Consistent and high-quality headshots help maintain a cohesive and professional image across various platforms and marketing materials.
Editorial & Fine Art Photography
Investing in professional headshots is an investment in your personal and professional development. It demonstrates your commitment to your career, your brand, and your professional image, positioning you for future opportunities and success.
Headshots are often the first impression people have of you, especially in professional settings. A well-executed headshot portrays professionalism, approachability, and confidence, making a positive initial impact on clients, colleagues, employers, and potential connections.
About the process:
I. Book.
Simply click below and fill out the form and I will be in touch within 24 business hours to chat. Once we've determined your needs, I will send over a Proposal outlining the collections we discussed. Propose a date, choose your offerings, sign the proposal & Voila! We are booked.
II. Prep.
We will send helpful resources to start the preparation process. This is where we begin choosing location + wardrobe. If you really want to make this session memorable, we recommend scheduling a wardrobe consult. Ask us how to add glam to make your life even easier.
III. session.
This is where all the magic happens! Everything we've been preparing for is about to pay off. If you've opted for hair +/or makeup, even better. Show up + we will take care of the rest.
Iv. reveal.
You have the choice to view your images same day or receive an online gallery about 2 weeks post session. This is your chance to choose all your favorite images.
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professional headshots
Commercial photography encompasses a diverse range of services tailored to meet the visual communication needs of businesses, brands, and organizations across different industries and sectors. It plays a crucial role in creating compelling visual narratives, enhancing brand identity, and engaging target audiences in today's competitive marketplace.
Consultation and Planning: A pre-shoot consultation where the photographer discusses the client's branding goals, target audience, and desired image. This helps determine the style, tone, and approach for the photography session.
Headshot Photography: Professional headshots that capture the individual's personality, professionalism, and personal brand. Headshots are typically used for corporate websites, LinkedIn profiles, business cards, and other professional platforms and may take place in studio or on location.
Wardrobe and Styling Guidance: Assistance with wardrobe selection, styling, and grooming to ensure that the client looks polished and professional for their headshots and branding photos.
Location Selection: Selection of a suitable location for the photoshoot, whether it's a studio, office space, outdoor setting, or a location that reflects the client's brand and personality.
Variety of Poses and Expressions: Capturing a variety of poses, expressions, and angles to provide clients with a range of options for their headshots and branding images. This allows for versatility in usage across different platforms and marketing materials.
Professional Lighting and Equipment: The use of professional lighting equipment and techniques to achieve high-quality, well-lit images that highlight the client's best features and convey a professional image.
Image Editing and Retouching: Post-processing work to enhance the final images, including color correction, skin retouching, and minor adjustments to ensure that the client looks their best while maintaining a natural appearance.
Delivery of Final Images: Presentation of the final edited images in digital format, typically through an online gallery or digital download link. Clients may receive both high-resolution images for print and web-optimized images for online use.
STARTING
$299
INVESTMENT
commercial branding
Branding photography plays a crucial role in helping businesses and organizations communicate their brand identity, values, and messaging through compelling and visually engaging imagery. It helps brands establish a strong and memorable presence in the minds of consumers and differentiate themselves in competitive markets.
Brand Consultation: A pre-shoot consultation where the photographer and client discuss the brand's personality, target audience, key messaging, and visual identity. This helps determine the style, tone, and approach for the photography session.
Visual Storytelling: Creating visual narratives that communicate the essence of the brand and its unique selling points. Branding photography aims to evoke emotions, tell stories, and connect with the target audience on a personal level.
Product Photography: Capturing high-quality images of products that showcase their features, design, and functionality. Product photography is essential for e-commerce websites, catalogs, social media, and advertising campaigns.
Environmental Portraits: Photographs that feature individuals or team members in their work environment or a setting that reflects the brand's identity and values. Environmental portraits humanize the brand and convey authenticity and credibility.
Visual Consistency: Ensuring visual consistency across all brand assets, including colors, fonts, imagery, and graphic elements. Branding photography should align with the brand's existing visual identity and contribute to a cohesive and recognizable brand image.
Customization and Personalization: Tailoring the photography session to meet the specific needs, preferences, and objectives of the client's brand.
Professional Editing and Retouching: Post-processing work to enhance the final images and maintain a consistent visual style. This may include color correction, retouching, and compositing to ensure that the images meet the client's quality standards.
Digital Delivery and Usage Rights: Providing clients with high-resolution digital images and usage rights for their branding materials. Clients may use the images across various marketing channels, including websites, social media, print materials, and advertising campaigns.
STARTING
$499
INVESTMENT
corporate events
Corporate event photography aims to capture the essence, energy, and key moments of corporate events while providing valuable visual content for marketing, branding, and communication purposes.
Pre-Event Planning: Communication with event organizers to understand the event's schedule, agenda, and important moments to capture. This helps ensure that the photographer is well-prepared and positioned to capture key moments throughout the event.
Key Moments & decor: Photographing key moments and highlights of the event; including keynote speeches, presentations, networking sessions, award ceremonies, CANDID AND POSED SHOTS TO DOCUMENT THE ATMOSPHERE AND INTERACTIONS AMONG ATTENDEES.
as well as EVENT VENUE, STAGE SETUP, BRANDING ELEMENTS, SIGNAGE, AND DÉCOR TO PROVIDE CONTEXT AND CONVEY THE EVENT'S THEME AND AMBIANCE.
Attendee Engagement: Photographing attendees participating in various activities and engaging with exhibitors or sponsors.
Speaker and VIP Portraits: Taking professional portraits of speakers, presenters, executives, and VIP guests before or during the event. These portraits may be used for promotional purposes, speaker bios, or future marketing materials.
Group Photos and Awards: Organizing and capturing group photos of attendees, sponsors, award recipients, and event organizers. Group photos serve as mementos of the event and can be shared on social media or included in post-event communications.
Product Demonstrations: Documenting product demonstrations, showcases, and exhibitions at trade shows or product launches. The photographer captures images that highlight product features, benefits, and user interactions.
Networking and Social Activities: Photographing networking sessions, cocktail receptions, dinners, and other social activities associated with the event. These images capture the social aspect of the event and showcase attendee engagement and camaraderie.
Post-Event Editing and Delivery: Editing and retouching selected images to ensure consistent quality and visual appeal. The final images are delivered to the client in digital format for use in marketing materials, websites, newsletters, and other promotional channels.
STARTING
$600
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“Kortney is amazing! She took wonderful, professional headshots for my fiance and I. Kortney spent time adjusting lighting and poses in order to capture shots that worked for us. I appreciate how she showed us thumbnails of the shots on her camera as we worked through the session, so we could be a part of the experience/decision-making. After our session, she spent time with us, allowing us to choose our favorites. Kortney is patient and truly wants the best for her clients. Cannot recommend enough!.”
tess
medical student
kind words
From a professional perspective, Kortney is amazing to work with. She is organized, professional, very communicative, and can bring unique visions to life.
We have enjoyed collaborating with her for styled shoots and can only imagine the care she takes to capture bring couples' visions to life on their big day!
lauren
wedding stylist
kind words
I had the pleasure of working with Kortney on a styled shoot that we collaborated on, and the finished product gave me chills! There is no other way to describe it. She is passionate about her work, and pours her heart into her photos. I would absolutely trust her with my most important days! Thank you for the beautiful photos Kortney!
sarah
branding partner
DO I REALLY NEED A PROFESSIONAL HEADSHOT?
If you have an online presence, you need a professional headshot.
For individuals, social media and professional sites like LinkedIn can be the first visual impression someone will get of you. Making that first impression with a professional headshot can make the difference to ensure that both professional and personal relationships see your personality. If you have a web page for your business, a headshot is a must-have element for your “About" section. You’ll hear it again and again on this site: Imagery tells a story. If your story needs to be one of a confident, approachable professional, get a professional headshot.
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I UPDATE MY HEADSHOT?
For corporate environments, photos can be scheduled whenever a new employee comes on board. Those whose appearance has changed significantly should have updated photos taken.
what's the difference in commercial branding and professional headshots?
Branding photography tells a brand's story through various images, including portraits, lifestyle shots, and product imagery. Professional headshots are clear portraits used for individual representation, commonly seen in corporate profiles and networking platforms.
WHAT ABOUT MY HAIR?
Your portrait should show you at your best, and hair is an integral part of that look. If you have a stylist you visit regularly, and trust, I suggest going to them. Unless you are coming directly from your stylist to your shoot, plan to go a few days beforehand. This will allow the cut or style to set in a bit. For men, consider the image you want to portray. If you’re clean cut and professional, show up looking that way. If you prefer a 5 o'clock shadow and wear it well, show up as is. Here comes that line again: imagery tells a story. The important thing is to consider the story you want to tell and make sure your look fits that narrative. If you prefer to have a stylist on site for your shoot, I have a number of professionals who can help. Contact the studio for more information.
WHAT ABOUT MAKEUP?
Don’t overdo it. Modern photography captures incredible detail, and an over-abundance of makeup rarely flatters. That said, studio lighting can wash out color from your face, so it is important to wear at least light makeup. Eye makeup, especially mascara and eyeliner, can emphasize your eyes. Lipstick with a matte finish photographs well. Powder is recommended to keep shine off your face so there is no glare on the finished portrait. If you prefer to have a stylist on site for your shoot, I have a number of professionals who can help. Contact the studio for more information.
Do you offer a studio setup on-location?
Business Branding is not always warranted or attractive to some businesses. And let's face it, it's not always an option to schedule the entire staff in-studio. We can pack up our gear and head to you for a studio setup onsite. There is a $200 setup fee.
DO YOU RETOUCH YOUR IMAGES?
All pricing includes basic retouching and color correction. My retouching philosophy is that if God gave it to you, I’m not the one to take it away. Temporary blemishes that will be gone in a few days or a few weeks will be removed, and slight variations in skin tone can be made less noticable. I can reduce the presence of scars, moles, birthmarks, or any other permanent facial feature and minimize the effects of natural aging to a degree, but removing them altogether would present a false image to the viewer. The human eye is incredibly discerning, and an overly retouched image is readily perceived as implausible. Beyond that, they are simply not my style. My desire is to shoot pleasing, comfortable, flattering but accurate images that… wait for it… tell a story. Additional retouching at your specific direction is available for an hourly fee.
DO I HAVE TO COME TO THE STUDIO?
No. While the studio provides control over every aspect of your images, working in your office environment can be a great way to give presence and purpose to your headshot. Whether you need a single image, or want to photograph your entire staff, shooting headshots on site saves time. Also, for large numbers of employees, shooting in your office space will ensure consistency in the look and feel of the finished images. With a minimal amount of space and some time for set up, I can create a relaxing environment where your employees will look their best.
Shooting on site provides a great way to get a number of headshots quickly and conveniently. Contact the studio with your location and the number of individuals to be photographed for additional information. Curious about the process? See a Case Study from first phone call to image delivery.
WHAT IS BUSINESS BRANDING?
Branding Photography is an intimate way to build your business, product library and clientele. It's a documentary-style session of your business in action and the best way to engage with your audience. Usually taken in your office, these images tend to have a more natural feel. Shooting someone at their desk for instance has an immediacy to it that a standard headshot does not have. Business Branding also tells more of a story because of the ability to add elements that help set a mood or tone for your photo.
WHAT SHOULD I WEAR TO THE SESSION?
Wear something you like and that fits well. Wear something you’re comfortable in that you feel is flattering. Headshots are about relaxed confidence, and ill-fitting clothes that are uncomfortable will not allow you to look your best. Headshots are also about your face, so I recommend against anything that will compete with the face. Bright colors and strong patterns can quickly complicate a headshot, while subtle textures can add depth and highlight your face. Solid colors work well.
Your attire should reflect who you are, but as a rule, neutral solids are always a safe bet. Avoid skin-toned colors as these can cause problems when color correcting your images. Headshots for digital media are used at a wide range of sizes – mostly small – so simplicity is key for your image to communicate well. Jewelry is at your discretion, but again, simple is better.
You will receive a full guide on What-To-Wear upon booking.
WHAT SHOULD I DO BEFORE MY SESSION?
Bring yourself and an outfit or two. If you are unsure about your attire, I can help you decide on something that that will work well. If possible, schedule your day to be as stress-free and relaxed as possible. Stress and tiredness will come through in your photos. While it’s important to think about who this photo will be communicating to and the persona you want to portray, the most important thing you can do is relax. Most people do not like being in the crosshairs of a photographer’s lens. If you have questions or concerns about how things will run, timing, anything – contact the studio. My biggest job is to help you be yourself in front of the camera. Anything you can do to help me in that endeavor will ensure that we have a great time and get photos you are proud of.
WHY SHOULD I CHOOSE YOU FOR MY HEADSHOT?
Every photographer has a particular style. Look at my portfolio and you’ll quickly see mine. If you like the work, I may be the right match for you. Read my testimonials and take the word of my many satisfied clients. Price is always a concern, but hopefully is not the determining factor in your photographer choice. I’m not the cheapest and I’m certainly not the most expensive, but I think I offer good value for your money.
I provide technical expertise, an eye for detail, and a strong desire to create images you’ll be pleased to share. I want to portray a confident, approachable look that is above all, natural and relaxed. I want you to enjoy the experience. One of the most satisfying parts of my job is having someone come into the studio who is uncomfortable and watching them relax and actually enjoy the process.