Steve Ellinger, FAIA, based in Abilene, Texas is an Architect, educator and photographer (www.steveellinger.com). Steve's dedication to art and design has spanned from designing buildings, to sculpture, to photography. Although Steve has successfully engaged in the photography of many areas, he most enjoys capturing and creating images of people in settings and poses that are fashionable, artistic and contemporary. He recently completed a highly successful and attended gallery showing at the Cockerell Gallery in the downtown arts district of Abilene. A number of those that Steve has photographed have been signed to well known modeling agencies in New York, Dallas, and Milan. Steve began his love of photography over 40 years ago while an architecture student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where numerous examples of his work were featured in several local and national publications. Color, scale, texture, lines, symmetry are all part of a building, and the environment. Steve tries to bring some of these elements into his unique photographic arts of people. Many years of darkroom work, now done digitally, have helped Steve create the end result that begins with a good subject in front of the lens. He began his serious photography with a well used Canon F-1 (the first professional grade camera that Canon developed) in 1977, and began to build a portfolio that remains contemporary even today. "In the old days, we were always limited by how much film we had on hand or could afford, a single film speed per role, and of course the time delay in the processing of film. Technology has definitely allowed a more creative time efficient process and the ability to instantly check the image capture." Today, Steve uses the latest in professional grade Nikon equipment. As John Berger said in 1926, "The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget." If you are interested in a creative collaboration, I am now accepting very limited and select bookings for artistic, and portfolio development images
To be considered for a shoot, you MUST generally conform to one of the following categories:
Fashion / Runway / Editorial:
Height 5'8"-6'0"
Weight 105-135 lbs
Measurements, approximately 34-24-34 (bust, waist, hips)
Commercial / Print modeling
Height 5'5"-5'6"
Weight 105-125 lbs
Measurements, approximately 34-24-34 (bust, waist, hips)
Petite modeling
Height 5'1"-5'5"
Weight 100-125 lbs
Measurements, approximately, 34-24-34 (bust, waist, hips)
Glamour modeling
(photo submittal required)
Measurements, approximately 36-24-36 (bust, waist, hips)
