Carlo Mendez — Capturing at the LA Studio Actors Headshots Los Angeles

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Carlo Mendez — Capturing at the LA Studio Actors Headshots Los Angeles

There are sitters who arrive carrying their work in their face before they've said a word, and Carlo Mendez is one of them. He came into the Main Street studio on a bright Downtown morning, and within a few minutes it was clear this was a man entirely at ease in front of a lens — which, for a photographer, is both a gift and a quiet challenge. Ease can flatten a portrait if you let it. The task becomes finding the moment underneath the comfort.

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The Los Angeles Experience — New Headshots for Sasha

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The Los Angeles Experience — New Headshots for Sasha

There's a particular kind of luck in photographing someone you know completely. With Sasha I've now made more portraits than of any other subject I've ever worked with, and these latest frames from the LA studio are some of the ones I keep returning to. The cropped platinum hair, the stacked silver ear pieces, the Adidas track top with its three stripes — there's an austere, almost sculptural confidence to her here that the lighting was built to serve rather than soften.

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Kadu De Rosa — a quiet kind of presence

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Kadu De Rosa — a quiet kind of presence

These are recent Los Angeles actor headshots, photographed last week in my Downtown LA studio. Kadu is an imposing presence and a genuinely talented actor — the kind of subject who makes the room go a little quieter the moment he settles in front of the camera.

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London Sittings 22nd - 25th June 2026

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London Sittings 22nd - 25th June 2026

A brief return to Londonr a small number of private sittings — actor headshots, executive portraiture, and editorial commissions — held at the Farringdon studio. Four days only.

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Ben Palacios Actors Headshots at the Downtown Los Angeles Studio

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Ben Palacios Actors Headshots at the Downtown Los Angeles Studio

Ben Palacios came through the Downtown Los Angeles studio last week, as part of an ongoing refresh of the actor look book — a deliberate evolution of lighting, styling and approach intended to give clients the distinction casting directors are now demanding.

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Andy Burnham — A Portrait of Determination, and the Case for the Archive

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Andy Burnham — A Portrait of Determination, and the Case for the Archive

The news from Westminster this week confirms what many in the Labour movement have suspected for some time. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, has been cleared by Labour's National Executive Committee to contest the Makerfield by-election — the seat vacated by Josh Simons — with a view to challenging Sir Keir Starmer for the leadership of the Labour Party.

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Back in New York: 25–31 May

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Back in New York: 25–31 May

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.

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Recreating Caravaggio: Photography Workshop Saturday 23rd May 2026 Los Angeles

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Recreating Caravaggio: Photography Workshop Saturday 23rd May 2026 Los Angeles

On Saturday 23rd May 2026, from 10am to 3pm, I'll be running a one-day portrait workshop at the Downtown LA studio on Recreating Caravaggio. Five hours, two lights, professional models, and a small enough room that nobody can hide at the back. Tickets are $450, places are limited, and the date is closer than the calendar makes it look.

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The Returning Sitter: Alex Blake

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The Returning Sitter: Alex Blake

Alex Blake came back to the studio recently for an update to his headshots — the kind of return visit that punctuates most working actors' careers every two or three years, when the credits have grown, the face has settled into something a little more itself, and the agent has started asking gently whether the current image is still doing the work it ought to. Alex's was, mostly. But "mostly" is the word that brings actors back.

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Five Years Late: Portraits of Babs Olusanmokun

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Five Years Late: Portraits of Babs Olusanmokun

Portraits of Babs Olusanmokun, London | Rory Lewis

Portrait photographer Rory Lewis on capturing actor Babs Olusanmokun (Dune, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) at his London studio — five years in the making.

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