What do you need from me to give a quote?

The project type, intended use for the images, preferred dates and location, and a rough budget range. The enquiry form asks for exactly this, and a rough answer to each is enough to start — I will follow up with the right next questions.

Can the same session cover press images and cover artwork?

Often, yes. We establish the intended uses before the session — press, publicity, or album and single cover photography are different requirements, and the composition, styling and number of final images can be planned to support more than one.

Photography serviceLagos · Nigeria · Worldwide

Artist and Press Portrait Photographer in Lagos

I make portraits for artists who need images that feel recognisably like them. Sessions are clearly directed without forcing a performance, leaving enough room for character, gesture and the unexpected frame to come through.

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A calm, directed set

Clear direction helps people stop thinking about the camera. I keep the set focused, explain what I am looking for and adjust the pace around the person in front of me so expression never feels manufactured.

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Portraits with a purpose

Press photographs, cover artwork and campaign images have different requirements. We establish the intended uses before the session so the composition, styling, setting and number of final images support the release.

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An image world for the artist

A strong portrait can introduce a wider project. Where the brief calls for it, I develop a visual language that can carry from the main artwork into supporting press images and the rest of the release campaign.

A commission may include

Press and publicity portraits
Album and single cover photography
Promotional images for release campaigns
Personal and commissioned artist portraits

Who this is for

Musicians and recording artists
Actors and public figures
Record labels and artist managers
Editors commissioning cultural portraits

Before you enquire

What do you need from me to give a quote?: The project type, intended use for the images, preferred dates and location, and a rough budget range. The enquiry form asks for exactly this, and a rough answer to each is enough to start — I will follow up with the right next questions.
Will the portraits feel directed or natural?: Both — clear direction with room to breathe. I keep the set calm, explain what I am looking for and adjust the pace around the person in front of me, so expression never feels forced or manufactured.
Can the same session cover press images and cover artwork?: Often, yes. We establish the intended uses before the session — press, publicity, or album and single cover photography are different requirements, and the composition, styling and number of final images can be planned to support more than one.

Selected evidence1 project

Related work

Savage Tha Beast stands arms crossed in a wooden canoe on a calm Niger Delta river.

Uzere Boy 2023 → The album campaign for Savage Tha Beast’s ‘Uzere Boy’, made for the record’s release. Photographed in the riverine Delta the album comes from — canoes, chessboards and okadas against golden walls, river light to dusk.

Based in LagosAvailable internationally

Tell me what you are making.

Share the project, intended image use, preferred dates and where the work will happen. I will reply with the right next questions.

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