Heart-led & Honest.
Colorado personal branding photographer
for creatives and small businesses
YOUR BRAND OF MAGIC
This isn’t just BTS for Instagram stories.
This is the real deal: creative that celebrates your work, empowers your brand, and tells your story.
Branding
why we do what we do
This ain’t surface level.
We’ll never cram your journey into the same stale Pinterest board of studio poses as everybody else. Those photos last a year in the trend cycle, tops, and we’ll bet you’re tired of taking them. A fake laugh on a studio stool isn’t really your thing.
You’re looking for something bigger. Truer. Sustainable, but not boring. Messy, but real.
We coax out what makes you YOU through heart-led, interview-style pre-production, then help you tell it to the world through honest photography and videography.
Did we get it right? Good.
Brand Shoots
Mini (2 hours, solo-preneurs only), Half day (5 hours), and full day (10 hours) offerings
Includes pre-production and analysis on your brand, marketing goals, competitors, and ideal clients.
What We Offer
“What can I expect to spend on this?”
Every single one of our brand sessions is bespoke. Your business, your work, and your attention to your clients is NOT the same as everyone else’s, and should never be lumped into a one-size-fits-all package (we’re actually quite passionate about this).
We collaborate with you on a number based on scope of work (how big is your team? what kind of work do you create? how much of your process are we photographing, and in what kind of settings?), content needed (aesthetic photos? fun iPhone videos? highly stylized cinematic reels?), and usage (are these for your website? an ad campaign? a launch?).
For photo sessions, pricing typically ranges between $1400-5600+.
Artist Portraits and Headshots
So much more than a photo of your face. This is about WHO YOU ARE.
This is a 30-60 minute shoot to capture elevated headshots of you and your team. Includes minimal pre-production and studio rental recommendations in Denver or Colorado Springs.
SoloPreneurs: beginning at $500
ADDITIONAL team members: $350 EACH
Step One: Discover
We’ll take a deep dive into your brand to build your pre-production, a.k.a a creative roadmap handcrafted to your story. In layman’s terms: consumer analysis, marketing goals, visuals, and shot lists.
The experience
Step two: develop
Your shoot day is here! Pre-production comes to production: where strategy meets artistry and, more importantly, where that creative direction we worked so carefully on comes to life.
Step three: deliver
One week after our shoot, the first round of photos and videos arrive. After a week or two of collaborative wiggling so it fits your brand just right, your bespoke brand photos and videos land in your inbox. Cheers to that!
“We have a designer and/or copywriter working on our brand as well. How do they fit in?”
So glad you asked! A breakdown of your brand identity, consumer analysis, brand voice, etc, is a vital part to any design and copywriting work. To avoid doing this twice (with potentially conflicting messages!), we work instead with what your brand designer and/or copywriter has drawn up for you already and align our imagery with their work. Typically, the most intuitive, efficient flow for a rebrand is as follows:
Brand design → Copywriting → Web Design → Brand Photo and Video.
Weren’t planning on hiring a copywriter or web designer until after the shoot? No worries! We can bundle our copywriting and web designer services with your package.
Featured Projects
Alyce in Flourland
Bulow Jewelers
WorkMom
Heirloom Events & Design
View Our Full Portfolio Here:
For the big dreamers. hard workers. leap takers. For everyone who loves what they do.
our clients (and our work) have been featured in…
Architectural Digest Pro
Free People
The Bluegrass Situation
Chicago Reader
Garden Center Magazine
Out Front Magazine
Kind Words
Sparrowgrain Creative was the clear choice from our first meeting. Ayla took the time to really understand my vision... Not only did she research [my message & imagery], but she intuitively grasped the core of what I do and care about.
While I so appreciated her communication and support leading up, what really stood out to me about working with Ayla was the space she created the day of our shoot. I had only just met Ayla that morning, but felt like I'd known her for ages — her energy, enthusiasm, humor, and encouragement helped me feel so at ease! Throughout our time, she reflected back to me the essence of our shoot and my business — reminding me of the intention, of what we were creating.
– Ciara, Homing Instinct
