Pink Kitty Studios Freelance Photography Opportunities

We're always looking for freelance photographers and makeup artists. Right now we need photographers and makeup artists in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, and Chicago.

This is a great opportunity for professional female photographers who already have their own glamour or pinup photography businesses and want to pick up a little extra cash or for professional female photographers who currently shoot weddings, babies, etc. and want to get started in glamour and pinup photography.

A few things we'll need from our photographers:

You must be female.

Our clients are most comfortable with women only on the set. That we are a female-owned and -operated business is one of the reasons our clients choose us.

Other requirements:

A home-based studio with a professional atmosphere. Our pictures are different partly because of our studios. We offer much more than just plain backdrops. Our wide variety of vintage, romantic, and glamorous sets with furniture and other props give our photos a professional/magazine-like look and feel. Your home studio must be attractively decorated, clean, fresh, clutter-free, and no men, children, or pets are allowed in the studio during shoots. You'll need to have at least five out of seven of these sets at your home studio:
- seamless backdrops of various colors and a large enough space to work with them
- vintage-y kitchen
- plain bathroom with bathtub
- brightly colored room with couch, chair or chaise longue as well as other accessories like candles, vases of flowers, mirrors, etc.
- a bed with white bedding as well as alternate bedding such as red, pink or black satin
- edgy industrial or rustic area (concrete, brick, or wood walls and floors, interesting stairway, garage)
- outdoors (rooftop, grassy area, or swimming pool).
- If you have different sets not on this list, we'd love to see them!
- If your place is at the very least clean, fresh, and clutter-free we can help you with the sets and props.
Your own equipment, including at least two studio strobe lights and an SLR digital camera. You'll also need to know how to shoot in natural light.
A computer with zip and ftp programs.
An online portfolio of your glamour/boudoir work for us to look at. If you don't have much work in this area yet, you should do some shoots with your friends to develop a portfolio. Our clients are regular everyday women, not models, so you'll need to be able to photograph all shapes, sizes, and ages in a flattering way. Please do not develop a portfolio of professional models if you want to work with us! Also, we recommend that you try to duplicate our style (specifically our lighting, sets, and poses) in the portfolio you show us.
A relaxed, bubbly personality.
You may be required to attend a photography workshop with Lori (you can attend for free if we believe you are serious about working with us). She does them in both L.A. and Philadelphia. This workshop will educate you on our style of photography and other things you'll need to know.

Freelancers will be paid starting at $200 per shoot. Shoots generally take three to four hours. You'll only need to do the shoot and upload the images to us then send us an invoice and we'll send you a check within a week. You will not be required to have any interaction with the clients before or after the shoot. We'll take care of all the scheduling, billing, answering of questions, retouching and order fulfillment.

Makeup artists must also be female and be able to do various makeup AND hair styles. We are looking for professional makeup artists. You must be certified to do hair and makeup in your state. Our clients love vintage looks as well as natural, glamour and Playboy style looks. Makeup artists are paid directly from the client on the day of the shoot in cash and are paid between $150 and $225 depending on the city they're in and number of looks (usually between two and four).

Copyright of all images you shoot for Pink Kitty Studios will be owned by Pink Kitty Studios, but you may be allowed to use some images in your portfolios. You will also be asked to sign a freelance agreement with PKS that details other terms.

If this sounds like something you want to do please email us with a link to your online portfolio and to discuss more specific details.

Thanks!