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Jeffrey Kaiser Photography

Certified Professional Photographer
Acting & Corporate headshots | Commercial | Film Posters
Los Angeles, CA

04/23/2026

A friend nominated me for an interview with and the story dropped today. Check out the link in bio to read the article.

01/15/2026

It's officially Pilot Season! How long has it been since you've updated your headshots?

01/12/2026

In my previous post, I discussed the precision of performance and technique, leading to an incredible image. In this post, I want to focus more specifically on the technical decisions behind the session.

It is always important to keep the purpose of an acting headshot in mind: to accurately represent the appearance, personality, and professionalism of the actor. With acting headshots, there is some creative latitude, allowing the image to align with the types of roles the actor is aiming to pursue.

For this session, Danielle wanted an image that communicated her ability to play strong, authoritative leading roles. To support that goal, I took a more dramatic approach than I would typically use for a traditional headshot.

The key light was a Godox AD600Pro positioned at camera right, paired with a Phottix 85cm octabox. The light was placed with the modifier approximately two and a half feet from Danielle, allowing the light to wrap across her face and fall naturally into shadow just past the right eye. A bare Godox AD100Pro was placed slightly behind her on camera left to create subtle rim light and provide separation from the background.

I typically photograph headshots on solid color backgrounds, but for this session we chose a brick surface to experiment with added texture. By positioning Danielle several feet away from the background, it remained darker and understated, helping keep the focus on her without pulling attention away from the face.

Camera settings were kept straightforward and consistent with my standard portrait approach: ISO 100, f/8, and a shutter speed of 1/200 to match my camera’s maximum sync speed. This was shot on the Canon R5 with the 70-200 f2.8L lens at about 70mm.

The result, an amazing image Danielle and I are proud to show off.

Danielle Maddox

01/07/2026

Who is she?

She’s clearly in control. Confident. Completely comfortable in the space she occupies. She commands the room when she walks in, not through fear, but through respect and determination. Intelligent, refined, calm under pressure. The kind of woman every other woman in the room notices and quietly measures herself against.

You might assume she’s a CEO, a high-powered attorney, or a political strategy mastermind. The truth is far more fascinating.

This is Danielle Maddox, and she is a professional actress.

That brick behind her is nothing more than a sheet of paper hung on the wall. Just outside the frame are light stands, modifiers, cables, and gear bags scattered like a novice skier’s yard sale on their first double black. The environment itself is an illusion. One thing is not.

Danielle.

She is real. She is grounded. She is completely in control. She understands her body down to the smallest muscle movement, her posture, her stillness. Every detail is intentional, shaping an expression that fits the scene perfectly.

The lighting is equally deliberate. Without studio strobes, the camera would record nothing but darkness. Every choice matters. The light, the intensity, the modifier, the angle, the placement down to the centimeter, all selected to build a believable world around her performance.

Acting is an art that demands absolute precision. Photography is no different. On rare occasions, those two disciplines align so seamlessly that something timeless is created.

Those moments are why I do what I do. Thank you, Danielle Maddox.

01/03/2026

It was so much fun working with Makkabi Law Group. David and the team were amazing!

09/27/2025

Most photographers work their entire career and never see a credit like this. Thank you so much to Payroll.org for the opportunity to capture the cover photo of the October 2025 issue of Paytech Magazine.

09/02/2025

I'm absolutely lovin' this four light setup used in this headshot session with Ryan Albaugh. The Godox AD100pro is the perfect light to create that little bit of glow on the background.

09/01/2025

My reward for a job well done!

07/12/2025

Thank you indrani_tt for stoping by the studio and helping us test out the BFP projection snoot.

04/19/2025

It was so much fun having Erin Miracle back in the studio for an energetic headshot session. Erin is an accomplished actress and producer. Check out her IMDb page at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4677045.

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