Hollywood Headshots

Los Angeles

The camera can tell when you are pretending.

Character headshots, directed like scenes. Shot in LA by a photographer who has sat on the other side of the casting table.

See the work
Dramatic actor headshot of Heather against a dark background
Heather

The Work

Every actor here walked in with a type and walked out with a range. Neutral backgrounds, tight crops, and an expression that reads from across the room. That is the whole brand.

Actor headshot of Cat in a leather jacket, direct gaze
Cat
Actor headshot of Johann in a dark suit, wide smile
Johann
Actor headshot of Marie in a pinstripe blazer
Marie
Actor headshot of David in a black blazer
David
Actor headshot of Nicole in a green turtleneck, laughing
Nicole
Actor headshot of Harry in a dark suit
Harry
Actor headshot of Whitney in a dark suit and white shirt
Whitney
Actor headshot of Casandra in a blazer and white shirt
Casandra
Actor headshot of Jeffrey in a dark suit, easy smile
Jeffrey
Actor headshot of Cat in medical scrubs
Cat
Editorial headshot of Jennifer in a suit and sunglasses
Jennifer
Actor headshot of Linzi with arms crossed in a black blazer
Linzi

Also on the wall: the corporate side

Executives, founders, and full teams. Same direction, different wardrobe.

Corporate headshot of a woman in a plaid blazer against a dark background
Studio
Corporate headshot of an executive in a blue shirt
Studio
Environmental headshot of an executive in his office
On location

Kind Words

Straight from clients, on camera, unscripted.

“He’s so great at directing you. He would take the picture and that was just perfect, because you were in the moment.”

Marie, actor
Marie on being directed into character, and staying there
Cat on her session and the finished set of looks

On Set

No assembly line. One actor, one camera tethered to a big screen, and direction running the whole session.

Nineteen seconds on set with Whitney
Behind the scenes at the tethered laptop, the client smiling as his new frame comes up on screen
The tethered review. The frame lands on screen and he sees it first
Finished headshot from that session, dark suit and tie, direct serious expression
The finished frame from that session
Studio setup with tethered laptop, v-flat, and an actor mid-session
Tethered, so the actor sees what the casting office will see
Black and white photo of the photographer shooting between softboxes
Between the lights
The photographer on a Los Angeles rooftop, checking his camera
S, on a Hollywood rooftop

The Story

Call me S.

I have spent my working life inside this industry. Producing, directing, acting, developing projects, and sitting in casting rooms watching hundreds of actors walk in with headshots that undersold them.

So I started shooting headshots the way I would direct a scene. You do not pose for me. I give you a moment to play, the shutter catches you inside it, and the frame that comes out reads like a still from a show you have not booked yet.

Actors booked work from these photos. That is the only metric this page cares about.

These days most of my energy goes into building an AI headshot tool that puts this same direction craft into software. The wall of faces above is where it all started.