Photography

Images for Digital Content, Branding & Storytelling

Role: Location Scouter, Photographer, Editor

Tools: Fuji XT5 & Adobe Lightroom

Goal: Translate creative concepts into refined visual assets tailored to each client’s vision across commercial, portrait and cinematic photography

How I work

Each photoshoot begins with a consultation to align on goals. Often shoots involve my full creative direction – mood, color and wardrobe styling. From location scouting to shooting to editing, I prioritize clear communication and organized workflows to deliver visuals that meet client objectives.

Deliverables

50 - 150 high-resolution, color-graded images per photoshoot, delivered within an average three-week turnaround.

Commercial

This shoot aimed to update photos for Controvento Hostel. Since the atmosphere is fun and vibrant, I focused on making these qualities shine through in the final results. During editing, I subtly enhanced colors and brightened the exposure to produce inviting images suitable for both web and social media use.

Sunlit hostel room at Controvento Hostel with wooden bunk beds and a green-and-orange leaf mural, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Decorative hanging lightbulb in the lounge at Controvento Hostel with cityscape visible through an open window, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Interior of Controvento Hostel living room featuring teal sofa, decorative pillows, framed photos, bookshelf, and bar-height table with stools, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Two acoustic guitars at Controvento Hostel, one wooden and one mint green, leaning against a wall with a small orange amplifier beneath the green guitar, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Tabletop foosball game at Controvento Hostel with black and yellow players on a green field, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Interior photo of a room corner at Controvento Hostel featuring a wooden high table, four stools, and wall artwork, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Interior photo of the living room at Controvento Hostel featuring plants, wooden chairs, a foosball table, and a sofa with coffee table, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Interior photo of a room at Controvento Hostel featuring two wooden lockers labeled ‘C1’ and ‘C2’ with beds on each side, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Interior photo of a Controvento Hostel bedroom featuring a green monstera leaf mural, abstract wall shapes, a bed with white linens, and wooden storage boxes labeled ‘C3’ and ‘C4, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Portrait

For this session I collaborated with my client to produce natural portraits. To achieve this look we shot before and during sunset which resulted in warm tones and soft shadows. The final album has two color variations: one emphasizing the sunset, the other highlighting the subject with muted tones.

Portrait of a woman with long blonde hair wearing a camel-colored coat and black turtleneck, standing outdoors near a body of water at sunset, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Portrait of a woman with long blonde hair standing outdoors at dusk, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Portrait of a woman with long blonde hair wearing a tan coat, standing outdoors at sunset, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Portrait of a woman with blonde hair wearing a beige coat and black tights, sitting outdoors, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Portrait of a woman with blonde hair, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Portrait of a woman with long blonde hair sitting on stone steps in front of a castle, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Cinematic

With full creative direction, my vision for this shoot was to capture energetic young love with vintage-inspired color grading. I guided my subjects through frequent movement to create motion blur, and during editing, I applied grain and tilt sparingly to achieve the desired aesthetic.

Cinematic portrait of a woman kissing a man on the forehead as he holds her face outdoors during sunset, photographed by Skye J Blount.

A couple kissing next to a historic cityscape at sunset, with a street lamp and a church in the background.

Cinematic portrait of a happy couple running together on a cobblestone street in Florence with parked cars and yellow buildings, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Cinematic portrait of a couple sharing an intimate moment at sunset on a bridge with a cityscape in the background, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Cinematic portrait of two people holding hands in an alleyway at sunset, wearing leather jackets and pants, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Cinematic portrait of a man and woman shaking hands outside a building with an illuminated ‘DATE’ sign, both wearing leather jackets, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Cinematic portrait of a man and woman standing on a city street leaning against a stone wall, with the man showing a fist bump gesture and the woman standing casually, photographed by Skye J Blount.

A young couple smiling and leaning close to each other near a river during sunset in an urban setting, photographed by Skye J Blount.

Testimonials

“Skye delivered wonderful images that we’ll be using on our website and Instagram page. She is professional, straightforward and a pleasure to work with!”

Controvento Hostel

“Skye was amazing! I really appreciated that she worked with the vision we had and proposed locations and poses that perfectly aligned with what we wanted.”

Julee A.

“I was a bit nervous at first, but Skye made the photoshoot feel so effortless and fun. We also couldn’t be happier with the final images, they’re absolutely perfect!”

Maya H.