MODELING HEADSHOTS & PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHY
A Strong Look Starts
With A Strong Headshot.
A modeling headshot should make an immediate impression while still showing you clearly. Agencies and casting teams need to see your face, expression, and current look—but that doesn’t mean every image has to feel neutral or interchangeable.
We can build a session around agency submissions, casting profiles, comp cards, or an updated book, moving from clean, straightforward portraits to more expressive editorial images that show how your look can carry across different briefs.
MODEL PORTFOLIOS & COMP CARDS
Images That Work Together.
A model’s book isn’t built around one favorite photograph. It needs to show how your look carries from a tight beauty image to a full-length frame, while giving agencies and clients a clearer sense of your range.
Laura’s session produced both. Her close portrait and full-length image were then used together on her comp card—the finished piece shown here.
MALE MODELING • COMMERCIAL & EDITORIAL
Range Is the Job.
A male model’s book needs to show more than one good angle. Commercial and e-commerce work often calls for a clean, approachable read and repeatable posing; editorial and menswear can push further into attitude, styling, character, and mood.
The goal isn’t to look like a different person in every frame. It’s to show that the same face can move convincingly between briefs—from straightforward catalog work to a more editorial, fashion-driven image.
Sometimes the Brief Is Simply:
Look Like Yourself.
Commercial, beauty, wellness, and lifestyle casting often calls for a more natural presentation: minimal styling, visible skin texture, freckles, natural hair, and an expression that feels believable rather than manufactured.
Those details aren’t flaws to remove. They can be exactly what makes someone right for a skincare, wellness, apparel, or lifestyle campaign. The photograph should let casting teams and brands see the person first.
CLEAN MODELING PORTRAITS • AGENCY & COMMERCIAL
A Strong Face Doesn’t Need Much.
Not every modeling image needs heavy styling or a dramatic concept. Sometimes the strongest photograph is the one that shows the face clearly, feels current, and leaves room for the client to imagine where the model fits.
For new faces and developing books, that simplicity can be especially useful—clean enough for agency submissions and casting, but strong enough to stand on its own.
I’ve been acting/modeling for ten years and I can’t say I’ve come across too many male photographers of Ethan’s caliber.
Ethan is patient; we spent probably four hours shooting multiple looks. He cares, a lot. Not only has he put a ton of continuous thought and work into his craft, but has subsequently learned how to coach and direct his clients if they find themselves unsure of what to do next.
If you’re nervous on camera, there’s a fix for that. 100% yes.”
Before You Step in Front of the Camera.
READY FOR THE NEXT LOOK?
Build the Book
You Want to Be Hired From.
Whether you’re creating your first modeling portfolio, updating agency materials, or developing stronger commercial and editorial images, we’ll build the session around where you want the photographs to take you.