# Luma Hart
> Light, people, places

**Role:** Editorial Photographer
**Email:** hello@luma.studio
**Website:** https://luma.layoutpages.com

## About
I photograph people and spaces for editorial teams, hospitality groups, and design-led brands.The work is precise without feeling stiff: available light, patient direction, and enough structure that clients can keep using the images long after launch week.

## Discovery Scope
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## Services
Focused ways to work together.

### Editorial shoots
Portraits, travel stories, and image-led features with a calm production footprint.

### Hospitality campaigns
Launch libraries for boutique hotels, restaurants, and spaces with a strong point of view.

### Image systems
Reusable visual direction, shot lists, and asset libraries for brands that publish often.


## Portfolio
### [Hotel Mariner](https://luma.layoutpages.com/portfolio/hotel-mariner)
Category: Hospitality
A launch library for a coastal hotel built around wind, linen, and late afternoon light.

### [Studio Table](https://luma.layoutpages.com/portfolio/studio-table)
Category: Food
Editorial images for a chef residency and its printed field guide.

### [Founders at Work](https://luma.layoutpages.com/portfolio/founders-at-work)
Category: Portrait
A restrained portrait series for an independent design software team.

### [North Window](https://luma.layoutpages.com/portfolio/north-window)
Category: Interiors
Interior campaign for a furniture maker using only winter window light.


## Experience
**2024-Present**
Independent Editorial PhotographerCommissioned by hospitality groups, magazines, and design studios for launch campaigns, travel stories, and long-tail image libraries.

**2021-2024**
Contributing Photographer - Kinfolk, Surface, Gather JournalProduced portrait, food, and interior features across the US, Mexico, and Northern Europe with small crews and natural-light direction.

**2018-2021**
Photo Editor - Studio TableBuilt shoot briefs, edited selects, and directed still-life systems for a culinary publisher before moving fully behind the camera.


## Education
**MFA, Photography** — School of Visual Arts (2018)
Graduate thesis focused on documentary portraiture, hospitality rituals, and the editorial systems around repeatable image production.

**BFA, Visual Communication** — California College of the Arts (2015)
Coursework in photography, book design, typography, and image sequencing for printed editorial work.


## Writing
### [Building a shot list that breathes](https://luma.layoutpages.com/blog/building-a-shot-list-that-breathes) (2026-05-11) [process, production]
A useful shot list protects the brief without squeezing surprise out of the day.

### [What hospitality teams actually need](https://luma.layoutpages.com/blog/what-hospitality-teams-actually-need) (2026-05-07) [hospitality, brand]
The best launch libraries cover operations, mood, rooms, food, and the quiet details between them.

### [Editing for a long-tail campaign](https://luma.layoutpages.com/blog/editing-for-a-long-tail-campaign) (2026-05-03) [editing, workflow]
How I structure selects when the client needs web, press, social, and seasonal refreshes from one shoot.


## Contact
- Email: hello@luma.studio
- Website: https://luma.layoutpages.com
- [Instagram](https://instagram.com)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com)