Hospitality & Hotel Photographer for Luxury Brands
Bespoke imagery for the world's most considered hospitality brands —
crafted to captivate, inspire, and endure
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Elevated, strategic imagery for hospitality brands that understand visual identity is the first impression — and the lasting one.
Based in Southern California, I create luxury hotel photography and hospitality imagery that goes beyond aesthetics — crafted to communicate refinement, exclusivity, and the distinct character of your property across your website, press features, and campaign platforms.
This is editorial-driven hospitality photography — imagery that captures not just how a space looks, but how it feels to arrive, to stay, to belong. Every frame is built to reflect the caliber of experience your guests expect.
Each project functions as a long-term visual asset. Photography and other content assets are delivered with real-world application in mind — website, press, social, and editorial — so your brand shows up with intention at every touchpoint.
Luxury Hospitality Photography for Discerning Hotels & Brands
- Are building or refining a premium visual identity
- Understand that imagery directly influences guest perception and booking decisions
- Need photography that performs across web, press, PR campaigns, and digital platforms
- Want visuals that feel refined, intentional, and true to the caliber of their property
This work is best suited for brands that are clear on their positioning, committed to excellence, and ready to invest in imagery that reflects the experience they deliver.
I partner with luxury hospitality brands and properties that:
WHO I WORK WITH
- Luxury hotel and resort photography for web, press, and campaign use
- Editorial-style property and lifestyle imagery that captures atmosphere and guest experience
- Content libraries for property launches, rebrands, and seasonal campaigns
- Ongoing retainer partnerships for hotels with evolving content needs
- Short-form b-roll video for social and digital platforms
- Creative direction, model casting, production management, and styling guidance to ensure visual cohesion across all touchpoints
Each project is intentionally scoped based on your property, your audience, and where your brand needs to show up — now and next.
Services & Deliverables
Prior to focusing on hospitality photography, Chelsea served as Content Director for The Blonde Abroad — one of travel's most recognized digital platforms — overseeing editorial strategy, art direction, and creative production across major brand partnerships with Travel + Leisure, Capital One, Best Western, The Venetian Hotel, among others.
This foundation means every shoot is approached not just as a photographer, but as a content strategist — with a clear understanding of how imagery performs across platforms, what brand partners expect, and how to build visual narratives that serve both editorial and commercial goals.
This foundation means every shoot is approached not just as a photographer, but as a content strategist — with a clear understanding of how imagery performs across platforms, what brand partners expect, and how to build visual narratives that serve both editorial and commercial goals.
From the Former Content Director of The Blonde Abroad
- Contributing photographer for Travel + Leisure since 2021, with images licensed and featured across web, social, and print
- Led a full campaign for Travel + Leisure x The Venetian Hotel, delivering a complete content library across all brand platforms
- Dispatched on assignment across California and internationally — with images purchased and licensed from France, Spain, and Italy
- Editorial work recognized for its sense of place, light, and atmosphere — the hallmarks of luxury travel storytelling at a global scale
Commercial lifestyle photography
TRAVEL & LEISURE
PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHT
- Full-day editorial campaign shoot for the launch of Monterey Beach Hotel, a Marriott Boutique Collection property, in collaboration with their PR agency
- 15-hour production day capturing the full guest experience — food and beverage, lifestyle, and property imagery across morning and golden hour light
- Collaborated with the hotel's PR team to develop the shot list from their moodboard, directing models and coordinating props and flow throughout the day
- Result: A complete visual library delivered for use across the hotel's website launch and ongoing social media presence
Commercial lifestyle photography
MONTEREY BEACH HOTEL
PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHT
- Multi-restaurant hospitality launch for a large-scale resort property
- Led creative direction and styled food photography across a two-day production, capturing over 50 menu items in thoughtfully designed, brand-specific environments
- Developed custom vignettes for nine distinct restaurants, each styled to reflect the unique aesthetic, concept, and dining experience of the space prior to opening
- Result: A comprehensive image library used across Marriott’s website, restaurant menus, digital marketing, social media launches, brand storytelling, and press / PR; along with an ongoing partnership
Commercial lifestyle photography
GAYLORD PACIFIC:
MULTIPLE RESTAURANT LAUNCHES
MULTIPLE RESTAURANT LAUNCHES
PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHT
- Multi-day campaign shoot produced to showcase the property following a full renovation, capturing the elevated guest experience across all touchpoints
- Led full-service production from concept through execution — including model casting, wardrobe selection, and creative direction throughout each shoot day
- Imagery spanning in-room, poolside, food and beverage, and cocktail photography to present the breadth and character of the refreshed property
- Result: A comprehensive visual library delivered for use across the hotel's website and social media — and an ongoing client relationship
Commercial lifestyle photography
ESTANCIA LA JOLLA
PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHT
- Ongoing creative partnership with iconic luxury coastal resort — spanning multiple campaigns over an extended relationship
- Full creative direction from pre-production through shoot day, including model scouting, wardrobe planning, and shot list development in collaboration with the brand team
- Production planning aligned to the hotel's social and marketing calendar, ensuring imagery was delivered with purpose and timing for each campaign cycle
- Imagery captured across all pillars of the guest experience — spa treatments, beachfront lifestyle, food and beverage, poolside, and in-room moments
- Result: A continually refreshed visual library that elevates the resort's presence across web, social, and digital marketing
Commercial lifestyle photography
L'AUBERGE DEL MAR
PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHT
- Editorial lifestyle campaign for a luxury boutique property in Saint-Tropez, France — captured through an immersive, guest-perspective approach during a hosted creative stay
- Imagery spanning the full property experience — architecture, lush grounds, poolside atmosphere, and cocktail and dining moments that define the Provençal luxury aesthetic
- Photography crafted to translate the sensory allure of the property to an international travel audience, conveying place, mood, and desire in equal measure
- Result: Imagery adopted as the primary visual identity of the property across their website, social media, and all major booking platforms — serving as the hero imagery guests encounter at every point of discovery and reservation
Commercial lifestyle photography
BASTIDE D'ANTOINE
PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHT
