For over 20 years the crazy german has been all over Los Angeles taking headshots of actors. Forget about the stiff atmosphere and the fake smiles. Forget about your face freezing in into a mask of boredom. If you shoot with Bjoern, get ready for a different kind of experience. It’ll be more like working on a movie set. It’s about movement, communication, and most of all – FUN! Inspired by listening to movie soundtracks on the shoot you will notice that it is all about throwing off your layers of convention and getting to the part, which makes you so interesting, special and unique. Your humor, your darkness, your depth or your sexiness, whatever it is…Bjoern will catch them. His photos are like movie stills, a moment in time, capturing an expression, a feeling, a personality. This style of portaiture Bjoern has embraced and perfected. His outgoing personality is the perfect match to work with actors for these edgy headshots. The sessions simply are a playful and creative flow, in which he will not stop looking to catch your uniqueness and beauty. His photos are a held breath of expectation, full of possibility and life.
It doesn’t matter if you’re famous or not. For Bjoern it does not make a difference. He will do everything he can until he is 100% sure that the most charismatic version of your self is captured in a breathtaking portrait. His work is known all over Hollywood and helped with his headshot photography hundreds and hundreds of actors to start or improve their careers by getting more auditions, by getting in front of the important casting directors.
As the pioneer of cinematic headshots, Bjoern is considered to be one of the best headshot photographers in Los Angeles and has influenced many other photographers with his style.
His work has been published in People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, US Weekly, Maxim, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, American Photo, Stern, German Vanity Fair, Esquire middle East, Bunte, Hörzu, German Gala Magazine, etc..
Over the years he has worked with celebrities such as Meghan Markle, Elton John, Cindy Crawford, Chaka Khan, Danny Trejo, Paul Oakenfold, Rascal Flatts, Reba McEntire, Justin Bieber, Tatjana Patitz, Olivia Munn, Joe Manganiello, Johnny Knoxville, Wolfgang Peterson, Tom Welling, Paul Dano, Amanda Righetti, Michelle Trachtenberg, Demian Bichir, Stana Katic, Jensen Ackles, Danneel Harris, Jared Paladecki, Cam Gigandet, Natalie Zea, Anthony LaPaglia, Diane Neal, Til Schweiger, Moritz Bleibtreu, Mark Pellegrino, Guillermo Diaz, Peyton List, Tyler Posey, TJ Thyne, Brent Sexton, Riley Smith, Warren Kole, Michael Trevino, Paul Wesley, Casper van Dien, Tamera Mowry, Navid Negahban, Henry Ian Cusick, Faran Tahir, America Olivo, Ellen Hollman, Parvesh Cheena, Scottie Thompson, Bobbie Campo, Andrea Osvart, House Moore, Ursula Karven, Steven Gaetjen, Austin Powell, Blair Redford, Bill Moses, Roxanna Brusso, Ben Mendelsohn, Gideon Emery, Chadwick Boseman, Ian Gomez, Jonathan Lipnicki, Mercedes Masöhn, Sam Jaeger, Jeananne Goossen, Yorick van Wageningen, Michael Irby, Emily Foxler, Jonathan Scarfe, Travis Schuldt, Emma Holzer, Lane Garrison, Mo McRae, Christian Gudegast, Melia Kreiling, Matt Cornett, Pruitt Taylor Vince, James Patrick Stuart, Tessa Thompson, James Snyder, Todd Stashwick, Sandra Eccheverria, Michelle Stafford, Brandon Beemer, Christian LeBlanc, Heather Tom, Greg Rikaart, Chloe Lanier, Scott Clifton, Nadia Bjorlin, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Courtney Hope, Jack Wagner, Chad Duell, Darin Brooks, Kelly Kruger, Jamie Boreanaz, Neil Brown Jr.
Zachary Smith has been working in the entertainment and art industry for the past 6 years. While living abroad and working with artists and filmmakers in different countries, he has focused on telling compelling stories using visual mediums to connect audiences to characters. Officially trained by Bjoern and coupled with a vast knowledge of character types, cinematic tone, directing and cinematography, Zach delivers that classic cinematic punch while helping you represent your characters without sacrificing your essence.
Born and raised in LA, Tim is the newest artist to join our team. With a passion for film and photography Tim invites you to discover your inner hero & villain, your Colgate smile, and your vulnerable side, all with our cinematic lighting. Apprentice to Bjoern as well as a shadow to Zach and Kastor, Tim brings professionalism, creativity and artistic vision to your headshot and self-tape experiences.
Kastor has been on the team for over 6 years. Kastor graduated, with honors, from The University of Michigan’s film program with a sub-concentration in screenwriting. He’s quick and fluid at reading scripts and shoots in the cinematic way Bjoern is so well known for.
Kastor continues to write, direct, and produce his own creative projects.
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