Creative Photography Shooting Session
Portraits where you are the story, not the subject.
Most portrait sessions are built to make you look good. This one is built to make the image say something a normal photograph can’t reach.
We work from your ideas: what interests you, what you’re obsessed with, what you want people to see — and build them inside a visual language of my own. This isn’t a session where you pick a backdrop from a catalog. It’s a session where we build a concept with you and then photograph it.
What you get isn’t a nice portrait. It’s a piece.
How it works
1. Define the concept
We talk first. Before a camera comes out, we talk. What you like, what you’ve hated about photographs taken of you, what the image should communicate. The concept comes out of that.
2. Visual proposal
I send you a moodboard with the direction: light, palette, atmosphere, references. We adjust until we’re both seeing the same thing.
4. Author's edit
I select, develop and retouch every image by hand. On conceptual sessions this includes compositing and montage where the concept calls for it.
3. The Shooting.
Studio or location, depending on what the concept asks for. I direct throughout — you don’t need to know how to pose, that’s my job.
5. Delivery
High-resolution digital files and, depending on the package, a signed fine art print.
6. We work again :-)
You will be so happy with the results, that we will eventually develop a long term shooting relationship.
Packages
Author Portrait — $8,000 MXN
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For a strong image without complex production.
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Two-hour studio session
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One concept, one wardrobe change
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8 final digital images, fully edited
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High-resolution files with a personal use license
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Delivered in 10 business days.
Narrative Photoshooting - $16,000 MXN
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For a series rather than a photograph.
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Four hours, studio or location in Mexico City
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Two to three concepts or looks
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20 final digital images, fully edited
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Moodboard and direction session beforehand
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One 30x40 cm fine art print, signed and numbered
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Delivered in 15 business days
The Series Work - from $30,000 MXN
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For a conceptual piece — The kind that ends up on a wall or in an exhibition.
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Concept development
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Full production: location, props, set, technical support
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Compositing and conceptual montage
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Final selection agreed with you
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25 final digital images, fully edited
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One large-format 60x80 cm fine art print, signed, numbered, with certificate of authenticity
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Quoted per project according to scope.
Prices in Mexican pesos. Happy to quote in USD or EUR for international clients.
Included in every package
Direction throughout the session. No experience in front of a camera required.
Manual editing, image by image. No automated filters, no plastic skin retouching.
High-resolution files, ready for print and for digital use.
A clearly written usage license, including the clause covering AI-derivative use.
Safekeeping of the original camera file for one year. If you also want access to that file, we agree it at the start of the project and put it in writing.
Why work with me
My work has been recognized internationally and published in specialist media: World Photographic Cup Global Top 10, Master Class Photographers Awards 2025, and international exhibitions in New York (2025, 2019, 2018), Moscow (2015), Oslo (2019) and Argentina (2004).
I work from conceptual and surrealist portraiture, not conventional studio portraiture. If what you need is a clean corporate headshot, there are studios in Mexico City that do it well and cheaper. If you want an image people remember, that’s my ground.
I don’t subcontract. Concept, shoot and edit are mine.
FAQ's
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a creative photography session cost with you in Mexico City?
Creative sessions start at $8,000 MXN for a two-hour author portrait with eight final images. The price rises with production, the number of concepts and the images delivered.
How long until I get the photographs?
Between 10 and 15 business days depending on the package. Conceptual pieces involving montage take longer, and we agree that at the start.
Do I need experience posing?
No. Direction is part of the service, and most of my clients have never done a session like this.
Can I use the images commercially?
Packages include a personal use license. Commercial use is quoted separately and defined in writing.
Where does the session take place?
In a studio in Mexico City or on location, depending on what the concept requires. Location may carry an additional cost.
What happens to my images and artificial intelligence?
Your images are not used to train generative models — not by me, not by third parties. It’s written into the contract.
What My Clients Say
Jesús Castro, Spanish Actor
"One of the best shootings of my entire career. Hector was incredible understanding my ideas and distilled them into really impactful images in his own style"