Finally a Headshot You Actually Love
I photograph professionals who dread being in front of a camera, and I specialize in women over 40. Every session in my private West Ridge studio is fully directed, so you never have to know how to pose. You review your images the same day, and you leave having chosen a photo you're glad for recruiters, clients, and casting directors to see.
Finally a Headshot You Actually Love
I photograph professionals who dread being in front of a camera, and I specialize in women over 40. Every session in my private West Ridge studio is fully directed, so you never have to know how to pose. You review your images the same day, and you leave having chosen a photo you're glad for recruiters, clients, and casting directors to see.
Real People, Real Results
Professional headshots and personal branding photography for people who don't consider themselves photogenic, Chicago-based, fully directed sessions.
Experience Is Beautiful
The women I photograph have built careers, raised families, started businesses, and led teams. That history is part of what makes your portrait worth looking at, and I want it visible rather than smoothed away. These images celebrate where you are now and the confidence you've earned.
I came to photography at 54, and I still don't love being on the other side of the camera. So I understand the woman who looks at photos of herself and doesn't see the person she knows she is.
My current portrait series, 60 Women Over 60, photographs sixty Chicago women both without and with makeup, on their own terms.
Nominate a woman you admireYou Don't Need to Be Photogenic
Most of my clients share the same worry: feeling awkward in front of a camera and unconvinced their photos ever look like them. Confident everywhere else in life, until a lens appears.
Nobody taught you how to pose or what reads well to a camera, and you don't need to learn it for this session. I direct everything: where to stand, where to look, what to do with your hands. My work is helping you relax enough that your confidence shows up on its own. Perfect hair or losing weight first, none of it matters here. Just show up.
I Don't Love Being Photographed Either, So I Get It
I've photographed hundreds of headshot and personal branding clients since 2016, and the same worry shows up in almost every session: not looking like yourself. That's why every session is fully directed from start to finish, and why you review your images the same day instead of waiting and wondering.
I guarantee you'll love your images. If you don't, we keep shooting until you do.
Guided every step of the way.
No guessing and no awkward posing. I coach every expression and movement as we go.
Look like yourself, on your best day.
Your images are refined and polished while still looking recognizably like you.
Built for real people.
My clients aren't models. They're professionals, entrepreneurs, leaders, speakers, and actors.
Ready to use everywhere.
Every image arrives sized for LinkedIn, your website, your email signature, and social media, along with the full-resolution file. Nothing left for you to figure out.
What Nervous Clients Say Afterward
A Simple Experience Designed Around You
Planning.
We discuss wardrobe, goals, how you'll use your images, and what makes you feel most like yourself.
Guided session.
Every pose, expression, and movement is directed. Nothing is left for you to guess.
Same-day selection.
We choose your final images together before you leave, so you're never left waiting to know if we got the shot.
Delivery.
Professionally retouched images arrive in 3 to 5 business days, ready for LinkedIn, websites, speaking, publications, and casting.
More Than a Headshot
Personal branding sessions create a versatile collection of photographs for websites, social media, speaking opportunities, press features, podcasts, and marketing campaigns.
Tell a story.
Photographs that go beyond a smile and communicate what you actually do.
Communicate expertise.
Clients and audiences size you up from your images before they've read a word. Strong ones settle the question in your favor.
Build trust.
People hire people. Authentic imagery starts the relationship before the first conversation.
The real person.
Together we build a library of images that lets your audience connect with the person behind the work.
My Private West Ridge Studio
My studio is private and quiet. No crew, no strangers walking through, no audience while you get comfortable. There's room to change outfits and settle in before we start, and the lighting is built to catch you at your best from every angle.
Once we begin, the rest is on me. I'll tell you exactly how to stand, where to look, what to do with your hands. I've got this.
Have a Question Before You Book?
Some people want to talk to a human first, especially about a session they're nervous about. Text me, or book a free 10-minute call and we'll figure out together which session fits.
Frequently Asked Questions
What if I hate having my photo taken?
What do sessions cost?
Do you help with posing?
Can I have my makeup done?
Do you retouch photographs?
What should I wear?
What if I don't love my photos?
What if I need to reschedule?
Your Next Step Starts With a Headshot You're Proud to Share
Whether you need a single great headshot or a full library of branding images, you'll leave with photos that look like you on your best day, chosen by you the same day. I guarantee you'll love your images. If you don't, we keep shooting until you do.
I take a limited number of sessions each month. Sessions start at $450.