Santa Maria Studio

We are professional photographers based in St. Louis. Most of our shoots take place in the area but we have worked all over the world covering travel, fashion shoots, political events and editorial work.

We take our work very seriously. Our yes means yes, our no means no. Nothing in-between. If you commit to a shoot, we expect from you the same professionalism that we offer. Nothing in life comes easy. Success takes unbelievable amounts of time, effort, money, and huge sacrifice. Whether you have dreams of becoming a model, a photographer, or whatever, you have to be willing to pay the price.

Our recommendation is, start acting as the successful person you have always dreamed of being. Be willing to pay the price. We will do everything in our power to help you along the way.

We want to establish a strong business relationship with models we connect and work well with. That takes time and trust. And hard work.

We pay models we feel comfortable with. Time will tell if we partner in many projects. So, this is where we start:

1st photo shoot we pay $12/hr with a minimum of 2 hours.
2nd photo shoot we pay $20/hr with a minimum of 2 hours
After that, we negotiate your pay on individual basis. Not all models are created equal. Some have more experience, talent, posing abilities, etc. etc.

This payment schedule only applies to models we ask to work with. We no longer do TFP. However, it doesn’t hurt to ask.

All models are required to sign a Model Release.

When you take any of our paid assignments, we are not required to give you any images. However, we choose to do it. After all, we want to make sure your experience with us is something you want to do over an over.