My Mission:

To help you be successful at your dreams with striking and strategic imagery that captures your unique vibe and markets you for greater opportunity and more open doors! 

Welcome! I am so glad you are here!  I’m Angie Papanikolas, Owner of Angel Studio.

About me

I’m a Headshot, Beauty & Branding Photographer AND a makeup artist. My clients call me their “PROFESSIONAL HYPE WOMAN.” I love helping my clients get photos that can help open more doors in their career! Let’s talk about YOU and your career or personal goals! Then I’ll create a unique photo shoot plan for you- to get powerful photos. I THRIVE ON Capturing your unique personality, your vibe, soul and beauty while helping to best market you. I will take the stress out of shooting and plan you a customized, Hollywood-Level photoshoot to better market you for more of what you want to do!

Locations:

I shoot in Los Angeles, CA and SLC, Utah– and I also travel worldwide for shoots and makeup. I have 2023 sessions  available also in Miami Florida, Hawaii, & Las Vegas Nevada. 

Why I do consultations before shooting

Planning is Key for a great shoot! No more throwing spaghetti at the wall when you book a shoot with me!

Helpful Consults & Photo Shoot Planning

I Provide My clients with Color and Wardrobe Recommendations to help flatter and market you based on your unique vibe and goals.

After our consultation on the phone or zoom, I will give you suggested looks, colors, location suggestions, wardrobe ideas and color moodboards to help best capture your beautiful uniqueness and effectively market you for what you do or want to do more of! I got you covered to help you figure out easily what to shoot and how! It just takes a few questions to get it started.

Contact me to get started!

Email photoperfect@angiepapanikolas.com or use the contact form on this page.

Helpful and Fun Sessions for Great Photos!

I am my clients biggest cheerleader! I love to help you shine and stay connected during your shoot for great photos. I do this in a variety of ways from playing your favorite music to having you write out words that describe your personality or business before the shoot. I can also help pose you and guide you during the shoot! No Stress!

Full Service Photography

If desired, I also provide full makeup and/or full wardrobe styling for your shoot, for additional fees.

“RED CARPET  CONCIERGE SERVICE”

The red carpet concierge service is a premium service where every aspect of your shoot is handled. We take care of EVERYTHING from BRINGING WARDROBE OPTIONS TO YOUR SHOOT for effective branding, TO FULL HAIR AND MAKEUP! You will feel like a magazine cover star. We do all the Styling, Planning and Shopping! We bring everything TO YOU all your wardrobe WITH options, PLUS do hair and makeup. Pricing for this concierge service is tbd based on the individual shoot.

What it’s like to shoot with me

My clients call me their “professional hype woman,” for good reason! I truly love what I do and enjoy cheering my clients on to get the photos that they need! I believe a helpful, positive, collaborative and creative environment is key for taking wonderful photos. I also believe that a key element to a successful photo shoot is to have a plan IN PLACE THAT SERVES YOU! That is why I like to set up a consult before we shoot so I can help you figure It all out and get us on the same page for your photo needs! Trust me! We don’t want to just throw spaghetti on the wall! Let’s make some magic! 

A great Photo Shoot starts with a Great Plan!

Why a Consult is Key

With my experience on both sides of the camera, I HAVE FOUND A KEY TO GREAT SHOOTS AND PHOTOS IS HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE! I believe this is a necessary ingredient to getting great photos! You see, I am also an actor and in the past I experienced some NOT GREAT PHOTOSHOOT RESULTS, before I began shooting photography. This essentially led me to shooting photography, and the discovery that you normally can’t just show up to meet a photographer with no shoot plan and a ton of random wardrobe, hop in front of their camera, and hope the photographer will just “get you and shoot you in the way you want.” Truthfully, It takes a good chat and time to plan in order to make sure you are both on the same page, and to generate some wonderful ideas to best market you and show your personality, to shop for the right looks, etc! This is where I really come in to help simplify it all for you. I’ll handle this all for you and ask you the right questions. We just need to hop on a call and I’ll ask you some questions to help me plan this out for you. Simple as that! After the consult, I make suggestions for your looks and offer ideas for what I feel you are going for and brainstorm some great ways to really capture YOU! This is just one of the things that separates me from alot of the other photographers out there.

How I’m different than Other Photographers Out There

I truly care about my clients and pride myself on getting them photos that could really help their careers and help market them and their businesses well. I enjoy helping make the process easier, sharing my industry knowledge, and helping take the stress out of photoshoots for my clients for a better result!

I truly know and believe photos can help grow your business, your service, your brand or your career! I am here to help you make your shoot a success and get you Striking Photos to Work to bring better results! Hollywood Level photos! I would love to chat with you to help you to meet your goals in shooting– and then guide you with photo preparation, photo direction, help pose you during the shoot if you want help, and give ideas and insight.

My goal is to help clients to get amazing shots and sessions that help create even more dream work!

 

MY STORY- long story short!

Like I mentioned earlier, I started shooting photography when my personal photo shoots (as an actor living in LA) just were not working like they should have! It was so frustrating! Shoots of mine just didn’t produce strong end results and I wasn’t getting the momentum from my photos that I desired! I didn’t get those amazing shots that helped further my film career much, and the shots were mostly mediocre, although I always expected them to turn out fabulous! And later, 2 headshot shoots were downright HORRIBLE!  It was almost comical! And I quickly then began to learn what had gone so wrong and what went right when one look out of 8 got me some momentum! 

So…fast forward years later; I am thankful I went through that all because my frustration turned into my passion to learn how to help clients get amazing shots. I used alot of my reflection of what went into bad shoots and good shoots that helped to produce better results,  and  I put my love into learning photography.  I am so blessed now to have a business I love where I get to use my creative gifts to help others get amazing photos that help them chase their dreams! 

I love taking the stress out of shoots, planning custom shoots based on your vibe, dreams and goals, and keeping the session FUN AND POSITIVE, to capture the best photos of you!

My Photography Style

I’m not the sort of photographer that just sees you at the shoot and Then Starts shooting.

 

I love helping you with some industry insight and suggestions about what looks you may want to shoot. I truly care and I put alot of love into my shoots. I prefer that we talk on the phone so I can hear about you. I like to spend some time to get to know your personality, your work, your dreams and your hobbies– so we can make the session more “YOU!” (that is great marketing of course- it needs to feel like YOU!). And then I can also better suggest looks that may help market you– incorporating the kind of shots you need– that we planned out based on your goals for the shoot in the first place. 🙂

CUSTOMIZED SHOOTS WITH A PHOTO SHOOT PLAN!

Every shoot I do is customized, because no one is the same! I care about getting you amazing photos and headshots for what you need them to do for your acting or modeling career, business or personal portrait. I customize each shoot to get you results for YOUR photo shoot, results that are unique for YOU. I love making the whole process fun & easy.

After we chat through phone, zoom, in person or email (if you prefer that way), I’ll make you a customized shoot plan. I will also send you a color mood board for flattering colors for you and that also still suggest the looks we are going for. I can help recommend wardrobe ideas for your looks, and will decide if we shoot in studio or on location to best serve your shoot.

My whole process is Helpful, FUN, Relaxed, No-Stress Photo Shoots. Let’s hop on a quick call to get started! Contact me through my red contact button to get started!

Wether you are a seasoned pro, or new to shooting photos, I’d love to work with you!

I specialize in headshots, beauty & branding photography for entrepreneurs, actors, models, realtors, brands and business professionals. I also shoot fashion-forward personal portraits.

I WORK WITH ALL LEVELS.

I can help pose and direct you during the shoot for great results. I work with clients who are used to taking their photos –and also many clients where it’s their first photo snoot ever!!! I love having fun with you during the session and regardless of your level… we will bring out your best during the shoot.

Check out my packages here.

LOCATIONS- Los Angeles, CA & SLC, UTAH

Los Angeles, CA

I offer shoots and makeup services in Los Angeles, CA.
My photography sessions are on the West side in Santa Monica/Venice and Marina Del Rey.

SLC, UT

I shoot on location in and around SLC, Utah
I am available to HIRE to travel worldwide.

 

Actor Headshots/Model Headshots/Beauty Shots/Business Headshots/Branding Photography for Business Professionals, Actors or Creatives/Model Portfolios/Lifestyle Photography/LA Actor Headshots/Utah Actor Headshots

THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR HEADSHOT

As an actor myself and an entrepreneur, I know that great headshots & photos help open more doors for more opportunities! I offer ph

 

I offer full makeup for your photo sessions!

I am a professional makeup artist with over 20 years expertise. My specialites are in in beauty makeup, actor headshot makeup, and on-camera makeup for photography and video. I have worked with ABC, NBC dateline, Radisson Hotels, Cirrus Luxury Aircraft, Ancient Nutrition, and many others. I specialize in commercial photo makeup and HEADSHOT MAKEUP that flatters and brings out individual beauty, all with the fresh Hollywood trends for actors and models in mind. I also do fashion and editorial, and have done Bridal Makeup for many years.

I highly recommend adding on makeup to your shoot for the most professional results with your final photos.

Makeup

A wide variety of makeup service is available for your shoots, whatever your needs are. As mentioned I specialize in beauty makeup and was on the Lancome Regional Artistry for over 10 years where I taught 1 on 1 Makeup Lessons and Beauty Looks to Women. I am the former owner of ‘Utah Bridal Makeup,” doing bridal makeup and more, and am a commercial makeup artist freelancer and a headshot makeup pro. I love and specialize in doing actor makeup for headshots, professional business headshot makeup, beauty looks, beauty makeup, the fresh clean makeup for print, and also more glam sessions for a more glam, pageant or personal glamorous signature look. I have over 20 years experience. Looks can range from classic actor sessions, commercial print, fashion, classic beauty, pageant glam, business headshots, soft glam, etc and we will discuss which you need for your shoot.

If you prefer to instead do your own makeup, please sign up to watch my free photo makeup webinar for tips for headshot makeup. I also offer one and one zoom or in-person makeup lessons. I have a full headshot makeup class coming soon.

Being on the same page is important to me! It always makes for great shoots and makes you happiest with your photos in the end! During the consult, I can help generate ideas to help market you and can suggest wardrobe for the looks we are going for, including some good colors for you. No stress –just good photos and fun shoots is what I’m about. I help make branding simple, easy, and effective. Let’s chat about your shoot and what you need!

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Help Choosing Looks After Consult

After our consultation, I will provide you suggested wardrobe ideas for your looks with a color moodboard chosen to also flatter you. However, If you want a full-service wardrobe experience, with wardrobe styling options brought to your shoot, note that is is offered also, for an additional fee.

Corporate Groups and Teams

Need a corporate session or a group session? I can bring the studio to you!  Please Contact me for a custom quote or give me a call to discuss your needs.

Corporate Business Headshots, Real Estate Agent Branding, Agency Headshots, or Other Group Session Needed? I can bring the studio to you! Contact me to discuss your needs and I will get you a quote.

EMAIL PHOTOPERFECT@ANGIEPAPANIKOLAS.COM OR USE THE RED CONTACT FORM