You need good pictures: for a cover, a press kit or social media. I photograph you right at Tonstudio Leipzig, real, in the atmosphere where your music is made. Shoots start from 220 euros.
Many photo studios shoot glossy portraits with a white background, interchangeable like a thousand others. With me it is different: real pictures right at the studio, with the mixing desk, real microphones and lighting that suits your sound. I shoot with a high quality smartphone camera and my own lighting. I edit every picture ready for social media.
I offer six types of picture: portraits, action shots while recording, behind the scenes pictures, cover pictures, social media pictures, and pictures for your website or press kit. You can find details below.
You pick from three packages. Minishoot is the quick start, Studio session the most popular choice, and Brandshoot covers all your pictures at once.
Most enquiries fit one of these six types. In the consultation we work out together what suits you. Often one session produces pictures from several categories at once.
A classic portrait with the studio itself as the background: microphones, the mixing desk, vintage equipment. It works well as a profile picture for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Spotify. Several lighting variations create different moods.
You are photographed while singing, rapping, playing an instrument or producing. You focus on the music, not on a pose. That often gives the emotionally strongest pictures, because they capture real moments. A classic photo studio cannot create pictures like that.
Close ups of the mixing desk, microphone and vintage equipment, plus mood shots of the studio. This is popular material for social media stories. In sessions with several setups it happens almost by itself.
Cover pictures as the basis for your artwork on single and EP releases, for Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. The format is square, the mood matches the character of the song. More elaborate editing is available on request.
In longer sessions with different outfits and moods, one shoot produces a broad range of pictures: profile picture, story pictures, reel covers, and more posts. That is enough for several weeks of content.
Horizontal header pictures for your website and about page, plus press kit material for magazines, blogs and promoters. The format is larger, with more detail. Usually part of the Brandshoot package.
The packages differ in length, number of pictures and effort. In the consultation we find the right package for you together.
The lean start for a targeted profile picture or single cover photo. About 60 to 90 minutes in the studio, one setup, one lighting mood. You get 20 to 30 edited pictures in several formats. Handover after 1 week.
The most popular package. 2 to 3 hours in the studio with two or three setups, for example portrait, action shot and behind the scenes. Can be combined with a recording. You get 50 to 80 edited pictures, handover after 1 to 2 weeks.
The premium package for a complete visual identity. 3 to 4 hours in the studio with several outfits, setups and lighting moods. You get more than 80 edited pictures, plus special formats for your press kit and website. Handover after 2 to 3 weeks.
If you have a studio recording planned anyway, the shoot can run alongside it or directly before and after. You look more relaxed and authentic in your normal working mode. An extra photo setup needs extra time for the lighting. We work out the exact schedule in the concept conversation.
Beyond standard retouching: creative colour grading (targeted colour tuning of the image), compositing effects and artistic filter looks for cover pictures. Useful when a picture should look more artistic, without a full artwork production.
Optionally, on top of the edited pictures: raw files in JPEG format with only minimal pre-editing. Good for your own editing or for archiving.
These two things make the difference here.
With me the studio itself is the background: microphones, mixing desk, vintage equipment. Your fans see not only you but also where your music is made.
The strongest pictures often do not come from posing. They come from singing, playing or adjusting the mixing desk, when you are not consciously being photographed. The studio as a setting is what makes those natural action moments possible.
Good pictures work long after the day you publish them. They change how others see you, often for months.
Anyone photographed for the first time in a professionally lit studio often feels noticeably different: more relaxed and more present at once.
New pictures go online, and the community notices the jump in quality right away, even without being able to explain it.
A single session produces material for many weeks: posts, profile picture, stories, reel covers. You do not need to shoot again.
Promoters and collaborators look at the pictures first. Good photos look serious, even with a small reach.
A recurring look across several posts builds a recognisable visual identity over months.
After the first session you tend to plan pictures more strategically, timed to the next release instead of spontaneously.
Good preparation makes your shoot run smoothly instead of feeling rushed. Six points that really help.
Do you mainly need profile pictures, a single cover, a website header or all of it together? That decides the package. All of it: Brandshoot suits better. One targeted update: Minishoot is the efficient route.
Do you want a warm singer-songwriter mood or a more dramatic hip-hop feel, gentle or energetic? Both can also be combined. Reference pictures in a similar style help a lot when you send your enquiry, to clarify the mood.
Match your outfit to the concept. No flickering patterns, no very light clothing near bright studio areas. For Studio session and Brandshoot, bring several outfits for different moods.
If a recording or video is planned anyway, the shoot usually fits alongside it or right after. Just settle that with me beforehand.
Standard is square, vertical and horizontal. Need special formats like a newsletter header? Let me know beforehand. The Brandshoot already includes them.
Tell me early when you need the pictures. Lead time: about 1 week for the Minishoot, 2 for the Studio session, 3 to 4 for the Brandshoot, better 4 to 6 weeks for album releases.
Here is how your shoot works, step by step from the first idea to the finished pictures.
In the paid initial consultation at the studio or by video call we settle on mood, package and outfits. Short questions beforehand are welcome by email or WhatsApp.
Before the shoot I set up the lighting to match the mood. When combined with a recording or video, I plan for as little rebuilding time as possible in between.
Depending on the package I photograph for 1 to 4 hours. I give you direction on pose and gaze, always aiming for authentic rather than staged.
I choose the strongest pictures and edit them fully. Handover by cloud link after 1 to 3 weeks, ready to upload, raw files available as an extra.
Your photo shoot takes place entirely at Tonstudio Leipzig, in the Bernhard-Göring-Straße in Zentrum-Süd. The studio offers several areas for different visual moods. You do not need an outside location.
Professional large-diaphragm microphones, a pop shield and real studio atmosphere. This is the ideal background for performance-close portraits: singer-songwriters at the microphone, rappers and instrumentalists while recording.
Mixing desk, studio monitors and producer equipment as a background, for producer portraits, action shots while beat making and technical pictures. Especially popular with bedroom producers and streamers.
Vintage microphones, old effects units and classic studio furniture for pictures with retro charm or behind-the-scenes details. The patina looks authentic straight away.
Quieter studio corners with a more neutral background for classic portraits with less studio context. Good for profile pictures or press kit material that works across several platforms.
Bernhard-Göring-Straße 17 in 04107 Leipzig, right in Zentrum-Süd, within walking distance of the Karli. Parking in the courtyard, low barrier access, good tram and S-Bahn links.
Artists from Halle, Markkleeberg, Dresden, Chemnitz and Berlin come to Leipzig regularly for photo sessions, often combined with a recording or a video.
The most important answers at a glance. For short questions, email or WhatsApp works well; for more, book the initial consultation in the shop.
You get a collection of carefully chosen and fully edited pictures, 20 to 80 depending on the package. They come in several formats: square for Instagram, vertical for stories and reels, horizontal for your website.
The handover runs by cloud link at full resolution, ready to upload directly.
Complete at Tonstudio Leipzig in the Bernhard-Göring-Straße, with several visual areas: the recording room, the mixing desk area, vintage equipment and quieter portrait corners.
Always included: exposure, colour, contrast, light retouching and platform specific crops.
More elaborate wishes such as colour grading we discuss in the concept conversation. Handover after 1 to 2 weeks.
Yes, one of the most popular options, alongside or directly before and after a studio recording.
You look more relaxed and authentic, and action shots happen almost by themselves.
Realistically: you get authentic, carefully lit and professionally edited pictures for social media, single covers, your website and press kit. That works well for indie artist projects.
Not possible: glossy magazine photos suitable for poster printing, advertising campaigns or fashion photography at studio level. For that I point you to established photo studios in Leipzig.
My own LED lighting with several exposure options: warm natural light, dramatic shadows, balanced studio light or accent lighting.
In longer sessions I rebuild between setups.
Yes, from the Studio session package upwards, especially in the Brandshoot.
Several changes of outfit and lighting moods give you a broad range of pictures for several months of social media material.
Minishoot: 60 to 90 minutes plus 1 week of editing.
Studio session: 2 to 3 hours plus 1 to 2 weeks.
Brandshoot: 3 to 4 hours plus 2 to 3 weeks.
Allow more time combined with a recording.
Shoots start from 220 euros, in three packages: Minishoot, Studio session and Brandshoot.
The cost depends on setups, number of pictures and editing involved, combined sessions with a recording get transparent mixed prices. Also available as a gift voucher.
Yes, always, in at least three formats: square (1:1) for Instagram, vertical (4:5 or 9:16) for stories and reels, horizontal (16:9 or 3:2) for your website and YouTube.
Brandshoot packages add special formats.
For detailed concept conversations about the package you book the paid initial consultation in the studio shop, especially useful with Brandshoot plans.
For short questions reach me by email or WhatsApp, WhatsApp is usually fastest. Phone works too.
This page is written for hobby musicians and indie artists without a label deal.
With a record deal or commercial budget for album artwork, magazine publication or poster printing, I am happy to pass on the contact to professional photo studios. For audio there is also the separate business site.
Write me a short note about what you need, from a new profile picture to a complete Brandshoot. For detailed advice, book the initial consultation in the shop; for short questions, WhatsApp or email works too.