Detroit, MI · Brand photography
Photos of you that don't run out in three weeks.
If your business is you, you need more than one good picture. You need a set deep enough to post from, pitch with, and put on a website, all shot in one day so they look like they belong together.
The problem
Your business changed. Your photos didn't.
The work got better, the prices went up, and the photos are still from two years ago. Anyone who finds you online meets the old version of your business.
Running out of photos is what happens when you shoot for one deliverable instead of shooting for a library.
A brand session shoots for the library, so the next time you need a photo, there's a folder of new ones waiting.
What we shoot
“I have no idea what we'd even shoot.”
That sentence stops more people than the price does.
Everyone can picture a headshot. Almost nobody can picture a brand session. Somebody I know spent weeks trying to plan one and gave up: “I've been brainstorming for weeks. I have set some stuff aside to take but the more I sit on it I just don't know.”
That's my job, not yours. Before we shoot, I send you a plan. What we're shooting and in what order, what to wear and what to leave home, which frames are for your website and which are for the feed. You show up with a garment bag instead of a mood board.
A rough version of a day looks like this:
- Three or four clean frames of you, for your site and anywhere someone needs to see your face
- You working, hands in it, whatever “the work” looks like for you
- Two or three vertical frames built for a phone, because that's where most of them will end up
- Detail shots of your space, your tools, your product
- One or two with more attitude than you'd have asked for, which is usually the one you end up using
We adjust all of that on the planning call. You'll never be standing in a studio wondering what happens next.
The range
Clean and professional, all the way to editorial.
Some people come in wanting straightforward brand images and leave having shot something with a lot more attitude. That's usually the shot they end up using. Here's the spread.
Pricing
You book the session. You choose the photos after.
Nothing about your images is locked in before we shoot. You pay the session fee to hold the date, we shoot the day, then we sit down and you choose the set that fits how much you actually need.
The session
$850
$425 holds your date. The balance is due before we shoot.
Covers the planning call, the studio, the shoot, and your image selection. Includes a $500 image credit that applies to any collection below.
The credit can't be taken off the session fee or cashed out.
Full usage rights on every image. Website, ads, print, socials, for as long as you want them. I don't license images back to you by placement.
How many images do you want?
- Session fee
- $850
- Collection
- $1,390
- Your image credit
- − $500
- All in
- $1,740
$425 holds your date. The balance is due before we shoot. The credit applies to your collection and can't be taken off the session fee.
Add-ons
- Makeup artist on set (no hair styling)
- $250
- Vertical video from the same session
- 3 cuts $450, 6 cuts $750
- A second location
- $200
- Six more images, on the 18-image collection
- $490
What's included
Here's what the session fee gets you.
- A planning call to work out the idea: what the images are for, who sees them, what you want to feel like in them
- A mood board from my team before the shoot, for your sign-off
- A written shot plan, so you know what we're shooting before you pack
- Studio time, plus a location if the concept needs one
- Direction the whole way, so you're never standing there guessing
- Multiple setups and wardrobe changes
- A sit-down at the end where we choose your images together
- A $500 credit toward whichever collection you pick
- Retouched files within a week, sized for web, social and print
- Full usage rights, for as long as you want them
How it works
Four steps.
- 01
We talk first
A short call. What the images are for, who you're trying to reach, what you want to feel like in them. No brand session should start with a checkout button.
- 02
We plan the day
Looks, wardrobe, setups, and a date. I'll tell you what to bring and what to leave home. You show up with a plan instead of a suitcase.
- 03
We shoot
Multiple looks, real direction, a pace that isn't rushed. You'll see frames as we go.
- 04
We choose them together
No gallery link, no homework. We sit down at the end of your session and go through the frames side by side. I'll tell you why one works better than another, you pick your collection, and you leave knowing you chose right. Retouched files back within a week.
Which one
The line is who the camera is pointed at.
The subject is you
Brand session
A lash tech selling appointments is a brand session, because people book her, not a product.
The subject is a model or a product
Lookbook
That same lash tech selling kits is a lookbook, because now the thing being sold is the kit.
Still not sure? Say so on the form. I'd rather sort it on a call than have you book the wrong thing.
A real question
Will these look like I paid somebody?
That's a real worry now and it's worth answering. Overly polished work reads as trying too hard, and audiences have gotten good at spotting it.
So most of what we shoot is you doing something. Your space, your hands, your actual work. The clean frames matter, you need those, and they're a few images out of a set.
The goal is a library that looks like a good week at your business.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from a headshot session?
A headshot is fast, flat-priced, and gets you one strong frame. A brand session is planned in advance, runs longer, covers more looks, and gives you a set with real range. If you need a profile picture, book the headshot. If you're the face of your business and you're always short on content, book this.
What's the image credit?
$500 of your session fee is set aside for your photos. When you pick a collection at the end of the day, that $500 comes straight off it. It's already yours, so the only decision left is how many images you want.
Do I pay everything up front?
No. $425 holds your date, and the rest of the session fee is due before we shoot. Your collection is paid for at the end, once you've chosen it.
Why isn't the session one flat price?
Because everybody needs a different number of photos. The session fee covers the day. The collection covers the images you actually pick. You never pay for photos you don't want, and you're never stuck with six when you needed twenty.
Do I get to see everything before I choose?
You see everything, with me, at the end of the session. We go through the frames together and I'll tell you honestly which ones are working and why. You leave having chosen, instead of staring at a gallery link days later trying to decide alone.
Do I need to know my looks before we talk?
No. That's what the planning call is for. Bring a rough idea or bring nothing and we'll build it together.
What if I've never done anything like this?
Most people haven't. I direct through all of it. Nobody walks in knowing what to do with their hands, and figuring that out is my job.
Should I be getting video too?
Probably, and most people don't ask. Instagram and TikTok push video harder than stills, so a set of photos with nothing moving in it only gets you so far. We're already set up and you're already dressed, so adding vertical clips to the same session is $450 for three cuts or $750 for six, and you skip booking a second day.
Let's talk about what you need.
Brand sessions start with a conversation, not a checkout. Tell me what you're working on, and we'll figure out whether this is the right fit.