There is something special about photographing a home high above the Las Vegas Strip, and in 2025 I had that chance at the Waldorf Astoria for Elle Concepts. The high rise condo was unit 3302, in the tower that was formerly the Mandarin Oriental, and it lives in my Studio J Inc. archive under Elle Concepts as Waldorf Astoria 3302.

This post is about the interior design side of that shoot, and about how I set out to show the way the designer finished the space.

The softer side of high rise condo photography

On this job I worked alongside an interior designer whose focus was furniture and fabrics. That is the softer side of high rise condo photography, and it is a side I truly enjoy. Flooring and hard finishes matter less here than they do in an interior architecture build out. What matters is how the room feels once the furniture, the textiles and the styling are in place, and how all of that reads against the glass and the view.

The living room tells the whole story. I made that frame at dusk, with the Las Vegas Strip glowing beyond the windows, so the warmth of the room and the city outside could share one image. Keeping the fabrics rich and the view alive in the same frame is the kind of lighting craft I will happily spend the time to get right, because that sky only looks that way for a few minutes each evening, and I want to be there for it.

Details that carry the designer’s choices

In the primary bedroom, the channeled headboard and soft textiles carry the design, so I let them lead the frame.

The master bathroom, with its freestanding tub and double vanity, is all about calm, and I composed it to feel that way.

The wood slat wall in the entry hallway draws you straight into the living room, and I wanted the photograph to pull you in the same way.

Even the galley kitchen, with its wood and cream cabinetry, carries the designer’s palette through the home.

Letting the design lead

For me and for Studio J Inc., high rise condo interior design photography means letting the designer’s choices lead the frame: the furniture, the fabrics, and the atmosphere of a finished home high above the city. It is the same care I bring to my residential and architecture work, and to dusk assignments like the Shadow Creek night shot, and to projects like Casali di Casole and Loewe at The Shops at Crystals.

Studio J Inc. has been capturing architectural and interior design photography for 26 years in Las Vegas and around the world. If you have any questions about this project, or about a similar upcoming project, please don’t hesitate to contact Eric Jamison.