Joe Yayo Photography

Houston based full-time indie filmmaker and part-time photographer. I capture mostly musical artists and female models. I do anything from actor headshots to racy urban or Maxim style shoots and beyond. Still testing and exploring my boundaries.

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Album photo shoot for a music artist in 2009.

Artist: Stunta

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Album photo shoot for a music artist in 2008. 

Artist: Stunta

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Publicity photo shoot for a child musical artist in 2009.

Artist: Dezi B

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One more capture from the portfolio shoot for local hair/make-up artist Areial Taylor in late 2012.

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Yet another capture from the portfolio shoot for local hair/make-up artist Areial Taylor in late 2012.

Model: Goldie

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Another capture from the portfolio shoot for local hair/make-up artist Areial Taylor in late 2012.

Model: Cher

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Selected images from the portfolio shoot for local hair/make-up artist Areial Taylor in late 2012.

Model: Hanna 

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Two more images from the bikini/lingerie shoot in 2012. I ended up getting published in digital urban men’s magazine Red Hot Kittens [RHK]. 

Model: Tierra Ferrari 

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Selected images from a bikini/lingerie series shot in 2012 on the Canon 7D and 5D. The session took place in a studio using two strobes with soft boxes. 

Model: Tierra Ferrari

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Two more captures from the actor headshot series in 2011.

Model: Sonja

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Selected images from a series of actor headshots I captured in 2011 with the Canon 7D using available light and a reflector during golden hour.

Model: Sonja

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One more capture from a series of images of urban blight around town shot in 2009.

City: Houston

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Selected decrepit urban/industrial images from around town in 2009.

City: Houston  

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One more capture that falls into bikini/swimwear category shot towards the end of the implied nude/lingeries series in 2009. 

Model: Anna

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One more capture from the musical artist publicity photo series from 2009. 

Artist: Chako

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Selected images from a musical artist publicity photo series in 2009 shot with available light on a sunny afternoon.

Artist: Chako

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Two more captures from one of the series shot in a hotel interior in 2009. 

Model: Janaa