San Antonio · Commercial, advertising and editorial
Commercial portrait photographer in San Antonio
Ryan Dunbar is a commercial, advertising and editorial portrait photographer based in Austin, Texas. He photographs campaigns, editorial portraits and executive portraits for San Antonio brands, agencies and publications.
San Antonio is the closest of the three Texas cities he works in, about 80 miles south of Austin. His work includes a Dove advertisement, portraits in HELLO! and The Big Issue, and two HarperCollins book covers.
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Hospitality, press and brand portraits
Shooting in San Antonio
San Antonio or the Austin studio
San Antonio is about 80 miles south of Austin on Interstate 35, around an hour and a half by road. At that distance, San Antonio clients can choose between a shoot in their own city and a sitting in Ryan’s studio in Austin.
In San Antonio, Ryan photographs at your premises, on location in a store, a hotel, a restaurant or a street, or in a studio rented in the city for the day. His lighting and camera kit travels with him.
Crew and travel
Crew is decided job by job. For a San Antonio shoot, hair and makeup, styling, an assistant and models may come from Austin or be booked in San Antonio, and every role is listed on the quote.
Travel is its own line on the quote, separate from the shoot fee and the licence. A headshot session at a San Antonio office is the set session price plus a travel fee; a session in the Austin studio carries none.
For San Antonio clients
What Ryan photographs for San Antonio clients
Brand and campaign work
Advertising for brands and their agencies, in the studio or on location. His campaigns include Koopers Whiskey’s marketing campaign, resort photography for Seda Lio, product photography for Ikonic Leather Works used in the brand’s advertising and by its retailers, and store marketing for Aldo Formalwear.
See the campaignsEditorial and press portraits
Portraits for magazines, newspapers, publishers, authors and musicians. His editorial work has run in HELLO!, The Big Issue and The Guardian. Writers and musicians commission him for press kits and album covers, including a press kit portrait for writer and musician Kordel.
Editorial portraitsExecutive portraits
Founders and company leaders book a headshot session when their portrait has to stand up in public, for a press release, an award or a feature. Sessions are $795 or $1,495, in Austin or at your San Antonio office.
Headshot sessionsThe photographer
Who you’ll be working with
Ryan started working as a photographer in 2005. He spent fifteen years running a studio in the Canadian commercial market, worked on assignments in the Philippines and Thailand, and has been based in Austin since 2024.
Every San Antonio job is photographed by Ryan himself, and he approves every final image before delivery. His clients include people in public life, among them a United States Army general and a candidate for Congress, and he keeps those clients private.
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Questions about working in San Antonio
Who is a commercial portrait photographer for San Antonio brands and agencies?
Ryan Dunbar is a commercial, advertising and editorial portrait photographer based in Austin who works in San Antonio. His work includes advertising for Dove, portraits published in HELLO! and The Guardian, and the covers of two HarperCollins books.
Can we come to the studio in Austin instead?
Yes. San Antonio is about 80 miles from Austin, and headshot sessions, portraits and studio campaigns can all be made in Ryan’s studio there. Shoots in San Antonio itself happen at your premises, on location or in a rented studio.
Do you have a studio in San Antonio?
No. Ryan is based in Austin and travels to San Antonio for each shoot. Travel appears as its own line on the quote.
Can a portrait be kept private until it is published?
Yes. Some of Ryan’s clients are in public life, and he keeps those clients private. Nothing from a shoot appears on this site unless the client has agreed or the work has already been published.
How do we ask for a quote for a San Antonio shoot?
Call, email info@ryandunbarphotography.com or use the portrait form. Say whether you would rather shoot in San Antonio or in Austin, and a written quote follows.
Contact
Get in touch.
Tell Ryan what the pictures are for, and whether you would rather shoot in San Antonio or in the Austin studio.