Courtney D.

Courtney Dailey is a beauty photographer and director based in Los Angeles, working from her studio in LA/Burbank. She photographs and directs on-figure beauty campaigns, product still life, texture and swatch imagery, stop motion and short-form video for skincare, makeup, haircare and fragrance brands. She has created campaign and launch imagery for Sephora, Urban Decay, Revlon, Too Faced, bareMinerals, Dr. Jart+, Kate Somerville, Laura Mercier, Summer Fridays, Neutrogena, Milani, Kopari, K18, Jouer and Colourpop. Her celebrity-brand work includes Haus Labs by Lady Gaga, KKW Beauty, GXVE by Gwen Stefani, About-Face by Halsey and Meaningful Beauty by Cindy Crawford. Her photographs have appeared in Elle, Allure, Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Courtney started her career as a makeup artist and later worked as an account executive, so she approaches every shoot as both an image-maker and a marketer. Agencies bring her in to turn a creative brief into one production that delivers campaign hero images, e-commerce and retailer assets (Sephora, Ulta, Amazon), paid social cuts and motion from the same set. She leads the full team, from hair, makeup and styling through retouching and delivery, and offers creative direction when a brand needs a concept as well as a crew. She also shoots unretouched beauty imagery for brands that want real skin and texture, and has taught beauty photography through CreativeLive. Available for studio and location productions in Los Angeles and for remote-directed product shoots for brands nationwide. www.courtneydailey.com