Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Portrait photography for the Urbana-Champaign area — UIUC faculty and students, families, small businesses, and anyone who wants something more considered than the usual Illinois photography fare.
Book your session, or ask me a question — I'll reply within 1–2 days.
Two sessions. Editing always included.
Sessions in Urbana-Champaign and within 30 miles are at standard rates. No travel fee.
Essential Session
One hour, one location, five properly edited portraits. Right for professional profiles, personal brand work, milestones, or gifts.
- One hour at a single location
- 5 professionally edited portraits
- High-resolution digital delivery
- All editing included
Exploration Session
Three hours, one location, twenty edited portraits. More time means the session can find what it needs to — right for couples, families, or anything that needs to be worked out rather than executed.
- Three hours at a single location
- 20 professionally edited portraits
- High-resolution digital delivery
- All editing included
Need something bigger — multiple locations, ongoing brand work, a larger selection? Get in touch and we'll figure out the right scope.
What people say.
I generally hate photos of myself but I did actually really like a couple of the ones he took of me! And he did help make it a bit less scary by being so nice!!
I had such a great time. He provided a comfortable environment and we were able to collaborate on the creative process of the photos. Super happy with how the pictures came out!
I'm based across both Urbana-Champaign and Lafayette, Indiana, so I know what "portrait photographer in the Midwest" can mean: open fields, golden light, soft focus. It's a perfectly good genre. It's just not what I do.
What I do starts before the camera comes out. A portrait should have a reason — not a brief necessarily, but a sense of what it's for and who it's of. We work that out together, then find the location and light that fits it.
UIUC faculty, Illini, and the rest of Urbana-Champaign
University towns produce a particular kind of portrait need: researchers who need something for their academic profile, students with a portfolio to build or a milestone to mark, faculty who've put off getting a proper portrait for years.
I know that brief. You need something that looks like you actually wanted to be photographed — not like you got cornered between a poster and a whiteboard. We can make that.
Outside the university: Urbana and Champaign have families, small businesses, and individuals who want portraits made with some care. Same work, same approach.
A few things people ask
What actually happens in a session? Do I need to prepare anything?
We have a conversation first — about what you're after, what the photos are for, what kind of location might fit. If you have a clear vision, it's worth thinking about outfits ahead of time; some people bring a couple of options. If you don't have a specific look in mind, that's fine too — wear what you'd wear. I'll direct enough to keep things moving without making it feel staged.
How long until I get my portraits?
Usually within two weeks of the session. I'll send a link to your edited portraits as a private gallery — high-resolution files, yours to download and keep.
Where do sessions in Urbana-Champaign take place?
Wherever fits the portrait — the UIUC campus, downtown Champaign, Urbana's older residential streets, spots around the Boneyard Creek. We work it out together based on what you're after. If you have somewhere in mind, say so.
I'm UIUC faculty or staff — which session makes sense for a profile portrait?
The Essential session (one hour, five edited portraits) covers most academic profile needs. We'd talk beforehand about what the portrait is for and what register it needs to hit.
Urbana-Champaign sessions — let's talk.
Tell me what you're after — what the portraits are for, what you want them to do, what you're unsure about. We'll figure out the rest.