The Jotting
Some bookings get made because the diary insists. This one got made because New York did.
I'll be back at the Midtown Manhattan studio from Monday 25th to Sunday 31st May 2026 — seven days, one room, a short list of sittings, and what I suspect will be a faintly absurd amount of coffee. If you've been meaning to book a portrait, refresh a headshot, or sit down for a one-to-one workshop, this is the window.
A few honest words about what that week looks like, because the diary fills the way it always does — quickly, and not always in the order one would like.
Actor headshots. Three tiers, as on the website: The Refresh, The Professional, and The Commission. New York actors tend to know what they want by the time they walk through the door, which I appreciate — it means the conversation can start at "what's the role you're chasing" rather than "what colour shirt." If you're up for pilot season callbacks, network meetings, or you simply haven't refreshed your headshots since the last time someone told you to refresh your headshots, this is the trip to do it on.
Executive and corporate portraits. For founders, partners, board members, and the increasingly common case of the executive who has been promoted into a job that requires a photograph they haven't yet had taken. Six tiers, in person at the studio, cleanly lit, finished to the standard the agencies and PR teams already know. New York sittings tend to run efficiently — most of my Manhattan clients arrive on the hour and leave on the hour, and we do good work in between.
One-to-one workshops. This is the part of the trip I look forward to most. A full day in the studio, just the two of us, working through whichever part of the craft you'd like to sharpen — Old Master lighting, the language of the single-source key, directing a sitter who'd rather not be photographed, the difference between a headshot and a portrait, or the practical business of running a studio in three cities without losing one's mind. (That last one is, frankly, ongoing research on my part.) These are intentionally small. There is one of me, and the day is yours.
A note on availability, because pretending otherwise would waste both of our time:
The week is short. Seven days, allowing for travel at either end. The workshop slots in particular tend to go first — there are only a handful of full days in any given trip, and Manhattan tends to claim them quickly. If you're considering one, the kindest thing you can do is enquire early; the kindest thing I can do is be honest that "early" means now rather than the second week of May.
Headshot and portrait sittings have more flexibility, but the better times of day — the late-morning and early-afternoon light I prefer for editorial work — tend to be claimed first.
If any of the above sounds like the right week for it, the booking page is where it lives. Drop me a line through the contact form, mention New York 25–31 May, and tell me roughly what you have in mind. I'll come back with a time that works.
And if it's not the right week, the calendar opens again later in the year — but I'd rather you came in May, when the studio is warm, the light is good, and the diary still has space in it.
— RL, Los Angeles, May 2026