Business portrait
Tammy is the Executive Director of a corporate events company, and needed some updated headshots to post on her website and use for promotional content. She booked a hair and make up artist who stayed for the session to do touchups and comb through the hair, which often gets ruffled around due to the posing and tilting. Though she brought many outfit variations, in the end she opted for a warm toned colour palette against a mature grey background.
Acting headshot
Summer weather is finally here, and the days of burying ourselves in the studio are over!
Here's a photo we took of Mark who booked our Exclusive Package for his portrait session. With up to 2 hours of shooting time, we were able to walk to various locations around the studio and try all sorts of backgrounds from trees, to bricks, to concrete.
Please be advised that due to changing weather conditions, outdoor sessions are not always possible. If that happens to be the case with your shoot, we are happy to reschedule to a later date.
stylized portrait
Sydney is a creative young artist who we recently had a session with in our studio. We love this creamy warm coloured background for a dewy summer feel. Sydney got her hair styled in a sleek yet organic textured way, and our make up artist Sherlyn Torres did a stunning job of keeping this look natural and very sun kissed.
acting headshots
Mikhail wanted to get some updated acting headshots to submit to his agent. With acting headshots, the shooting process is a little different. There ends up being more exploration of angles and lighting to show the versatility of their look.
Are they auditioning to be the good character or the bad character? With the Standard package, we had enough time to change up the lighting to be more dramatic and add stronger shadows to his face. The photo above depicts the softer lighting style, which he ended up preferring to the contrasty variation. Though it's not always the case that people like the softer lighting! Feel free to ask our advice on which style suits the look you are going for.
Fashion portrait
Hannah is a model originally from Calgary who has seen quite some success in the modelling scene these days. Recently featured in The Weeknd's music video, as well as in top the Canadian fashion magazine Elle. A natural beauty, she was very humble and easy to work with.
All the best with your modelling career Hannah!
male fashion session
Jesse is an experienced model who was sent to us by his agency to get more high end studio shots to appeal towards more expensive suit and tie companies. It was a pleasure working with someone with such a positive attitude, who did not let his success in modelling get to his head (he was even a Calvin Klein model!) We dressed him in classic, well fitted cuts with unique fabrics and patterns to add interest to otherwise simple silhouettes. Good luck with your career and hope you get lots of work this coming year Jesse!
We had the pleasure of shooting Abby's first photoshoot. At the ripe young age of 15, she has taken an interest in modelling and gotten signed with a major agency. She will still learn lots along the way, however her listening skills were great and she responded quickly and accurately to the instructions that we gave her. Abby got a custom coloured background in a creamy coral pink that matched her baby face and elegant bone structure. We love the dewy makeup our artist did here and how her skin glows with little else on.
Junseo is a Korean student who came to Canada to try his hand at modelling. His agency wanted to expand his portfolio quickly and efficiently since he only planned to be in the country for several months. This session was quite funny since Junseo was the type of person who constantly had a smile on his face, and we had to keep telling him to look angry and serious. He struggled to make his expression that of what he's not used to, but I have to say the photos turned out so well you couldn't even tell he was nervous!