Pricing
For Actors, Entertainers, and Creative Professionals
Appointments available weekdays, weeknights, and weekends. Call (503) 799-9802 to book your headshot session!
- Session is at our comfortable studio at 1420 NW Lovejoy St, Portland, OR
- 1 Look included (wardrobe, setting and lighting combination)
- Additional looks can be added at $49 each
- Unlimited shots taken (We shoot until we're sure we've got it)
- Choose your four favorite photos per look shot
- Chosen photos are edited (exposure, color, cropping, etc.) and delivered online within 48 hours.
- You can download any or all of the photos in the gallery at no additional charge
- Full retouching is an available option at $25/photo
- We provide a usage license that allows you to do anything you like with the pictures, without further permission from, or payment to us
- Session is at our comfortable studio at 1420 NW Lovejoy St, Portland, OR
- 2 Looks included (wardrobe, setting and lighting combination)
- Additional looks can be added at $49 each
- Unlimited shots taken (We shoot until we're sure we've got it)
- Choose your four favorite photos per look shot
- Chosen photos are edited (exposure, color, cropping, etc.) and delivered online within 48 hours.
- You can download any or all of the photos in the gallery at no additional charge
- Full retouching is an available option at $25/photo
- We provide a usage license that allows you to do anything you like with the pictures, without further permission from, or payment to us
- Minors must be accompanied by parent or guardian
- On Set Makeup Artist* Varies - call for pricing
- Retouching - Basic editing (crop, color correct, brightness/contrast) is included win your package for four images per "look" shot. Professional, detailed retouching (line and wrinkle retouching, teeth whitening, blemish removal, slimming, etc.) is an option, at $25 per photo retouched
- USB thumb drive with best images from shoot (exactly the same images as delivered online); available for pickup at our office 48 hours after shoot - $15
- Fed-Ex Delivery of USB drive to the address of your choice - $15
- *If you want a makeup/hair artist in-studio for your session, let us know at the time of booking, and we'll give you current pricing, book one for you, with a $50 deposit.
Actor’s Headshot Portfolio
Headshots for the 2019 Auditions
Portland Area Theatre Alliance
Planning on attending the 2019 PATA* (Portland Area Theatre Alliance) City-Wide General Auditions, or Unified Shakespeare Auditions?
PATA* City-Wide General Auditions Information
Many of you may already be aware that the dates for the 2019 auditions are March 29, 30, and April 1st. However, you may not realize that the deadline for your audition binder materials (resume and digital version of your headshot) are due by 11:59pm on Sunday, March 10, 2019. In addition, you must have attended a PATA Information Session within the last five years to participate. You can get full, updated details directly from the PATA website by clicking on this link.
So it’s time to get cracking!
- Schedule your headshot session with Grupp and Rose Photography now. We’ll provide you with the digital version of your headshot that PATA requires to submit for your audition binder, formatted to meet their exact specifications.
- We’ll also give you a second, separate version of the file suitable for printing, for other auditions which require a hard copy of your headshot.
- Email us at [email protected] or give us a call at (503) 799-9802 to schedule your headshot appointment at our studio at 1420 Lovejoy in the Pearl District. Weekday, weeknight, and weekend appointments are available.
- We work with all ages and levels of experience. If you are under 18, we ask that you bring a parent or legal guardian with you to the photo session. We accept credit/debit cards, or cash. Payment due at the end of the photo session.
PATA* Unified Shakespeare Auditions Information
The PATA Unified Shakespeare Auditions are coming up fast on February 9, 2019.
- Registration opens in January 2019. The headshot requirements for these auditions are different from the General Auditions
- instead of emailing them a digital photo, they require you to bring 10 hard copies of your headshot photo and resume, STAPLED back to back.
- Call us now to schedule your updated headshot for these auditions! We’re available weekdays, weeknights, and weekends, and will provide you with the headshot photo you need for this audition and any others. We work with all ages and levels of experience.
- If you are under 18, we ask that you bring a parent or legal guardian with you to the photo session. We accept credit/debit cards, or cash. Payment due at the end of the photo session.
Note: Grupp & Rose Photography is not affiliated in any way with the Portland Area Theatre Alliance.
Actor’s Headshot Portfolio
Your go-to choice for actors headshots
Prior to moving to Portland in 2015, Paul and Brenda spent 10 years building a reputation in upstate New York as the “go-to” photographers for creative professionals, musicians, and commercial and theatrical actors headshots. Our work consistently meets with approval from agents, casting directors, and other decision makers, both locally and in major markets like LA and New York City.
We understand how important it is for a creative professional’s headshot to accurately but attractively communicate your individuality and personality.
Let us bring that experience and sensitivity to bear on your headshots, in our studio or on location right here in Portland, OR.
We’re happy to work with anyone, regardless of your age or level of experience. We are proud of our track record with established professionals but we also love working with individuals who are just starting out, and students of any age.
Actor’s Headshot Portfolio
Commercial or Theatrical?
We say, BOTH!
You should get both, and any competent headshot photographer can give you both from a single photo session, unless they’re greedy! A commercial headshot is what you use when going for a print job or some other activity where you will be repping a brand or selling a product or service. Most often, a commercial headshot will show you smiling, preferably showing your teeth.
A theatrical headshot is used for casting for motion picture, TV, or the theatre, and is more about you as a character. It may be dramatic, comic, or neutral, with a smile or without, depending on who you are and the type of roles you are seeking.
Actor’s Headshot Portfolio
How it Works
What's Included?
A relaxed photography session shot in high-resolution professional digital in our Pearl District studio (1420 NW Lovejoy), on-location, or outdoors (weather permitting). We shoot between one and four different looks (a "look" is a wardrobe, lighting, background, or location change). Within 48 hours after your session, we upload your selections to an online gallery at high resolution. Your pictures are ready to share, download, print and use! You can download any or all of the images from your gallery at hi-res any time you like for any purpose (see the Usage License we provide for specifics). The images will remain in your gallery for at least one year. You can download the images and have them printed if you need 8x10s, or submit them as digital photos for auditions or casting files. If there are specific requirements for how the photos must be sized, just send them to us and we'll put up versions that meet the specs -- no extra charge!
Your Photo Session
Weekday, evening, and weekend sessions are available by appointment. Same-day/short notice appointments are often available. No fixed time limit or number of frames - we shoot until we are confident we've created some great headshots for you; typically we shoot around 30 frames, and most sessions last around 30 minutes. Again though, we don't have fixed "rules," we shoot until we are confident that we have a good selection of headshots for you. If you choose to have one or more of your images professionally retouched (including hair straightening, blemish removal, wrinkle softening, skin smoothing, teeth whitening, etc.) just let us know which photos you want retouched - $25/photo.
Payment
Most sessions are $149, with extra "looks" available at $49/each. Payment is due at the end of the session; we accept cash, check, and most debit and credit cards. Orders for retouching, prints, or digital media are payable at time of order. To keep our costs low, we do not offer terms, 30-day payment, credit, etc. A photo session is a service, and as such, there are no refunds. However, if you are not happy with your performance in front of the camera and don't like the results, we offer a reshoot session at a cost of $25 per look (wardrobe, setting, and lighting combination), to be scheduled at a mutually convenient time within two weeks of the original session.
Makeup and Hair Styling
Makeup and hair styling is not included in our base prices. For women, we usually recommend makeup; for men or children, makeup and hair is rarely necessary. For our clients who choose to have their makeup done, we recommend stopping at a salon before your photo session. We see consistently good results from the award-winning Dosha Salons (https://dosha.org) but of course there are many others in the Portland area that do great work. In-studio makeup artists are a possibility, but over the last couple of years, this option has increased significantly in price, and scheduling/booking them is a time-consuming task. If you would like us to find a makeup/hair artist at your session, please let us know when you book your appointment so we can make the necessary arrangements. But unless you REALLY need the onset MUA, we recommend the salon option.
Book Your Shoot!
Actor's and Creative Professional Headshots
To book your headshot session, please call Brenda at (503) 799-9802
Sessions available in our conveniently located Portland studio
at 1420 NW Lovejoy Street
in the Pearl District
(easy access to parking, Portland Streetcar and bus lines)
or at a location of your choice*
Paul Grupp and Brenda Rose
Grupp & Rose Photography
email: [email protected]
phone: (503) 799-9802
* on-location session may involve extra fee