What clients say

  • "We come back to Courtney for brand product shoots again and again. She has excellent taste, is a great creative problem solver, and often impresses us by delivering something that looks better than what we imagined in the brief."

    RENEE, Director of Design - K18

  • "Courtney is one of the most exceptional, and truly one-of-a-kind creatives I've worked with over the course of my career. Her expertise runs the gamut in beauty and extends far beyond photography, video, and content creation. She excels as a gifted Creative Director and collaborator with strong vision and passion to any project she takes on. I've had the pleasure of working with Courtney on several projects, and every time I might say "I have an idea, but not sure how to do this.." Courtney always knows exactly how to make it happen. Not only that, she made the ideas better - innovative, and so right for the brand sometimes even in ways I hadn't fully realized yet. She's provided flexibility as a partner on every range of budget scope, built sets and props by hand herself, and dedicated more hours to a project than anything that ever existed in the SOW on paper. Her talent and commitment is truly unmatched, and she's also just an absolute joy to spend time with on set - anyone who has the privilege of working with her will never forget the experience and memories made. I look forward to collaborating with her on many projects to come!"

    Jaimee, Founder- FEL BEAUTY

  • "We’ve done several shoots for Beekman 1802 with Courtney. She’s so talented as a photographer and with video. Our models who can be regular people- she makes them feel beautiful on camera- and she’s also very engaging for any influencers we bring over to shoot. Courtney can move very quickly from preproduction to production and is masterful capturing a large volume of mixed media in a single day. She’s able to creatively define a look and feel and execute it extremely well. She’s also has been extremely flexible working with us as a partnership, even when we may not have been the best to work with."

    AYESHA, VP of Creative- Beekman 1802

Beauty Photographer in Los Angeles for Luxury Skincare, Makeup, and Fragrance Agencies and their Brands

Courtney Dailey is a Los Angeles beauty photographer and director for skincare, makeup, haircare and fragrance campaigns. She started out as a working makeup artist, and today we shoot from our boutique studio in North Hollywood, The Saturn, for brands and agencies in Los Angeles, New York and beyond.

We shoot both sides of beauty: on-model campaigns with real skin, hair and makeup, and product imagery built around packaging, texture and color. Stills, video and animation can come out of one production, so your campaign, e-commerce and social assets look like they belong together.

Clients include Sephora, Urban Decay, Revlon, bareMinerals, Dr. Jart+, Kate Somerville, Laura Mercier, Too Faced, Neutrogena, K18, Haus Labs, About-Face and Summer Fridays, with editorial credits in Allure, Elle and Cosmopolitan.

Los Angeles beauty photographer for agency-led campaigns and beauty brands

From still life and texture to on-figure stills and motion, we partner with creative teams to produce elevated campaign imagery that holds up across approvals, timelines, and rollout.

Hero images for launches and advertising, on model or product-led, planned around your concept and your agency's approvals. See campaign work.

Skin, makeup and hair on real faces, from clean skin-first beauty to bold color, with our own team of makeup artists and hairstylists. See unretouched beauty.

Packaging, open product, swatches and styled compositions for product pages, retailers and paid social. See our Los Angeles product photography and cosmetic product photography.

  • Still life, swatch and texture imagery

Creams, gels, powders and pigments, shot to show true color payoff and finish. See still life and textures.

  • Beauty Commercial Video and Stop motion animation

Short-form product video, texture demonstrations, on-model content and stop-motion animation for social and ads. See beauty video and stop motion