Pageant headshots · Georgetown, Kentucky
One on one and never rushed. Hair and makeup right here. You see your images the same day and pick the ones you want.
Competition Finish
The standard we're known for.
Anyone can get on the schedule. Plenty of our clients are shooting their very first headshots and have never competed before.
Call (502) 867-5799How it works
Your session is one on one. Sessions never overlap, so nobody else is in the studio while you shoot and there's no line out front.
Hair and makeup happen right here. Bring up to three outfits. There will be cookies.
One on one, at your pace. We get through every outfit you bring.
See your images the same day and pick the ones you want. Then we finish them and send them over.
The work
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Watch the Showcase →The record
photo wins a year
titleholders a year
years of combined pageant experience
What it costs
There's no package to buy ahead of time. What you spend depends on how many finished images you want. Completely up to you.
Sessions start at
$150
BELLA, Issue No. 01
The Editorial Session
One day at the studio, styled head to toe, hair and makeup done for you, and photographed like a cover story. Every session ends the way a magazine does: with your own issue.
Read the issueWho you'll meet
Photographer
Second generation photographer. Michael brought his dad into the pageant world, and together they built something bigger than a studio. Pageant photography is all we do.
Hair and makeup
Taylor Kirk, Taylor Wilhoite, and Alexandria Perry. They'll have you camera-ready before you ever step in front of the lens.
Words from our clients
01 / 04
Spent the day with 2 of the best in the business! Not sure which was better, the company or the cookies. So excited to have gotten some perfect crown and sash photos and my nationals portfolio started!
Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Cook is the go to guy for all headshot needs and for your daughter to be treated like a queen!
As a retired pageant girl turned full time director, I almost forgot what the glam life felt like! Cook Studio is one of the best and we are so blessed for how spoiled we are.
Thank you Cook Studio for sponsoring national queens and opening up further opportunities I didn't even know existed!
Traveling in
Families fly in from around the country. Hair and makeup, the shoot, and choosing your images all happen in one visit. The studio is about thirty minutes from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington.
Why families fly to Kentucky, and the look that wins on the judges' table.
Lighting, expression, styling, and retouching, from the studio behind 200+ photo wins a year.
Airports, how the fly-in day works, and hotels minutes from the studio.
Questions
Anything we missed? Call and ask. We're happy to help.
No. Anyone can call and get on the schedule. Plenty of our clients are shooting their very first headshots and have never competed before.
Sessions start at $150 and include up to three outfits. You pick your images after the shoot instead of buying a package ahead of time, so what you spend depends on how many finished images you want. Call and we will walk you through it.
No. Your session is one on one and by appointment only. Sessions never overlap, so nobody else is in the studio while you shoot and there is no line out front.
The same day. You review them with your family before you leave and pick your favorites together.
Yes. Professional pageant hair and makeup artists work on site, so you arrive and get ready here. Ask us about the options when you call.
Yes. Families fly in from around the country. Hair and makeup, the shoot, and choosing your images all happen in one visit. The studio is about thirty minutes from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, with several hotels close by.
Most likely. Our clients compete across National American Miss, Amerifest, Miss Kentucky USA, Miss America Presents, Miss Volunteer, International Junior Miss, Universal Miss, Crown Above, Miss Earth USA, Miss High School America and more. Different systems reward different looks, and we build your images to what yours is looking for.
Ready when you are
No title needed. Call and we'll get you taken care of.
(502) 867-5799