Alex Staniloff

About

My name is Alex and I've been shooting commercially for close to six years. Though my primary field is architectural photography, I have been trained in studio photography as well. I began my career shooting for Airbnb back in 2011, for which I still shoot - and have currently shot over 4000 listings and have been told that I've shot more listings than any other of their photographers in the world. Having graduated from NYU, I began shooting in Los Angeles (returning to my hometown) where I started to expand my work into property photography and working under one of of LA's top architectural photographers. I shadowed and assisted him on a few shoots but mostly just took over clients for him that he was too busy to cover. I also started shooting events, products and portraits occasionally but kept mostly to architectural photography. In 2014 I moved back to NYC where I continued shooting for Airbnb as well as joining a Google Trusted Photo Agency to shoot businesses and hundreds of hotels featuring still and 360 photography. From there, I started taking more freelance event and product shoot jobs, as well as shooting for a couple real estate photo agencies - under one of which I shadowed and assisted a photographer for a few days. I studied studio lighting at the International Center of Photography and began shooting more portrait and commercial work having learned better how to use strobes. My clients included some international names such as Levi's, Marriott Hotels, and Bon Appetite Magazine.