Take control of your narrative with professional brand photography.
Our custom tailored brand photography experience will help tell your story and provide a depth of context to your audience. It’s easier for your audience to CONNECT and feel like they know you once they’ve seen different sides of your personality and service lines. You’ll have the opportunity to incorporate different looks, locations, and props - crafting a multi-dimensional experience for your audience.
These sessions are perfect for someone creating content for social media outlets, podcasters, influencers, makers, public figures and service providers.
Brand shoots consist of “lifestyle” poses rather than constructed formal portraits, frequently interacting with products, “clients”, or their environment in some way. We will help you choose different outfits and locations in order to fully convey your brand.
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Mini
Sessions
Throughout the year we offer Mini-Sessions in our Prince Street Studio. Minis are shorter-than-usual photoshoots with back-to-back sessions. This way we can offer an economical shoot and a fun experience!
Pick the Right Session
What’s Included in a Brand Photography Session?
✔️ Professional Hair & Make Up Styling from Special Occasion Hair & Makeup on-site at our studio
✔️ 1:1 Phone/Video Consultation to plan your wardrobe, props, and discuss goals for your session
✔️ Shoots are available to customize in one hour increments. Each hour session includes 10+ Retouched images, plus ALL the lightly polished images from your session (40+ per hour)
✔️ Fire, confidence and ON BRAND images ready to promote your services and self to your ideal audience
The biggest difference is that brand session tell more of a story and provide a depth of context to your audience. It’s easier for your audience to CONNECT and feel like they know you when they’ve seen many different sides of your personality as well as more “real life” scenarios (or at least those that appear to be!). Since brand sessions allow you to incorporate different looks, locations, and props, you’ll be able to express the bigger picture around the products you sell or the services you offer. Our brand sessions deliver 40+ images, depending on your shoot, while individual headshot session only deliver a few.
If you’re looking to create a cohesive multi-dimensional experience that allows your audience insight into the many facets of your brand, then a Brand Photography Session is for you (stay on this page!). If you’re looking to have a few great images of you to use as profile images and avatars on your business website or social media channels, then our Headshot Sessions are probably the right fit. Lastly, if you have a team of 3 - 100 (or more!), looking for highly uniform and standardized headshots of each employee and posed group shots, head over to our Corporate & Teams page.
Before Your Session
How to Prep for Your Session Before You Get in Front of the Camera.
Brand photoshoots allow you to really express who you are and what you do through the clever use of wardrobe, location, and props! It’s important to choose clothing and accessories that you feel your best in and really reflects your brand vibe. When considering props, using items that you use everyday in your business is a great place to start but also bringing in items that add pops of color, texture, or intrigue are also a great way to tell your story.
We have an in-depth overview of how to prepare for your Brand Session to make planning and preparing a breeze.
Photo Delivery
What To Expect After Your Session
VIEW YOUR GALLERY
Your gallery will be ready 1-2 weeks after your session with lightly polished photos. Your gallery will have the quantity of photos based on your selected package. We’ll send you the link and password, you can access your gallery of photos from your phone or computer.
DECIDE ON RETOUCHING
Your brand session includes a number of retouched images. Use the shopping cart feature and place an order for the images you select. The discount code provided in your notification email will cancel out the cost for those included in your package (or you can choose to purchase more)! Your selected retouched images will be re-uploaded to your gallery within a few days, keep an eye on your inbox for notice!
DOWNLOAD & USE!
You can download your entire gallery and start using them right away! Put them to work on your website, social media feeds, linked in / profile photos, podcast, and anywhere else your heart (or marketing specialist) desires :)
NEED MORE THAN PHOTOS?
Embolden Your Brand
We’re arming founders and entrepreneurs with the brand tools they need to step into their power and take what’s theirs.
Specializing in Brand Story & Digital Marketing Strategy, Embolden is a female-owned and run brand agency supporting mission and value driven founders in building their brand and owning their bold.
See what’s possible during each brand session package.
Alicia Butchta
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Lauren Kline-TayloR COACHING
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DR. Kate tredwell
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Brand Photoshoot Checklist
“Pressed and wrinkle-free, on hangers or neatly packed in a suitcase. Make sure you have shoes and shapewear as desired! ”
“Don’t forget your scarves, belts, earrings, necklaces, watch, etc.”
“Double check all your props have made it into your bag or bin! (Ex. blank sign, brochures, laptop, microphone, office supplies, notebook / books, products, and coffee (as a prop or for actual drinking!)”
“Check that mirror and grab any tools you might need during your shoot (hairbrush, lipstick, etc!). ”
“Don’t forget the most important thing you can bring - yourself! We will take care of you and make sure your brand photos capture your true essence and that your personality shines through. We will direct you through every single step of the shoot - we can’t wait!”
Brand Photography FAQs
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Fill out the our Branding contact form below, and you'll be contacted by our studio manager asap! You'll be able to schedule your discovery call online, so we can talk about your mission and goals, and understand the full scope of how we can be of value to you. We will then put together a custom proposal of services from which you can choose - and we'll start our partnership from there! If this sounds more involved than you had in mind, no problem. You might be looking for our Headshot services, here.
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We are excited to be partnering with our founder (Natalie's) branding business Embolden, where we offer Brand Identity work (both conceptual and visual including websites), and Digital Marketing Strategy (including social media, newsletter and more). These services can be booked directly through NSP, so you’re in the right place!
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Yes, through our strategic partners we are able to offer website and design services under one roof :)
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We will work with you to craft a custom session including researching and reserving any necessary locations for your shoot (rental fees may occur). You can check out examples of all of our favorite locations (including our studio) here!
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Basically how you normally do! This is not the time to try a new hairstyle or get your haircut (no impulse colors, bangs or layers!). We want you to look like you. If you know how you want it done but are looking for a bit of extra polish, curl or straightening - you can add on services from Special Occasion Hair & Makeup directly through our studio manager, and she will meet you at our studio!
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We have a dedicated styling station in our space for Special Occasion Hair & Makeup. These services can be booked directly though our studio manager, and are included in most of our branding photography sessions!
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Usually, yes! We find most of clients are busy professionals (many of whom would rather visit the dentist for a root canal before stepping in front of a camera!), and this usually results in some last minute scheduling. We are always happy to accommodate deadlines whenever we are able - reach out to our studio manager if you do not see any shoot availability that meets your needs.
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We are nestled in the historic East Ave district, on Prince Street between East Ave and University. We're half a block from the Memorial Art Gallery, and the Strathallan Hotel. We have a full parking lot, no need to parallel park (thank goodness).
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If you'd like to, absolutely. Hands frequently do appear in our photos, so if you are inclined to, then yes! Neutral or natural colors always photograph well - bold colors require a little more coordination with your outfits in advance, but certainly “pop” in photos!
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Yes. Any delivered image will be fully polished for you - including skin smoothing, stray hair removal, softening of facial lines, whitening of teeth and background distraction removal as needed. We will perfect your images, without overly editing your unique traits that make you a human :)
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Additional images can be purchased directly though your proofing gallery for $50 per image.
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Unfortunately, we do not have weekend availability for our portrait sessions.
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We usually book 2-6 weeks in advance, depending on the complexity and scope of your session. Always feel free to reach out if our online availability does not work for you, sometimes we're able to squeeze you in!
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We will have you in (virtually or in-person) for a 1:1 guided Ordering Session to help you choose which images are your favorites. You may add any additional images to your package at this point. We will then carefully perfect these images for you to use on your website, in print materials, or however you'd like!
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You will receive a link to a gallery from which you can download your final images approximately 5 days after you've placed your order. Occasionally these emails go to spam, so please check there if you have not received them within the 5 day timeframe!
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Yes! We offer video trailers that give an overview of your business (perfect for your website's home page), testimonial videos that feature your clients, and b-roll of our photo/video shoots shot vertically, perfect for social media use. Video is becoming increasingly relevant in our digital world, and is a very useful additional to photography services.
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This is our most asked question! So frequent in fact, that we created an entire guide to help answer it. The short answer is - wear clothing you feel good in, that is fairly form fitting, and achieves the "look" you are going for (ex. professional, casual, stylish, etc.). Yes to wearing color! If you still have questions after reading through our style guide - feel free to reach out to our studio! We're happy to help. We also offer virtual or in-person closet visits to help you decide which items to bring, and which items may need to go shopping for.
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Our studio is designed with you in mind. We have many beautiful chairs and couches, a podcast mic, podium and whiteboard, desk with large mac computer, a mac laptop, ipad, cute notepads and pens, and a table for "team meeting" shots, solid colored backdrops, and lots of green plants! In addition to our shooting sets, we also have a hair and makeup area where our stylist works (included in most sessions), your own private dressing room with supplies for last minute touch ups, bathroom, refreshments, and our spacious natural light studio shooting space.
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Absolutely. We can incorporate individual and group shots of your team into your branding photography session, or do it on a different day if you prefer.
Book Your Brand Photoshoot
We are a full-service studio, focused on creating a start to finish experience in which you are cared for every step of the way. Our brand clients are busy professionals, looking to entrust all of their photography needs into capable hands. From the inquiry, to consult and time with our talented photographers, you will receive our guidance, creative vision, and full attention to detail.
Our brand sessions start at $1250 and are a custom built experience to give you the best suite of images for your website, marketing, or social media needs!
"As I began to navigate self-employment, I was following all of the proper steps to launching my own marketing and communications business. Building a website that represents my personal brand in an authentic way was very important to me, and I struggled to hit "publish" because it didn't feel right using stock photos to showcase my services. It was kismet when I discovered the opportunity to have a branding session with NSP Studio! Natalie was able to capture the true “me” that I needed to come through visually, and I've been able to use those images on my website, social media platforms, and more."
— Alyssa Belasco