Commercial / Retreats.
Editorial brand storytelling for retreats, experiences, hospitality and brands. Cinematic, atmosphere-led photography and video - visual identity that feels, not just shows.
Commercial / Retreats is one offering with several faces: editorial brand storytelling for fashion, beauty, wellness and lifestyle brands, and visual storytelling for retreats, events and experiences. The approach does not change between them. The work is cinematic and atmosphere-led, built around the feeling a place leaves rather than a list of shots: visual identity that feels, not just shows.
Retreat photography sits naturally inside that. Retreat organizers, wellness brands, hospitality businesses and experience-based businesses need what a campaign needs - a coherent visual language to carry across a website, a programme page, a season of social and print - but it has to be made quietly, inside a real schedule, around people who came to practise rather than to model. Event photography and experience photography work the same way: the room is shot as it is, and the marketing gallery comes out of that rather than out of staging it.
For yoga, wellness and personal-growth retreats in depth - consent, ceremonies, multi-day coverage and seasonal packages - see Retreat Photography. For hospitality work, boutique hotels, eco-resorts and small luxury properties across Tulum, Holbox, Bacalar and beyond, see Hotel Photography. For restaurants and beach clubs, chef, kitchen, room and brand mood in one shoot, see Restaurant Photography. For campaign work with fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands, see Brands.
Alisa was absolutely fantastic to work with. She captured the energy and emotion of our sunset fitness event beautifully. Her eye for detail, timing, and natural moments made all the difference. The photos truly reflect the atmosphere we wanted to create. Highly recommend her for any lifestyle or event photography.
What to expect
A creative brief
We start with the brand or the retreat, the audience, and the feeling you want to leave.
Concept & shoot
Mood-boarded, scouted, shot - photo, video or both - in one cohesive direction. On a retreat or an event I work inside your schedule rather than around it.
Deliverables
A private gallery, then editorial edits and social-ready cuts, split by where you will use them.
What we shoot
Brands
Editorial brand campaigns - fashion, beauty, wellness, lifestyle. Cinematic, atmosphere-led photography for visual identity that feels, not just shows.
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Hospitality
Editorial photography for boutique hotels, eco-resorts and small luxury properties - Tulum, Holbox, Bacalar and beyond.
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Restaurants
Editorial - not stiff product shots. Chef, kitchen, room, menu and brand mood, all in one cohesive shoot.
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Retreats
Yoga, wellness and immersive retreats - the practice, the place and the people, photographed as one continuous story.
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Video production
Photography + video - every experience can also be captured as a cinematic film.
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- Retreats, workshops & immersive experiences
- Hotels & boutique stays
- Restaurants & cafés
- Fashion, beauty & wellness brands
- Creative and destination brands
- Editorial photo + cinematic video
- Social-ready cuts + high-resolution editorial edits
Frequently asked
What kinds of clients do you work with?
Retreat organizers, wellness brands, boutique hotels and restaurants, and fashion, beauty, lifestyle and destination brands - anyone building an experience people book.
Do you photograph retreats and experiences?
Yes - retreats, workshops and experience-led events sit inside this offering, not beside it. Coverage is quiet and consent-led, shot inside your schedule, and delivered as a marketing gallery split by where you will use it. There is a fuller page on retreat photography if you want the whole process.
Can you produce video as well as photo?
Yes - photo and video can be produced in one cohesive shoot, in a unified visual direction.
What deliverables do you provide?
Editorial high-resolution stills, vertical and horizontal video cuts, social-ready crops, and full licensing for your use.
How do we start?
We begin with a brief: brand, audience and the feeling you want. From there I mood-board and propose a direction.
Timeless · Cinematic
Two distinct visual languages - choose the one that feels like the memory you want to keep.
Timeless
Elegant. Clean. Naturally lit. Lightly editorial. Polished storytelling with classic emotional imagery - the photographs you’ll print and frame.
Cinematic
Film-inspired. Immersive. Grain, movement, dramatic light. Imperfect moments and atmospheric framing - memories that feel like a film.
Let's make a few frames you'll keep on the wall.
Tell me a little about who'll be in front of the camera, where, and when. I reply within 24 hours - usually faster.