About Karri Brantley Photography
So glad you are here! My greatest passion is supporting professional actors and business professionals get great headshots they LOVE and can use for a long time. For the past 6 years, I've been at the top preferred vendor list for actor headshots with the biggest talent agencies in Michigan. Most of my clients come from the Metro Detroit area, but I've had clients travel for their photos as from south as Georgia, as far west as California and as far east as New York!
For the past 15 years, I'm known in the market as a branding expert, which means we slow this whole process down to take thoughtful curated time to genuinely figure out your desires, talents and goals in your career with a one-of-a-kind experience to solidify YOU. I am passionate about the quality of our collaboration work together and I genuinely care about the person in front of the camera.
While I love working behind the camera, I've actually been a classically trained actress and hold a BFA in theatre performance from Wayne State University and a graduate of the famed Second City Conservatory in the art of writing, performing improv & sketch comedy. Since 1996, my experience as a professional actor has taken me performing on hundreds of stages throughout the USA, as well as a proud SAG-AFTRA actor working in the tv/film industry in the LA, Detroit, OH, PA regions. Throughout these years, I've also worked as a producer, casting agent, director, sketch comedy troupe writer, touring director, director of photography and advanced acting teacher [to name a few ;-)].
Because of my extensive knowledge working in front of and behind the camera, I am confident and know how to communicate with actors and deeply understand their worries, fears and concerns with their industry-standard headshots.
Being a 4x entrepreneur, my love of capturing corporate headshots as well as personal branding images for creative entrepreneurs is one of my other greatest passions. I love supporting like-minded creative entrepreneurs, thoughtful leaders, authors, fellow photographers, real-estate moguls, designers, boutique shop and wellness minded business owners.
Several of my images are featured in magazines, books, newspapers, airports, art galleries, websites, blogs, lobbies, etc.