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Headshot Photographer Who Captures Your Essence | Featured in the WSJ |
2 studios - NJ & NYC

Headshot and lifestyle brand photography that captures your essence.

10/06/2026

Today I did something I haven't done before.

After waiting seven years for a parking permit, I took the train into New York City.

For years, going into the city meant driving, dealing with traffic and parking in a garage.

This morning I parked in Montclair (after finding the lot), got on the train and headed in.

It feels so much freer. It's amazing not having to worry about the car! And I wonder what else it signifies.

It's easy to keep doing something the same way simply because that's the way you've always done it. But doing something new? Where could that lead?

I'm in a season of figuring out what works for me now, both in my business and in my life.

Today it was just a train ride.
But it felt like so much more than that.

Here's to trying something new.

Is there something new you're hoping to try?

Maybe it's replacing the photo you're still using from years ago. The one you're hesitant to let go of.

If so, let's chat.

10/02/2026

Have you ever thought about getting your dog photographed?

Is there a question that you think I hear most often when someone is booking a session?

Do you think it's: will he sit still? What if he doesn't behave?
Or, can you get him to look at the camera?

I hear those. But really they are asking -

Can you capture him? The real him.

Not a stiff sit-and-stay. Not the version who behaves for thirty seconds. But rather the pup who tilts his head when you say his name, leans his whole weight into you on the couch, loves playing fetch.

That's where trust comes in. A dog knows in seconds whether he is safe. And the moment he feels it, the real him shows up. That is the dog I photograph.

Curious? Let's chat.

09/23/2026

What do you think I hear most when someone reaches out to schedule a headshot session?

Do you think it’s can you make me look younger?
Or, what should I wear?

𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐞.
𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞.

That’s where trust comes in. Not a picture that is technically perfect but a picture that really captures you. All sides of you. Authentically you.

Curious? Let’s chat. Send me a DM!

09/03/2026

A woman and one backpack.

August and September are my months for pushing outside my comfort zone.

Not a resolution. Not a plan I made in January. Just a decision I made this summer that when something scared me a little, I was going to say yes to it anyway.

Which is how I ended up packing ONE BACKPACK and going camping with a group of women I didn't know very well, at a place I'd never been.

For context: I normally take multiple bags for a weekend getaway. I like a lot of options. And apparently I like bringing all of those options with me.

So the backpack was the smallest part of what was uncomfortable here.

No plan I controlled. No easy exit. I didn't drive (on purpose) so I couldn't leave if I got uncomfortable.

I almost said no. There was a version of this weekend where I stayed home, got a lot done, and felt perfectly fine about it. But, I am so glad I went!

Sometimes we wait until something feels comfortable before we say yes.

I said yes while it still felt uncomfortable. And then I kept saying yes all weekend.

It was absolutely fabulous. These women are incredible. I'm so happy I got to know them better! And, can't wait for the next outing.

Have you said yes to something that made you uncomfortable, and it turned out to be the best decision you could have made?

09/01/2026

I’ve spent time studying energy work, not as something I do to people in a session, but because it’s deepened how I understand what’s happening beneath the surface.

And that changes how I guide someone in front of the camera.

My studio has always been a place where people feel at ease quickly.

This work has given me a deeper understanding of what creates that
and how to hold it consistently.

Because when someone feels that way it shows in the image.

Curious? Let's chat.

08/24/2026

What Your Face Is Doing While You're Not in the Room?

Try something. Open LinkedIn, go to your own profile, and look at your photo. How old is that picture?

I've heard four years. Seven years. Cropped from a wedding photo? I've even heard 30 years.

Here is what I want you to think about.

That photo has been in more rooms this year than you have.

Most people treat a headshot as a task. Something you get done in a hotel ballroom at a conference, in whatever shirt you happened to be wearing.

Check the box, upload it, move on.
It is doing far more work than that.

Before a board member meets you, they look you up. Before a search committee calls, before a funder decides you are worth backing, they look you up. And in that moment, your face is having a conversation without you. It is answering a question nobody says out loud. Can this person be trusted?

You are not in the room for that conversation. Your picture is.
The photo is not decoration. It has a job to do.

I photograph executives across a lot of industries. In every one, the currency is trust. And trust is not built by looking impressive. It is built by looking authentic. By looking like you.

08/04/2026

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧?

"I'll book once I lose the weight."
I hear this very often. Although, it's never really about the weight.

She says: I'll do it once my hair is done. Once I feel more like myself. Once things settle down.

I understand. I have said versions of this, too.

But after years of photographing women, I have learned the wait is never really about any of this.

When you avoid the camera, you are not avoiding a photograph. You are avoiding how you have learned to see yourself. And that picture in your head is almost always harsher than anything a lens has ever held.

So to the women waiting to be seen - to be photographed. You are worth it.

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰? 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥?

That is the work. Not the light. Not the pose. The moment you look at your own face and something in you goes quiet. That's you. And you don't look away.

You do not earn your way to being seen by changing first.
You change by letting yourself be seen.

If you have been waiting for a better version of yourself to arrive before you book, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡: 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.

Let's have a chat.

07/30/2026

I ask every client the same question before we ever pick up a camera.

What do you want to do with the photos?

It sounds practical. And it is.

I need to know if we're building a LinkedIn presence, a website, a book cover, a speaking engagement.

But something else happens when people answer it.
They start talking about what they really want.

Not just where the photos will live. But where they are going. What they are stepping into. Who they are becoming.

And often, they pause.
Longer than they expected to.

Because most people spend so much time focused on who they are right now that they haven't given themselves permission to think about who they're stepping into.

That question changes a session.

Because once someone can articulate where they're headed, we're not just creating photographs anymore.

We're creating evidence.

Proof that this person already exists. Already shows up. Already belongs in the room they're walking toward.

The photograph becomes the confirmation of something they already knew but hadn't said out loud yet.

What do you want to do with your photos?

I'd love to know your answer.

07/29/2026

When I first moved into my studio, I asked my husband to take my photo.

I handed him the camera and sat down in the chair where my clients sit.

I wanted to know what it felt like to be the one in front of the camera instead of behind it - in my studio.

Bill is not a photographer. But what he captured didn't matter nearly as much as what I felt.

The studio felt like a warm hug.
Like a safe place.
Like somewhere you could simply exhale without anyone asking anything of you.

And I thought, this.
This is exactly what I want for my clients.

To feel this safe.

I've never forgotten that feeling.

And I've never stopped trying to recreate it for every person who sits in that chair.

Because the best photographs don't begin with a camera.
They begin the moment someone feels safe enough to be themselves.

Address

330 West 38th Street, Suite 407
New York, NY
10018

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm
Saturday	9am - 12pm
Sunday	9am - 12pm

Website

https://www.allaboutheadshots.com/

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