Istanbul Kağıthane · Album · Press · Stage Profile
Portrait sessions focused on album covers, Spotify, Apple Music, and press and PR for musicians, singers, DJs, artists, and influencers/creative professionals who want to build their visual identity with greater control.
At our studio in Kağıthane, Istanbul, we conduct portrait and album cover photo shoots for artists, musicians, singers, DJs, and creative professionals who build their public image on stage. The shoot is planned with lighting, color, framing, and styling choices tailored to the artist’s musical identity—whether for a Spotify profile photo, Apple Music profile, press kit, PR materials, concert posters, social media announcements, or a professional media kit. Burak Bulut Yıldırım has been working in Istanbul and Berlin since 2005; in his portraits, lighting and framing are established with the discipline honed through campaign and editorial work. Retouching is kept natural, and skin texture is preserved.
Musicians, singers, DJs, visual and performing artists, influencers/content creators, and creative professionals.
Album/single cover, Spotify and Apple Music profiles, press release, PR kit, concert poster, management kit, and media kit.
Individual sessions start at 12,500 TL, and band shoots start at 30,000 TL.
The shoot is planned and carried out directly by Burak Bulut Yıldırım.
The packages on this page are designed for Spotify profile photos, Apple Music profiles, YouTube, Instagram, websites, press photo shoots, PR photo shoots, press kits, and single and album cover photo shoots. Projects requiring more conceptual setups, custom decor, styling, or video are planned on a project-by-project basis.
Profile and brief introduction
A controlled photo shoot for an artist profile, a Spotify/Apple Music visual, or a short-term PR announcement.
Included
Main Artist Profile Set
It generates multiple usage options for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Instagram, the website, press releases, PR materials, and artist profiles.
Included
Album/Single Era
For artists looking for album cover photo shoots, single announcements, press photos, stage visuals, or a more editorial portrait style.
Included
A group’s collective identity and each member’s individual character can be developed during the same session. The deliverables are prepared for press kits, single and album covers, Spotify and Apple Music profile images, platform profiles, and social media announcements.
A group of two members
Group photos and individual artist sets for 2 members.
Included
Additional member
Additional photo sessions included with individual and group photo sessions.
Included
Covers and Visuals
For projects that require visual planning focused on set design, atmosphere, styling, props, and cover art.
Plannable
Hair, makeup, and styling are recommended for band photo shoots. For album-release photo shoots, set design, special decor, and short video projects can be included as needed.
For artist and musician photo shoots, hair, makeup, styling, and set design are an integral part of the visual identity. These services are planned separately prior to the shoot, if needed.
You can select additional items beyond the number included in the package.
Preparation for camera and lighting in coordination with the HMUA.
To ensure that the hairstyle appears controlled within the stage identity, lighting, and frame.
Hair and makeup prep in a single session.
If the publication, press, or submission deadline is approaching, the shoot is scheduled in advance.
It is considered for urgent needs outside of the scheduled dates.
For fashion, a sense of the era, and the visual world.
For a special atmosphere during an album, single, or promotional campaign.
Additional content can be created for social media, announcements, or PR efforts.
The Istanbul calendar opens at specific times of the year, in accordance with the Berlin–Istanbul work schedule. A advance payment is required to confirm the date, and the remaining balance is due on the payment date. Date changes are evaluated based on the applicable calendar.
After the shoot, an online selection gallery will be shared. In the gallery, you’ll see all available shots, select the final photos included in the package, and add additional final photos if you’d like. The final photos will be delivered within 3–5 business days after selection. RAW files are not provided.
Package prices cover portraits that the artist will use for their own professional visibility: platform profile, website, press kit, press materials, and social media profile. Advertising, sponsored content, and third-party commercial use are licensed separately.
An artist’s visuals work across multiple platforms simultaneously. A well-planned photo shoot conveys a consistent brand identity across all platforms, from digital to print.
The goal is to establish the artist’s public visual identity not through random profile photos, but through controlled lighting, atmosphere, and proper direction.
Burak Bulut Yıldırım’s approach to artist portraits is a more controlled exercise in visual identity than standard promotional photography. His experience with lighting, developed across the fields of portraiture, fashion, advertising, and the fine arts, is used to create a visual language that brings to life the artist’s stage persona, the atmosphere of the music, and their creative practice.
The distance between the on-screen character and the real person is deliberately managed in these shoots. An approach rooted in extensive experience with the human body, identity, and light is combined with the discipline of commercial production. There is a fine-art depth to the work, yet the result remains publishable and usable.
Three different objectives require three different visual approaches. Trying to fit all three into a single frame often weakens all three.
It calls for an image that is more conceptual, atmospheric, and appeals to visual memory. It encapsulates the world of music in a single frame.
It should be more readable, editorial-quality, and publishable. It works well in newspapers, magazines, and digital media.
It should be clear enough to be easily recognized on a small screen, yet distinctive enough to reflect the artist’s identity.
An artist’s work is often first viewed in a small frame, such as a phone screen. For this reason, technical requirements are just as important as aesthetics. When planning a shoot, the final format is taken into account from the very beginning.
The technical and content guidelines for platforms are updated from time to time. Once the target platform and distribution service are finalized before filming, format decisions are planned accordingly.
An electronic press kit is an artist’s first visual representation in the worlds of the press, festivals, and management. Rather than a single image, it requires a set of visuals tailored for different media outlets. A well-planned photo shoot can produce most of this set in a single day.
A portrait of an artist or musician is not limited to simply producing a “good photo.” Before the shoot, the genre of music, the era of the project, the stage persona, the press language, and the publication schedule must all be considered together. The clearer the brief, the more powerfully the shoot will establish a visual world.
An artist may need to use an image as a small circle on their Spotify profile, a square image on an album cover, a horizontal editorial photo in a press release, and a main image on a poster that allows for text placement. For this reason, a photo shoot should be conceived not as a single portrait but as a set of images tailored to different uses.
A square composition, a strong silhouette, a typeface that’s legible on a small screen, or a symbolic atmosphere is required. The cover text and graphic design area must be taken into account before the shoot.
Photos must be publishable, editorial-quality, and free of unnecessary visual clutter. Horizontal and vertical versions are provided to accommodate different layouts used by media outlets.
Different cropping rules apply to profile pictures, banners, Reels covers, and announcement posts. Negative space and the position of the face within the frame should be planned in advance.
In an artist portrait, styling, setting, and lighting are not separate decisions. Clothing, hair, makeup, background, decor, instruments, color, and body posture must all come together to form a single visual statement. LUX Production’s experience in photography, video, and creative production allows us to integrate portrait shoots into a broader visual identity project when necessary.
Since Burak Bulut Yıldırım is based in Berlin for most of the year, portrait sessions with artists and musicians in Istanbul are scheduled on specific dates. Package prices are final; the available dates, location, set and styling requirements, and any additional creative services are finalized prior to booking.
If you only need an up-to-date artist profile or a short-term promotional image, 60 minutes is sufficient. If you want a more balanced set of visuals for Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, your website, press kit, and social media, the 90-minute session is the main package. If you need visuals for a single, an album release, a more editorial portrait style, or cover art options, 120 minutes is the better choice. If you need both group identity shots and individual member portraits, a separate band session will be scheduled.
Individual artist and musician portrait sessions start at 12,500 TL. There are three individual packages: 60 minutes for 12,500 TL, a 90-minute artist profile session for 18,000 TL, and a 120-minute editorial portrait session for 25,000 TL.
No. An album cover photo is more conceptual; it’s planned according to the square format and the visual world of the music. A classic artist portrait, on the other hand, should be more visually accessible for use in press, PR, and platform profiles. A 120-minute editorial session produces potential shots for singles and album covers; conceptual cover projects involving set design, atmosphere, and styling are planned on a project-by-project basis.
Yes. A band session starts at 30,000 TL; this package includes group shots and individual photo sets for 2 members. An additional 8,000 TL is charged for each additional member.
For Spotify and Apple Music, a square profile image is required—a clear portrait that can be easily recognized on a small screen, along with horizontal and vertical PR alternatives as needed. During the photo shoot, the platform profile, YouTube, press kit, press images, website, and social media use are all taken into consideration.
Professional makeup is 8,500 TL, professional hair styling is 8,500 TL, and hair + makeup is 14,000 TL. A final photo with additional retouching can be added for 1,500 TL per photo. Styling, set design, and concepts focused on album or single covers, as well as short vertical videos, are planned on a project-by-project basis.
The final photos will be delivered within 3–5 business days after you make your selection. Express delivery (24–48 hours) can be arranged before the shoot and is priced at +.
No. After the shoot, an online selection gallery will be shared, and the photos you select will be delivered as retouched JPEGs. RAW files are not provided.
Yes. Portraits of musicians, singers, and artists with Burak Bulut Yıldırım can be scheduled on select dates in Istanbul. The photo shoots are tailored for use in albums, press, PR, and stage imagery.
Yes. Profile photos are designed to be clear enough to be easily recognized on a small screen and distinctive enough to reflect the artist’s identity. Depending on the need, variations can also be produced during the same session for use in press and social media.
Yes. Horizontal photos are particularly important for use in the press and PR; vertical portraits alone may not be sufficient for magazine layouts, news websites, festival announcements, and poster designs. Upon delivery, we provide format recommendations suitable for the web, social media, and the press.
An artist portrait is tailored for stage presence, album covers, and press and PR use. An influencer profile shoot, on the other hand, can be planned for a professional media kit, brand profile, speaker profile, or personal brand visibility outside of campaigns. Daily Reels/TikTok content packages are outside the main scope of this page.
The services on this page focus on brand portraits and visual identity. Requests for videos, clips, and animated content are evaluated separately by the production team at LUX Production.
Yes. The music genre, the feel of the era, the visual atmosphere, color, clothing, styling, and the intended purpose are all evaluated together before the shoot. The reference material takes into account the artist’s identity, target platforms, and release schedule.
Yes. In addition to individual artist portraits, individual portraits of group members and group photos can be planned together. The scope is determined based on the number of people and the intended use.
The studio is located in Kağıthane, Istanbul, at Meydan Street No. 8B (34413). It is situated approximately 600 meters from Levent Metro and Kanyon Mall, behind Garanti Bank on Ortabayır Square. Shoots can be scheduled at the studio, in the office, or at a suitable location.
Since shoots are scheduled on specific dates, sharing your release schedule and the purpose of the shoot early on increases your chances of securing a suitable time slot. If you have an album, single, concert, press release, or PR schedule, it’s safer to plan the shoot as early as possible.
A single photo is often not enough. For use in the press, at festivals, by management agencies, and on digital platforms, we recommend a horizontal press portrait, a vertical portrait, a square profile photo, and a wider square composition suitable for text placement.
Yes. Before the shoot, we collaborate to discuss clothing, color, lighting, location, background, and, when necessary, set and prop ideas. Projects that require a more elaborate visual world can be planned separately with LUX Production’s creative production team.
No. An actor’s agency, casting application, or actor’s portfolio—specifically a page featuring actor headshots or casting photos—provides a more appropriate service framework.
For shoots in Istanbul, the studio is located in Kağıthane. Depending on your needs, shoots can be scheduled at the studio, in an office, or at a suitable location. Simply send a short message to discuss the date, package, and intended use.
Please provide your email address, preferred package details, intended use, and publication schedule. We will get back to you after reviewing available dates in Istanbul, set and styling requirements, and the scope of additional services.
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