Headshots
Professional headshots
For LinkedIn, speaker profiles and company pages. Two backdrops, a change of outfit, and a photographer who will tell you what to do with your hands.
Portland · Portrait & commercial
Photographs that look like the person in them.
A daylight studio on Belmont for headshots, portraits and product work. Unhurried sessions, honest retouching, and images back in your hands within a week.
What we shoot
Three kinds of session, and one way of working.
Whatever the brief, you get the same thing: enough time to relax, direction if you want it, and a gallery you'll actually use.
Headshots
Portraits
Personal portraits
Milestones, family, or simply the fact that there are no good photographs of you. Longer sessions, more room to warm up, and no rushing the first ten minutes.
Commercial
Brand & commercial
Team portraits, product shots and library imagery for a website rebuild. Shot to a brief, delivered with usage rights spelled out in writing.
Selected work
Recent frames.
A small sample. Full galleries by request, or come and see prints in the studio.
The space
A working studio, not a rented white box.
Eight hundred square feet on Belmont with north-facing windows, a full strobe kit and somewhere comfortable to sit while we look at the back of the camera together. Available to rent by the half day when we're not shooting in it.
- 800 sq ftShooting floor, 12 ft ceilings
- North lightLarge windows, blackout available
- Profoto kitStrobes, modifiers, V-flats
- 6 backdropsPaper and canvas, swapped free
- Hair & makeupDedicated station with mirror
- Street parkingPlus a loading bay at the rear
How a booking works
Three steps, no mystery.
01 — TALK
A short call first
What the photos are for, what you want to avoid, and what you've hated about being photographed before. That last one matters most.
02 — SHOOT
The session
We start slowly. You'll see frames on the screen as we go, so nothing is a surprise and you can steer it while there's still time.
03 — DELIVER
Gallery within a week
You choose your selects from a private gallery. Those come back fully retouched, in web and print sizes, within five working days.
Pricing
Published, and inclusive.
Retouching is included in every session. There is no per-image upsell at the end.
Headshot session
45 minutes, two backdrops, one outfit change. Five fully retouched images in web and print sizes.
$280per person
Portrait session
90 minutes in studio or on location, unlimited outfit changes, and twelve retouched images from a private gallery.
$450per session
Team & brand day
Half or full day on site or in studio. Consistent lighting across every team member, plus environmental and detail shots.
$1,200half day, from
Studio rental
The space, the strobe kit and the backdrops, without us. Assistant available at an additional hourly rate.
$85per hour
Additional retouched images $35 each. Travel within Portland is included; further afield is quoted before booking.
Questions
Things people ask before booking.
I photograph badly. Is that a problem?
No, and almost everyone says it. Most of what people call being unphotogenic is bad lighting and being rushed. Both are fixable, and the first ten minutes of a session exist for exactly that.
What should I wear?
Bring more than you think you need. We'll send a short guide when you book, and there's a rail and a mirror in the studio so you can change your mind on the day.
How much retouching do you do?
Enough to remove the temporary and nothing that removes you. Blemishes and stray hairs go; the lines on your face stay. If you want something different, say so and we'll talk about it.
Who owns the images?
You get full personal usage on portrait sessions, and commercial licensing is written into the quote for brand work. No surprise fees for using your own photographs.
Can you come to us?
Yes. On-location work across Portland is included in the session fee, and we'll bring lighting so a beige conference room doesn't have to look like one.
What if I need to reschedule?
More than 48 hours ahead, no charge and we'll find another slot. Inside 48 hours the deposit covers the studio time, which is the honest reason it exists.
Book
Let's get you some photographs you like.
Send a note with roughly what you need and when. We'll come back with availability and a straight price, usually the same day.
Email[email protected]
Phone(503) 288-4170
Studio1140 SE Belmont Street, Studio 3, Portland, OR 97214
HoursTue – Sat, by appointment