Meet our Photographer and Founder

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What was your first photo that made you feel like a “real” professional?

Ellen was a yearbook photographer at Central High School in Brooksville FL. “Taking photos of the football team,” Ellen remembered, “Those made me feel like a “real” professional”.

What is your favorite place to shoot senior photos?

Ellen’s favorites depend on the state she is in. “My favorite place to take senior photos is anywhere by the water.” When in Maine, Boothbay Harbor, Maine is a favorite, and in Florida, Linda Pedersen Park in Spring Hill. 

What is your favorite place to shoot family photos?

Ellen had this observation for family photos, “[they] are fun to do in an open area. Any place like a nice field or wooded area, or an open downtown city area”.

What are you favorite still shots to take – nature, animals or people?

Ellen enjoys taking all types of photos. Her favorite? “I love to sit somewhere in nature, quiet, and take pictures.”

Do you take shots fast or do you sit and wait for hours?

Ellen has a unique technique to photo shoots. “I may take out my camera fast, but I like to wait to get the best shot,” Ellen said, “as soon as I start taking photos, I tend to just keep snapping photos.”

Who is your favorite professional photographer?

Annie Leibovitz is Ellen’s favorite. Ellen described her mentor this way, “She has a really amazing way of capturing people and using lighting to make her photos unique.”

Who inspired you?

Ellen has been inspired by her friends and my family. As she spoke about that inspiration Ellen was quick to mention, “They pushed me to follow my dreams and helped me to put my photography out there.”

Did you take photographs in High School?

Ellen did start her “career” in High School on the Yearbook Staff as photographer her senior year. Ellen recalls, “you could always catch me running around football games or NJROTC events with my camera; always just trying to get the best shot.”

What is your favorite type of light?

Ellen is a naturalist, preferring the light provided by Mother Nature to the studio. Ellen described her Wright Light as “If I had to choose my favorite type of natural light it would have to be at sunset.”

What makes you happiest about being a photographer?

Ellen is happiest as a photographer when “I get to help people capture their memories. I capture the love between two people as I take their maternity photos; or the joy on someone’s face as they are having fun. That is what brings me the most joy.”

Ever since Ellen Gabriella Wright was a little girl, she loved taking pictures of her surroundings and friends. With In the Wright Light Photography, she is able to take advantage of her love of photography and do what many entrepreneurs are encouraged to do with their lives – make their jobs what they love. 

Wright’s friends and family have been her inspiration. They have been her first models and have helped her grow as a photographer.  Her first subjects were the beauty of the coast of Maine. This is where Ellen grew up; her first love, from the rocky coasts, conifers and snowfalls, the lobstermen and sailboats bobbing in the ocean, or the magnificent sunrises at the lighthouses off the Maine coasts. 

Moving to Florida 8 years ago, Wright had even more beautiful scenery to take pictures of – beaches, sunsets from the western shores of Palm Island, and the palms giving shade to the birds and tortoises of the craggy woods of the Nature Coast.