Get To Know Me

Hey there! My name is Tawny, I’m a creative photographer based in Raleigh, North Carolina. I specialize in natural lighting, utilizing it to my advantage. I’ve always had a passion for visuals, inspired specifically through emotion. I first picked up a camera in high school and have been glued to it ever since, striving to perfect my craft!

My style has always been derived through three things: Composition, color, and storytelling. I’d love to bring your vision to life! Let’s work together!

People often ask me what I take photos of, what kind of clients I take on and what I “ specialize “ in, And to that I answer, I do it ALL! From Weddings to more of a creative portrait session to branding! I curate what you envision when booking me and turn that into a reality!

FEATURED

“No messing around in studios for this highly-skilled portrait and lifestyle photographer. In fact, Tawny Elise Masteller takes her shooting out on location. An eclectic variety of everyday normal locations at that. So too are her models’ poses, expressions, and attire, all usually normal. The same goes for the lighting, with an everyday average available light feel. However, they’re all just simply too consistently perfect to be normal.

It’s a well-planned and prepared “normal.” The just-right compositions that bring full attention to the models, the perfectly balanced light always hitting just the right spots, even the choice of attractive outfits that are nicely balanced. There’s a lot more going on in creating these images than meets the eye, and Masteller works them superbly.”

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What People Are Saying

“ Our company has had the pleasure of working with Tawny on several occasions. She is incredible, able to come in and snap the perfect pictures of both our team and special events we have hosted. She is wonderful to work with and so talented! “

— Beth Ellsworth

Director of Operations @ Versado Training

“ I’m an actor and was in need of some professional headshots, so I reached out to Tawny. She was SO AMAZING – the photos I received were exceptional quality and Tawny’s bright personality made the whole experience enjoyable. Beyond the photography Tawny is just a really grounded, funny, cool person to be around! ” 

- Anthony Miracola

"We used Tawny for our Home Improvement before and afters. She really captured the essence of what we do by using her amazing talents. Would recommend her to anyone for any type of shoot, as she is as versatile as they come!"

— Agile Home Improvement

“Tawny was a dream to work with for our commercial photos. She not only captured our employees beautifully, but she was able to engineer very creative imagery that snapshots the essence of our business. We are proud to display those images in our store front and on our website. Tawny’s seemingly effortless talent, congenial personality and flexibility in scheduling make her the absolute best photographer for Unrefined Designs.”

— Sabrina Recca

Unrefined Designs