Photography

Creative Direction, Planning, Organizing, Editing

Visionary and Director

2024 TFII Nominee for Photographer of the Year – Texas Fashion Week 🥂

Starting as a placeholder photographer for my own brand of swimwear, I have grown this skill to serve alongside my visual design roles as well as cultivating a place in the local photography scene.

From company headshots, branded photos for web campaigns, event photography, to my producing my own visions, this skillset is can stand on it’s own two legs.

Gear: Canon 70D EOS. 24-75mm lens, 50mm lens, 70-200mm lens

Update: Sony A7 iii camera, mirrorless with lens adapter.

Concept
Coordinating
Set Direction
Lighting setup
Color Theory
Editing in Photoshop Camera Raw
Publishing

Photography + Production

LV Magazine Kids Cover Shoot

Photographer/Director: Stefani Elle
Model Phire Princess/Arion King
Styling: Ciscely Mackey
Wardrobe: Julianna Corazon
Hair – Ciscely Mackey
Makeup: Ty Rashad

Location: Wonder Chamber

I was hired by Arion’s mother, her manager Ciscely Mackey to photograph her cover shoot for LV Magazine Kids. They loved the photos so much they decided to do a double cover that month.

Bubble Bar Shoot

Photographer/Director: Stefani Elle
Model AnnaKaren Yildez
Styling: Des Torres
Wardrobe: Desja Chanel Boutique
Hair/Makeup: Cynthia Hernandez

Location: SOBLOW Dry Bar

Clearly, the Barbie movie was our main inspiration. We had so much fun putting this together. This location is a Dry Bar here in San Antonio. Our model had done some work with the owner prior and got us full access to the space for a whole afternoon.

Barbie Shoot

Photographer/Director: Stefani Elle
Model AnnaKaren Yildez
Styling: Des Torres
Wardrobe: Desja Chanel Boutique
Hair/Makeup: Cynthia Hernandez

Location: SOBLOW Dry Bar

Jefferson Bodega

Photographer/Director: Stefani Elle
Model/Hair/Makeup: AnnaKaren Yildez
Styling: Des Torres
Wardrobe: Desja Chanel Boutique
Location: Jefferson Bodega

Myself, AnnaKaren and Des were ideating on a grocery store shoot and I had recently made contact with the owners of Jefferson Bodega who had a cult-like following in San Antonio. They graciously allowed us to shoot in their space during operating hours (as long as we didn’t impede on customers). We worked for five hours, had four outfit changes and even a wig change.

These ended up being published in Pepper Magazine, a locally based global magazine.