Editorial work in Miami

Miami gets one to two trips from me per year, usually for brand or resort-adjacent campaign work rather than single-sitting portraits — the flight cost makes one-off sittings hard to justify unless they fit into a larger trip. Most of my Miami work has been in Wynwood, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, and Coconut Grove.

The visual texture of Miami is unlike anywhere else I shoot. The light is harder than Atlanta, the architecture is louder, the color palette runs warmer, and the way midday sun bounces off white stucco creates a specific look you can't fake in another city. For brands whose visual language already leans into that territory, shooting in Miami isn't a logistical preference — it's the right answer.

When I'm in Miami I'm usually there for a multi-day production rather than a single sitting. A typical trip is three to four shoot days for a brand campaign, plus a buffer day for scouting and weather contingency. The trip cost reflects the production scale; we'd quote it as a project rather than as travel-plus-sitting.

If you're an individual looking for a portrait sitting in Miami specifically, that's harder to make work financially as a one-off — but if you can flex on dates, the practical path is to wait for a trip that's already on my schedule and book into it. I post upcoming trips to the journal a few weeks ahead when one's confirmed.

I don't shoot weddings or events anywhere, including Miami — that's a different specialty. The right Miami photographer for that work isn't me, and there are excellent ones who do it.