Ashwin MitchellStudio · Los Angeles

Rates & process

Four things you can book.

Published rates, no discovery call required to find out roughly what something costs. Everything below is quoted properly once the brief is clear.

Editorial
Priced per project

Editorial photography

from $1,500 / shooting day

Concept, atmosphere, styling and narrative cohesion; pre-production and creative direction through final delivery. Priced per project.

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Unit stills
Union & non-union

Unit stills

IATSE rates for union productions based in LA

Non-union determined on consultation. BTS, key promotional imagery and poster campaigns; delivered processed for press, marketing and awards consideration.

Stills credits

Headshots
Studio or on location

Headshots

$350

One outfit, high-end retouching on up to three selects; additional retouching $100 per image. In-studio, or a mobile setup brought to your location.

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Portrait session
Personalised

Portrait session

from $550

A personalised shoot plus a curated selection of edited images. Extended time, creative direction and location styling on request.

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Also available

Writing and script services.

Writing assignments, staffing, coverage, structural notes and dialogue passes. These are not on the public rate card because they depend entirely on scope — email with the project and the deadline and a quote comes back.

Four finished original screenplays, four quarters teaching Introductory Screenwriting at UCLA, and produced writing credits. The writing page has the detail.

How it works

Four steps, no mystery.

The process is deliberately short. Most bookings go from first email to a confirmed date inside a week.

  1. Say what it is

    Email with the project, the dates, the location and what the images are for. If you do not know all of that yet, send what you have.

  2. A quote and a plan

    Back comes a fixed quote against the rates above, plus a note on approach — what he would shoot and why. For editorial, that includes a written premise.

  3. Pre-production

    Casting, styling, location and schedule, sized to the budget. For unit stills this is a conversation with the AD about where he can be and when.

  4. Shoot and delivery

    Edited and retouched files delivered in the formats you need — press, marketing, poster, social. Additional retouching is quoted per image.

Portrait from a commissioned session, showing the studio's finishing style.
Portrait session — commissioned work.

Terms worth knowing.

  • Editorial is priced per project; the day rate is the floor, not the invoice.
  • Headshot retouching covers up to three selects; extra images are $100 each.
  • Union unit stills are booked at IATSE rates when the production is based in Los Angeles.
  • Non-union stills rates are set on consultation, against schedule and deliverables.
  • Travel, usage and licensing: PLACEHOLDER — not specified in the content brief

Get a quote this week.

Project, dates, location, what the images are for. That is enough to price it.

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