Ashwin MitchellStudio · Los Angeles

Editorial · unit stills · portraits

Pictures that know what scene they are in.

Three strands of practice, one sensibility: editorial series built like short films, set photography delivered to press standard, and portraits made to be used rather than admired.

Case studies

Two projects, looked at properly.

Frame from The Getaway: the thief in a red dress in the Los Angeles night.

Narrative editorial · three acts

The Getaway

A lone thief escaping across Los Angeles, told in three acts — The Chase, The Calm, The Reward. The single clearest piece of evidence for the writer-who-shoots pitch.
Athlete portrait from the Across the Line Vol. 2 cover editorial.

Cover editorial · three volumes

Across the Line

Head of Photography for a multimedia platform and creative agency backing athletes, creators and niche sports. Three cover editorials across 2026.

Strand one

Editorial series.

Each series is built the way a script is built: a premise, a world, a change. Concept, atmosphere, styling and narrative cohesion are part of the commission, not an extra — pre-production and creative direction run through to final delivery.

Editorial commissions start from $1,500 per shooting day and are priced per project. See the rate card.

Frame from L'Art du Rouge: a subject saturated in red light.
L'Art du Rouge
Frame from the Y2K editorial: a millennium-era styled portrait.
Y2K
Frame from the Kiss Land collection.
Kiss Land
Cover frame from L'Art du Vert: a subject in green.
L'Art du Vert
Cover frame from the Future Nostalgia editorial.
Future Nostalgia
Cover frame from Across the Line Vol. 1.
Across the Line Vol. 1

Strand two

Unit stills.

Twelve short films and six vertical series, shooting BTS, key promotional imagery and poster campaigns — delivered processed for press, marketing and awards consideration.

IATSE rates for union productions based in Los Angeles; non-union determined on consultation.

The full stills credits

Behind-the-scenes frame from the vertical series Mama Sing Me a Lullaby.
Mama Sing Me a Lullaby — vertical series, Apr 2025.

Strand three

Studio portrait, natural light, from Ashwin Mitchell's portrait work.
Portrait session.

Portraits, headshots and the working world.

Headshots at $350 — one outfit, high-end retouching on up to three selects, in studio or brought to your location. Portrait sessions from $550 with a personalised shoot plan and a curated edit.

Alongside that: three seasons of national dance touring for Kids Artistic Review, Rainbow Dance Competition and Ultra Dance Competition, plus the NICArt Foundation; comedy for Fox and the Hounds and Imposter Syndrome Comedy; events, concerts and stage productions across Los Angeles.

Earlier: Senior Portraits Photographer at Lifetouch, Jun 2022–Aug 2023 — several hundred sitters, which is where the speed comes from.

Rates & how it works

Portrait from a commissioned session, shot on location.
Commissioned portrait.
Athlete in motion from the Across the Line Vol. 2 editorial.
Across the Line Vol. 2.

Commission a shoot.

Editorial from $1,500 a shooting day. Portraits from $550. Headshots $350. Unit stills at IATSE rates for union productions based in LA.

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