$1,400/half day
One focused sitting for founders, authors, chefs, and talent. My studio in Ravenswood, your office, or somewhere with better light.
- 4 hours, one look or two
- 12 retouched frames
- Delivered in 5 days
- Editorial & web licence
Capturing light,
shadow, and quiet
stories across Chicago.
I photograph fashion stories, campaigns, and portraits for editors and brands who care what a frame feels like, not just what it shows. Most shoots book four to six weeks out. Tell me the date and what you're making, and I'll tell you straight away whether I'm the right person for it.
Recent frames
Six pictures from the last two seasons. Every one was made on location, in light I could walk into and change.
Paper Weather, Issue 14 — "Second Shift"
Halsted Supply Co. — spring lookbook, day two
Founder sitting — Fulton Market, 20 minutes
Meridian — "The Loop, After Rain"
Northline Athletic — studio campaign, spring
Author portrait — one light, black seamless
Eleven years,
still shooting slow.
I learned to print in a shared darkroom in Pilsen, where every frame cost money, and I never lost the habit of working slowly. I still shoot fewer pictures than most photographers on set and spend the extra time watching the light move.
Editors keep calling because I read a run-of-show and hand back a set that actually cuts together across a spread. Brands call because the files arrive graded, retouched, and sized for every placement they paid for. Either way, I keep the crew small and the day calm — nobody makes good pictures in a room full of noise.
- Meridian
- Paper Weather
- Vestry Quarterly
- Halsted Supply
- Northline Athletic
- Grain & Ash
Three ways to work together
Every rate below covers the shoot day, a colour-graded edit, and a licence written for the use we agree on. Travel, casting, and additional crew are quoted separately and always before you sign anything.
$3,200/day
A complete story for a magazine, brand journal, or lookbook — several looks, two or three locations, shot to sequence.
- 10 hours, up to 4 looks
- 30 retouched frames
- Delivered in 10 days
- Digital tech & assistant included
From $12,000
A full production built around your launch calendar: crew, casting, stills, and motion, delivered in waves so marketing is never waiting on me.
- 2–5 shoot days
- Casting, styling & location scout
- Stills plus social cutdowns
- Broad licence, negotiated
Tell me what
you’re making.
Write as much or as little as you like — a date and a rough idea is plenty to start. I answer every enquiry myself within one business day, and if your date is already held, that’s the first thing I’ll tell you.