’t plan or analyze. It means we don’t rush. Every major decision goes through prayer, conversation, structure, and time.
Many of our pivots were risks, even if they don’t always look dramatic from the outside. Choosing to narrow our focus early on instead of saying yes to everything was a risk. Branding ourselves before branding was common in our market was a risk. Phasing out weddings, which had been reliable income, was a significant risk. Adding new branches to our business instead of staying comfortable in what was already working was a risk.
But the biggest one was choosing to both go all in.
David went full-time first, and that was a leap. Then years later, I stepped away from teaching and joined the business full-time as well. That decision meant trusting that our household income would be sustained entirely by something we built ourselves. There was no backup salary. No guaranteed paycheck. That kind of risk forces you to get honest very quickly about your systems, your margins, your discipline, and your faith.
What made that possible wasn’t bravery. It was trust. Trust in God above all, trust in the gifts we’ve been given, trust in our ability to serve people well, and a commitment to simply do the next right step instead of trying to control the entire outcome.
That trust shaped how we moved. We planned carefully, looked honestly at our numbers, evaluated our capacity, and had long conversations before making decisions. But we didn’t move out of fear or pressure. We waited until there was peace.
Because of that, we don’t see ourselves as reckless risk-takers. We’re intentional. We believe risk is unavoidable in business, but it doesn’t have to be chaotic. When decisions are grounded in prayer, clarity, and preparation, risk becomes something you steward rather than something you chase.
Every major step we’ve taken has stretched us.
Pricing:
- Lifestyle Photography: starting at $850
- Branding Photography: starting at $1500
- Agency Pricing: varies by scope
- Coaching: varies by scope
Contact Info:
- Website: https://msuarezphotography.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msp_branding https://www.instagram.com/msp_lifestyle_/ https://www.instagram.com/msp_theagency/ https://www.instagram.com/suarezpartyoftwo/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@msp_miamilifestylephotography https://www.youtube.com/@suarezpartyoftwo
Image Credits
M Suarez Photography
Blissful Haze Photography
Nicole Falco Photography
