Headshots Archives - Mike McGee Photography

Ringlight Beauty Headshots with Izzy

Mike McGee — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:24:24 +0000

Had a wonderful shoot recently at my studio in Berkeley with model Izzy (@izabella.goh) who is represented by Rae Agency (@RaeAgency) in San Francisco. For our shoot we shot a variety of looks, including hypercolor extreme gel portraits, some fashion […]

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Tracie Cinematic & Artistic Headshot Series

Mike McGee — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:33:43 +0000

This series with Tracie was shot indoors in my studio in Berkeley, CA. For this headshot series, the goal was to achieve an artistic and almost cinematic color “pop” to the background for a vibrant headshot series. HOW TO […]

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Savage Universal Eclipse Canvas Backdrop Review

Mike McGee — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 07:58:08 +0000

When shooting portraits and beauty headshots in-studio, in terms of the background, I’m a huge fan of seamless backdrop paper. Why? Well, it’s extremely inexpensive, comes in a variety of colors, and can be easily swapped out during a shoot […]

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Devin Natural Portraits & Headshots

Mike McGee — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 10:08:57 +0000

Had a natural-light portrait and headshot session with model Devin T. We were able to dodge the rain for a bit, and pickup some lovely light along the streets of downtown Palo Alto, California. This shoot consisted of three looks, […]

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Chan Chuan Chen Evergreen Headshots

Mike McGee — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 19:41:21 +0000

It’s fall, nearly winter actually, and just the right time to change up the look of headshots with some autumn/winter colors. As usual, I went to my favorite light, the DIY ring light that I built, and this time I switched […]

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Olga Ultramarine Headshots

Mike McGee — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 22:51:05 +0000

Background: Ultramarine. Model Credit: Olga Sigmundson. Anyone that knows me, knows I’m a huge fan two things: 1. My DIY ring light that I made from scratch, and 2. Various seamless paper colors as backdrops for portrait and headshot photography. […]

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Jaida Beauty Headshots

Mike McGee — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 23:18:17 +0000

I had a Saturday morning shoot scheduled with another model, Ellen, who had some killer looks, and that shoot few by with some great shots. All done! Well, with the rest of the day free, I contacted Jaida to […]

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Navid Duo Headshot

Mike McGee — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:51:02 +0000

These two are so good looking, it’s just plain unfair. 🙂 Anyway, here’s a duo portrait/headshot using my DIY ring light and a standard black backdrop. Really had to dial up the ISO since my ring light doesn’t put out […]

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Saghar Yousafi Headshot

Mike McGee — Mon, 08 Aug 2016 23:32:58 +0000

. Saghar is my favorite human! She introduced to me a new shooting location in Fremont, CA, and the shoot was amazing. A variety of fashion looks, along with some wonderful headshots. Here’s an example of one of the headshots, […]

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Navid Ring Light Headshot

Mike McGee — Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:39:44 +0000

Had to break out the homemade DIY ring light again for this look. This was a classic headshot for Navid, processed with high contrast and structure to bring out the tones and definition even more. Again, I love the catchlight […]

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