Category / Music / Business portrait / Model/actor/performer
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Choral conductor promo photos
I worked with this choral/orchestral conductor to create images for his own website and the organizations he conducts. I wanted to make sure we covered headshots but also much more, so that…
December 1, 2022 -
Modeling/Acting headshot
For this singer/actress/model, we did a variety of looks to show that she is the girl next door. And also maybe, a very hot Carmen. Later she told me she had signed…
February 15, 2021 -
Violinist portraits for her new website
Lucia Lin is a gifted violinist. I had photographed her once before onstage when she was a soloist with the Wellesley Symphony, so I was really excited to work with her to…
October 20, 2020 -
Aerial arts at Moody Street Circus
Did you know there is a circus studio in Waltham with loads of silks and trapezes hung from great soaring ceilings? I brought a backdrop and a couple of lights to photograph…
November 22, 2019 -
Golden belly dancer
I did a beautiful portrait session with Soraya Jamal a couple of years ago. She recently came back for new publicity photos because she had some amazing new costumes she wanted to…
February 21, 2019 -
I love working with musicians!
I was pleased to make some portraits with this viola player whom I met through Jayoung Kim’s Wellesley Chamber Players. She went with the flow and we captured a nice variety of…
February 19, 2019 -
The dancer sits still for a moment
Melina has been photographed a zillion times in performance, but she needed some professional headshots—one more “show biz” and one more basic, for other things (like when it’s big on the back…
February 23, 2018 -
Lucia Lin with the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra
Shooting this kind of event requires the usual elements: you need to capture expressive faces with good lighting. The problem is just that you need to do this unobtrusively! I don’t want…
February 5, 2017 -
Melina at Karoun
I love to watch Melina dance and I REALLY love to watch her dance through my camera—trying to capture a perfect moment as her face passes through the stage lights. Karoun in…
October 1, 2016 -
CD cover for Classical Singer
Tenor David Won is preparing a CD of arias, planning for this photo to be the basis of the cover…. we were trying to find the right dramatic but friendly look for…
June 22, 2016 -
Sayuri dancing
Every dancer has her own approach and it’s fun to find and express the unique traits of each one. This dancer is particularly joyful, even in the context of my studio. It…
June 21, 2016 -
Belly dance magic
Belly dance is an ancient art form. I love how, at its heart, it’s a person interpreting music with her body, and radiating it out to an audience (maybe) so the music…
October 24, 2015 -
Andromeda, belly dancer
I had a fun session with this Boston-based belly dancer and teacher who specializes in Greek styles of belly dance. We got to play with glamorous costumes, dramatic lighting, and some moody…
February 22, 2015

I’m Axie. I love making regular people look more amazing than they were expecting, and capturing relationship moments that will still resonate years down the line. Capturing faces and moments is a portrait skill and also the core of event photography, showing the human interactions that make things exciting. Here are a few samples.
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