My name is Elora.
Photographer | Artist | Creative Guide
I work in light, shadow, and becoming.
I’m EloraFina, a portrait photographer based in Orange County.
I’m less interested in documenting how someone looks than in witnessing who they are. A portrait, to me, isn’t about constructing a perfect image or telling you how to pose. It’s about creating a space — honest, calm, and collaborative — where you don’t have to perform.
Where the parts of you that are visible, and the parts you usually keep hidden, are both welcome. Without apology.
That’s the moment I’m after: when someone stops posing and starts to emerge. When the image stops being a performance and becomes a reflection.
I believe everyone has greatness in them. Most of us just need someone to really see it first.
My job is to be that witness — and to hold up the mirror.
Create Anyway | In Any Way
Curriculum Vitae
SHOWS
‘Negatives in the Dark’ , group show, black and white Film photography, Yoshida Gallery, Costa Mesa, Ca
‘Birthday Hat Society’, photography, OCC Doyle Arts Pavilion, Costa Mesa, Ca
‘Breakdown’ solo show, OCC Student/Faculty Gallery, Costa Mesa, Ca
‘Breakdown’ solo Show, Hatakeyama Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
‘Metamorphosis’, Coastline Community College Gallery, Costa Mesa, Ca
‘Tungsten Sunset’, Photographer Collective Show, Reflections Gallery, Santa Ana, Ca
‘The Sacred Within’, paintings and illustrations, BARDOT, Tustin, Ca
‘Goddess Inspired’, Jewelry, CSUF Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, Ca
‘Mako & Eiko’ (Japanese rendition of Hansel & Gretal), 3rd Floor Gallery, Costa Mesa, Ca
PUBLICATIONS
‘ENTHEON’, Alex and Alyson Grey, contributing artist
AWARDS
1st Place Drawing, ‘Transmutations’, Mass Appeal, Doyle Arts Pavilion, Costa Mesa, Ca
1st Place & People Choice, Photograph, ‘Tungsten Sunset’, Reflections Gallery, Santa Ana
Isidore Meyers -Scholarship (photography)
E.C. Nichols - Scholarship (art)
MISC
Guest lecturer, Orange Coast College Art Department, Professional Studies & Fashion Department
Childrens Art Workshop Leader / Come Alive Long Beach
Del Mar Art Academy / Mandala Workshop Series
Art Masters Volunteer / K-5th grade