There you are.
Vivek Narula Portrait
Every part of the experience makes room for that moment.
Portrait Planning
We begin with what matters to you: why now, what you want your portraits to say, and how you want them to feel. From there, we shape the session around a clear point of view.
Styling Review
Before the session, we review what you already own, build the strongest combinations, and give every look a purpose. Personal styling is available when you want to take the planning further.
Hair & Makeup
Your artist works with your features, preferences, and wardrobe to create a look that feels like you and supports the session we have planned. You arrive, settle in, and we take care of the rest.
Guided Session
You never have to wonder what to do. We guide your expression, posture, and movement, paying attention to the smallest adjustments from the first frame to the last, so you can stay present.
A Range of Looks
Each look earns its place. Wardrobe, expression, and mood may shift from one portrait to the next, creating range without losing the sense that they all belong together. You are the through line.
Private Reveal
After your session, you return to see your portraits for the first time. Nothing is chosen beforehand. Only then do you decide which portraits you love and which ones belong in your collection.
The Finish
Every portrait you choose is refined by hand with magazine-level precision. We balance tone, texture, and detail without retouching you into someone else.
What You Keep
From digital files and matted prints to custom wall art and a handcrafted signature art book, you decide how your portraits will live: on a screen, in your hands, or on your wall.
The art of you
At Vivek Narula Portrait, we create portraits with the elegance of a magazine cover and the intimacy of something deeply personal.
Thoughtfully directed. Cinematic in feel. Designed to bring forward the presence, confidence, warmth, and character that are already yours.
Not a performance. Not a portrait that loses the person inside it. Not someone else’s idea of beautiful.
Just portraits that feel elevated, intimate, and unmistakably you.
Meet Vivek
Vivek is a portrait photographer based in Minneapolis, specializing inVanity Fair-style legacy portraits, headshots and personal branding for people who don’t always love being photographed.
“After six years of running our studio, one thing has become clear:
If you don’t feel photogenic, it’s not you. It’s how it’s been done.
So we built something different: a fully guided portrait experience designed to help you feel cared for, comfortable, and seen. From design consultation and wardrobe styling to professional hair and makeup, posing guidance, and your private reveal, every part of the process is handled with intention.
Nothing to figure out. Nothing to perform. No standing awkwardly in front of a camera wondering what, exactly, a human is supposed to do with their hands.
We work with women, men, couples, families, high school seniors, entrepreneurs, and professionals stepping into something new, celebrating what they’ve built, or finally giving themselves permission to be photographed in a way that feels true.
Because a portrait, when it’s done with care, is not about vanity.
It’s about recognition.
It’s about seeing the version of yourself the people who love you have been seeing all along.
And sometimes, it becomes the first time you look at yourself and think:
There I am.
— Vivek
Before & Afters
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Still have questions?
Our Frequently Asked Questions page is a good place to start. But if you’d rather talk it through with a real person, call us at the number below. We’ll walk you through what the experience could look like for you.