St. John Photo Studio

Your own finely-photographed self-portrait can make you feel good (or even flattered) about yourself - which is just what you deserve after going through all the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

Many years after the photoshoot, this photo can still bring you so much happiness because it will remind you of how good-looking you were at that time of your life.

This is the sort of photo that, years later, your children and grand children will be so happy seeing over and over again.

At St. John Photo Studio, we strive to give you this photo via our Grown-up Photoshoot Service.

About the Photoshoot

In this photoshoot service, we will do the following:

1. Headshot Portrait Photoshoot
2. Full-body Portrait Photoshoot

Headshot

Here, we will put up a photography lighting setup specifically built for taking both headshots and half-body shots. We'll position the strobe light to throw a lot of soft light on your face and at the same time spill some low intensity light on your upper torso.

Because your face will fill most of the frame, you have to give us your best smile, meanest stare, or most sensual gaze - whichever you like. Making these facial expressions look genuine (not forced) is not as easy as you think it is - so take some practice.

Full body Portrait Photoshoot

We already designed several setups for Grown-up Portrait Photoshoot so that it is easier for you to see the sort of photos you will get from this service. Each setup has very few props; as such, your face, facial expression and body poses - are the main attraction of the photos. To view these setups, click this.

Here, we will put up photography lighting setup specifically built for taking full-body or 3/4 (knee up) shots. We will position the strobe light to throw a lot of light on your clothes and spill just enough light on your face. Because this lighting setup is really being used for a fashion photoshoot, please wear your best set of clothes.

You can make the photo more exciting by:

1. Wearing stylish clothing [formal, glamorous, sexy, etc.]
2. Putting on makeup that goes along with what you are wearing.
3. Wearing accessories (cap, shoal, hat, necklace, etc.) that go along with what you are wearing

Here are some links to Youtube videos that may guide you about posing:

1. How To Pose Like a Model
2. How To Pose Like A Model - Posing Rules, Types Of Poses, & Facial Expressions
3. How to Pose like a Supermodel - Posing Tutorial From A Model
4. Photo Shoot Tips For Men (Model Poses For Facial Expressions)

What Sort of Photos Do You Get From the Photoshoot ?

Our resident photo editor will:

1. Clean and lightly retouch all good photos. We will format each for best viewing in social media (72ppi, sRGB color space).
2. Fully retouch two (2) best shots - of your own choosing/advice. We will also format each for best printing (300ppi, RGB color space).

We will send the image files to you via Google Drive within seven (7) days after the photoshoot, provided all fees have been paid. To conserve limited disk space, please download immediately because we purge these files after a month.

What Sort of Print Do You Get From the Photoshoot ?

We will have your child's picture printed using the acrylic printing technology from Japan. As such, this print is going to be glossy and vibrant, and will look like "luxurious crystal porcelain painting". It can resist humidity, moisture, ultraviolet (UV) light, dust and abrasions - allowing its vibrant color to last for decades. Your pic in this print is going to be a great addition to your living room.

We will have this picture printed by Himenart - Studio with size 12x16 inches. If you want it to be larger, we will gladly share P600 from HimenArt's listed price. For more information about them, click this.

Service Fee

Shown here are our packages and their rates if you hire our resident photographer. Additional fee is required where the setup uses exhaustible items like fresh flowers, balloons, etc.

Good news! We are currently giving 10% discount if you will allow us to (a) record a short decent video of your photoshoot and (b) upload this video and the photos from this shoot on the Internet (for commercial purposes). Immediately avail of this discount as this may be terminated anytime without prior notice.

When to Get in Touch with Us ?

Please send us a message at least two (2) weeks before your intended day of the photoshoot.

But if your photoshoot is event-related (e.g. baptism, birthday, etc.), message us at least one (1) month before the event. This will give us time to:

• Create the digital invitation video
• Create the wall banner and have it tarpaulin-printed
• Create the welcome banner and have it tarpaulin-printed
• Design the souvenir attachment

Because of the heavy work involved, we only accept two (2) photoshoots per week - the first to come will be the first to get the slot.

Booking Fee

Please pay booking fee of P300.00 one (1) week before the shoot. Because this covers our expenses on shoot preparation, this is non-refundable but is deductible from the service fee.

How to Prepare for the Shoot

We will strive to make you look stunning in photographs. But it is not all up to us - you have to help us achieve this. Start with these:

• Do not do anything exhausting the day before the photoshoot – you will look tired in photos.
• Do not drink alcohol the night before – you will be dehydrated making your skin wrinkly and reddish and your eyes puffy.
• Drink lots of water – hydration will make your skin glow and look fabulous.
• Have a good night sleep.
• Have a good meal before going into the shoot.
• Wear makeup. If you are not good with makeup, hire a makeup artist and ask him to:
  1. To give you either a CFN (clean, fresh, natural) look or, if you wish, a really glamorous look.
  2. Use makeup foundation that matches facial skin.
  3. DO NOT use white facial powder or cream – you will end up looking like the ghost Casper.
  4. DO NOT to have cheeks that look like a red or pink lipstick has been rubbed on them - the sort you see on a bar girl.
  5. Use a concealer to (a) minimize heavy age spots/wrinkles and scars and (b) eliminate blemishes.
  6. If you are male, use concealer made specifically for men so that you do not look soft and girl-like.
• If you wish to hire hair/makeup artist, please see portfolio of those who have worked with us in the past - click this.
• Bring to the studio several of your best clothes and we'll help you choose which one most fits you or gives you the best look.
• Wear accessories! Bowties, suspenders, caps, hats, flower headbands, chunky scarves, beautiful flowing dresses and skirts—these create visual interest and movement in the photos.
• Bring one companion. If you are a teen, you must bring with you a parent.

For more information, please send us a message via our Facebook account - click this: St. John Photo Studio.