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Key people at Shoot My Travel.
Shoot My Travel, now operating as Angle, provides a global platform connecting individuals and businesses with professional photographers. The company offers on-demand, high-quality photography services, enabling clients to capture milestones, events, and brand imagery across diverse locations. This streamlined approach ensures clients receive expertly curated visual content efficiently.
Founded in October 2015 by Valerie Lopez, a Miami-based photographer, and Camilo Rojas, the company’s genesis stemmed from a personal insight during a European vacation. The co-founders experienced the dilemma of wanting professional photographs of their trip while also desiring to be in them, identifying a clear market gap for accessible travel photography services.
Angle serves a broad clientele, from individual travelers and families to businesses requiring visual content. The company's vision is to empower clients by preserving significant memories and to provide photographers with consistent professional opportunities. Angle aims to be the premier resource for capturing pivotal experiences and commercial needs through expert photography, fostering lasting visual legacies globally.
Shoot My Travel is a vacation photography platform that connects travelers with local professional photographers in over 230 destinations worldwide, enabling users to capture high-quality trip memories without relying on selfies or amateur shots.[1][2] It serves leisure travelers, couples, families, and influencers seeking professional photos during day trips or vacations, solving the problem of poor-quality travel photography amid the rise of social media sharing.[2][5] The platform offers easy booking, portfolio browsing, quick photo delivery (often within 24-48 hours), and competitive pricing starting around $235 per hour, though it faced revenue challenges pre-2021 and rebranded to Angle.[2][3][4]
Shoot My Travel was a Miami-based startup founded by two female entrepreneurs, emerging as a marketplace for on-demand vacation photography to address the hassle of finding reliable local photographers.[2][3] The idea gained traction amid growing demand for professional travel photos in the selfie era, with early revenue in 2019 ($174k implied growth context) but a sharp decline to $37k in 2020 due to pandemic impacts.[3] A pivotal moment came around 2021 when it sought $1.07M in funding at a $6M pre-money valuation (having raised $242k so far), while planning a rebrand to Angle to recover and expand; user reviews highlight early positive shoots like in Boston and Ireland, despite some service hiccups.[2][3][4]
Shoot My Travel rides the explosion of visual social media and experiential travel, where travelers prioritize Instagram-worthy content amid post-pandemic revenge tourism and influencer culture.[2][5] Timing aligned with gig economy growth for creatives, positioning it against competitors like Flytographer, Localgrapher (900+ destinations), and Airbnb Experiences by focusing on verified pros for vacations rather than general gigs like Thumbtack.[4][6] It influences the ecosystem by normalizing on-demand photography as a travel staple, boosting local economies via photographer networks, though market forces like low defensibility (no strong moats vs. larger platforms) and niche demand limit venture-scale growth.[3]
Post-rebrand to Angle, Shoot My Travel could rebound by enhancing sticky features like recurring bookings, event partnerships, and superior support to combat past revenue dips and service complaints.[3][4] Rising trends in personalized travel tech—AI-enhanced matching, VR previews, and integrated apps with hotels/experiences—will shape its path, potentially expanding to 500+ cities if it secures defensibility against giants.[3][6] Its influence may evolve from niche player to ecosystem enabler if it scales user growth, tying back to its core promise: turning fleeting trips into lasting, professional memories in a selfie-saturated world.[1][2]
Key people at Shoot My Travel.
