Acting Headshot Photographer in Los Angeles
Making headshots an easier, fun, more enjoyable & affordable experience. Studio located in the Arts District.
Redefining Headshots
I think getting your headshots taken should one of the most fun things you could do with your career. For once, you get to cast yourself. What’s a role you’ve been dying to play that nobody’s thought to bring you in for yet? Let’s try it. Headshots do not need to be an experience that is dreaded. You can use whatever wardrobe, makeup, pose or style to bring a vision of yourself to life to the world. A headshot studio is a literal playground to make that happen. Let’s have fun with it!
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Natural, true to life photos. Curated to every individual
6 shoots per week. That’s the base schedule. I could make a lot more money by working more days and taking on more clients. It would make actors expendable, I’d need to cut corners to make that happen and that’s just not an acceptable option to me. I’d be violating my own values. You’d be another person on a long list keeping to a strict script. For every session, I’m looking for the following:
Lighting that adapts to my subject, not forcing subjects to adapt to my lighting
Focused makeup/wardrobe/color direction. Every look is an individual expression.
A calm, fun, open environment that promotes expression and experimentation; not over-direction.
Natural editing and retouching. Done slowly, methodically and naturally. Actors need to shine- not my editing
A process guided by me, and only me the whole way through. You’ll be looking at a prep guide written by me, on a website create by me and I’ll be taking your photos and I’ll be editing and retouching.
Actor Headshot Photography Studio Located in the Arts District near Downtown Los Angeles
1340 E 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021
United States of America
1700+ Actors Served
I opened up my DTLA studio in August of 2020- a couple of years later, I started working exclusively with actors. Bookings have skyrocketed, and I’m proud to say I’ve already blown past 1000 bookings and am now at a pace of 300-400 per year. A big, big thank you to the Actors, Casting Directors, Managers, and Agents who’ve accepted my work so graciously. When I first started, it was almost weird not to have tacky characters and crazy looks proliferating your acting portfolio. Whether I came at the right moment or helped facilitate the change, I’m just happy to be here!
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“Matt’s work is BEYOND. He has an incredible eye, he is extremely easy to communicate with in a shoot both his suggestions and vision during shoots and in the pre shoot phase (outfit and makeup / location planning). He gets edits done IMPOSSIBLY fast. There’s literally not a bad thought to say. Hire him!”
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Professional, Realistic Retouching:
Shaping clothes & hair
Skin cleanup, texture cleanup, fuzz cleanup
Skin discoloration
Eye enhancement
Teeth, lips
Hair enhancement
Color grading
Contrast & General Lighting Modifications
Contouring
“Matt is truly the best out there. He is the whole package. He truly has the passion and talent of capturing someone, along with his rockin’ personality. Love Matt’s work!!!”
Los Angeles Headshot Photographer
You don’t usually expect a headshot photographer to come from the pine-scrub outskirts of Atlantic City, but here we are. I grew up surrounded by boardwalk neon, marshland fog, and the kind of people who tell stories in half-sentences. That mix of union grit and boardwalk charm somehow translated into how I shoot: calm, curious, less interested in “perfect posing” and more interested in the little flickers of personality people don’t notice in themselves. I moved to the Arts District in L.A. and built a studio from scratch — literally no mentor, no existing photography pedigree — just a stubborn urge to make portraits that feel real.
Along the way, I picked up film, medium format, and a habit of paying attention to people in the quiet moments between the “big expressions.” Actors show up ready to perform; I like helping them un-perform. The best shots always happen once the guard drops and the human shows up — the version of you that casting directors actually want to meet. That’s the vibe here: nothing forced, nothing slick, just an honest space where you get to look like yourself on a really good day.
“Matt was literally the first photographer I ever worked with and completely set a standard to how all photoshoots should feel. He gets finished products back within reasonable timeframes, always keeps you updated and involved, professional and easy to communicate with”
“I got some headshots done with Matt recently. The quality of the shots was amazing and I was beyond happy with the outcome. I know so many photographers in the Los Angeles area and I gaurentee you that Matt is one of the kindest, most talented and most passionate ones you’ll find! He will really make sure you get shots you love and I couldn’t recommend him more. Professional experience through and through. Thanks so much Matt! :)”