YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN ME LIVE! I'm excited to be joining Donna Thornton in Skoolology for a special Thanksgiving Giveaway! Come see what it's really like to have a professional LIVE Remote Headshot Session from the comfort of home! I'll be demonstrating how I personally capture professional headshots remotely using just a smartphone. 🎁 PLUS! A chance to WIN a FREE Remote Headshot Session valued at $97! 📅 Thursday, November 19th ⏰ 9 AM Pacific Time ❤️ Everyone is welcome! Just click the link below to join us LIVE! 🎥 https://streamyard.com/watch/bDvz7JwrfwAS I'd be so excited to see some familiar faces from my Photography by Cristal community there! ❤️ See you LIVE! 🎬📸

Welcome to Day 1 of 7 Days to Camera-Ready! 📸 Today is all about light, the secret behind every great photo. Here are my top tips from 30+ years in Hollywood: 1. Sit or stand sideways to a window. Let soft daylight fall across one side of your face. It's the most beautiful, flattering light there is, and it's free! 2. Play with distance. About six feet from the window gives you soft, even light. Move a little closer for more drama and glow. 3. Don't face the window head-on. Straight-on window light is too bright and flattens your features. 4. Never put the window behind you. That's backlighting, and it turns you into a silhouette. 5. Try a window portrait. Gaze out the window with the light on your face. Done right, it's one of the most stunning portraits you can take. 🪟✨ This is exactly what I do in every remote session. I direct you live on FaceTime, find your best light, and capture every shot myself. 💛 🎟️ Every comment you leave during the challenge earns you one raffle ticket. The more you comment, the more tickets you get! On Day 8 we go live and draw the winner of a FREE remote headshot session. 👉 What time of day has the most beautiful light coming through your favorite window? See you tomorrow for Day 2! Cristal 💛

You guys, I've been busy behind the scenes! 💛 I cleaned up our Classroom so everything is simple, beautiful and easy to find. Here's what's waiting for you: 1. 📸 How It Works: everything you need to know about your LIVE remote headshot session, start to finish. 2. ✨ 1:1 Remote Headshot Session: book your session and get Hollywood-level headshots the same day, right from your phone. 3. 🎁 Skool Owner Bundle: gift 5 of your members professional headshots. Your whole community will thank you! 4. 🎬 The Director's Chair: my Hollywood secrets, guides and the free Hollywood Headshots Blueprint. Unlocked at Level 2! 5. ⭐ Client Wins: real people, real transformations. Go take a peek and tell me which one you're most excited about! 👇 And I'm not done yet. More is coming soon... 👀 #Krista Brea #Landing Page Cristal 💛

I finally uploaded the corrected version of my Remote Headshots video to YouTube! 📸🌎 This video shows exactly how I photograph people remotely from virtually anywhere in the world — using your smartphone while I coach you LIVE through lighting, angles, posing, and expression, and I capture the images on my end. No studio. No traveling. No selfies. Think of me as photography in your pocket. 📱📸 If you've ever wondered, “Cristal, how in the world do Remote Headshots actually work?” — this 4-minute video shows you. 🎬 Special thanks to @Dan Manolache 🎬 When I realized my name was spelled wrong in the first version, Dan was so wonderful about going back and fixing it for me. He is incredibly easy to work with, and the whole experience actually makes me want to create MORE videos! 😂🎥 And can we talk about the fact that this beautiful 4+ minute professionally edited video was only $35?! Thank you, Dan, for your patience, your talent, and for making this whole process so easy. I’ll definitely be making more! ❤️📸 Thank you, Dan, for your patience, your talent, and for making this whole process so easy. I’ll definitely be making more! ❤️📸 ❤️ And something else I LOVE about this video: these aren't random stock photos! ChatGPT helped me bring my actual photography into the project, featuring real images I’ve created—including @Krista Brea @Marci Matejcek @Adam McCollough my son @Cash Vancarson , and And #Paul Chenoweth @Paul Chenoweth Seeing my own photographs and people I actually know and have photographed come together in the finished video makes it feel so much more like Photography by Cristal. 📸❤️ 🎥 Watch it here: 👇Remote Headshots From Anywhere — How It Works 📸 Ready to experience Remote Headshots for yourself?

@Cash Vancarson 📸 Today’s Client Results spotlight is extra special because my client is my son, Cash! ❤️📸 Cash got his very first LIVE Remote Professional Headshot today! We were in the same room 😂 This is officially the closest I have EVER been to someone I photographed remotely! Usually my clients are across the country or even across the world. 🌎 As with every Remote Headshot Session, I directed the lighting, angles, posing, and expression, then captured the images remotely. Cash is building his own Skool community, Agoura Card Care, where he shares his knowledge of TCG and sports card care, restoration, cleaning, pre-grading, and protecting your collection. 🃏🔥 And now he has a fresh professional profile image to represent what he’s building! I’ve photographed people thousands of miles away…and apparently I can photograph them across the hall too! 😂❤️📸 So proud of you, Cash, and everything you’re creating with Agoura Card Care! ❤️🔥