Services
Michael Allen Photography offers professional photography and mentoring new photographers for all levels of commercial business. Our services include still photography for portraits, video production for businesses and production companies. We specialize in several genres, architecture, landscape, product, catalogs, commercial portraits, advertising, fashion, print, high end weddings, editorial & magazine work, headshots and professional portraiture.
Starting from $500
Individual or Couples Session
Each of my sessions are different, but a professional headshot session usually includes:
Up to 1 hour in studio or location
2 outfit changes
50 images
Hi-res images on Cloud
See More Samples
Starting from $1500
Business Group Sessions
A typical professional session usually includes:
No more than 5 people
Up 3 hours in studio or on location
2 outfit changes
100 images
Hi-res images on Cloud
View Portfolio
Starting from $5000
Commercial Day Rate
Commercial Day Rates are based on the scope of the project and usually includes:
Principal photographer or camera operator / Canon 5d camera gear/ photo or video
Hd 4k cinema cameras & grip truck available for additional rental fee
8 hours in studio or location
Travel lighting kit / 2-4 flash units or 3 kino flo LED’s
1000 images shot tethered to Macbook Pro or Ninja
Hi-res images on Cloud
Half Day Rate Availabile
Media Portfolio
Starting from $10,000
Wedding Day
A beautiful wedding usually includes:
Principal Photographer and Assistant
Around 12 people in wedding party
Guest list of 200
About 8 hours on location
Couples First Look
1000 images / optional fee for prints and books
Hi-res images on Cloud
Let me inspire you!
Join me at the next Styled Shoot by Southern Bride. Sign up for private mentoring. You’ll get to join me as I teach my workshop, then we will spend 1-2 days shooting. I’ll share my expertise, techniques, experience, and artistry. Bring your camera and let me help you shoot!
Mentorship
On location or in my home studio.
Half day workshop with inspiration from my portfolio, with detailed debriefing and introduction to Lightroom with workbook using my Lighting Photography Book – $500
Full Day workshop with first half inspiration, debriefing with my Lighting Photography Book and Lightroom editing with Ai training module – Lunch – Second half of day with hands on Live Photoshoot with a Model. – $1000
Do you teach the latest Ai editing techniques?
Yes, absolutely! Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop have some amazing Ai features to help you faster, easier and with more precision. Let me teach you how to use Ai in your business!
What should I wear?
We fit your photography to the type of business that you want to attract. Professional attire for business, casual for portraits, fashion styles for modeling. Dress for success, and look your best.
Can I bring a friend?
Yes, sometimes having a friend along can help put you at ease in the studio, if you are relaxed and enjoy the session, you’ll have some great photos.
Do you charge extra for travel?
Yes, we charge a mileage fee for regional locations, and a reasonable fee if we need to stay overnight in your city for hotel and meals. For long distance trips we charge for airfare and freight fees or rental fees to transport our equipment.
Do you have hair and makeup services?
Yes, we have a hairstylist and also a makeup artist on staff. They charge a base rate of $60 per hour based on the time of the session.
For editorial projects, do you offer product styling services?
Yes, we have a professional set designer available that can arrange just about any prop that you can imagine. We’ve even rented a lear jet for one of our shoots in the hanger with access to 3 jets on the tarmac.
Do you work with agencies?
Yes, we work with many agencies for photo and video shoots. We’ve worked on projects with Justin Timberlake, Dierks Bentley and more.
Do you shoot lots of weddings?
Over the years we’ve shot hundreds of weddings, and we stay in very high demand. Our quality, style and reputation for photographing high end weddings keeps us very busy. We stay so busy with our commercial work, that only leaves us available for a few weddings.
Do you work exclusively with Southern Bride Magazine?
We’ve been working for the magazine for about 15 years. We do work with many other magazines, agencies and publications. Working with Southern Bride has been an amazing experience, we get to travel, shoot and write articles. We also get to stay in & photograph some of the most beautiful hotel resorts in the world. It’s been good for us, and the relationship we have with the editors makes it even more fun.