Arceo Studio Collective
The Club Portrait
Experience
A family photographer, brought to your club. Members are professionally lit and posed, receive a gift, review their portraits the same day, and keep only what they love. No fee to book or participate.
The Experience
A process built in-house
From the first frame to the final print, every step of your session runs on tools we designed ourselves, so nothing about your portraits is left to chance.
i.
Live retouching
Your portraits are retouched in front of you, during your review. What you approve is what you receive. No waiting weeks to see a finished image.
ii.
Our own software
We cull and present your session through software we built ourselves, designed to surface the strongest frames from every sitting and let you compare them side by side in seconds.
iii.
A design suite
For anyone choosing finished pieces, our design suite shows your portraits at true scale: framed, matted, and arranged on a wall, before you commit to anything.
iv.
A print in hand
Every session includes a complimentary 5×7 print of your favorite portrait, retouched and approved by the studio, ready to frame or gift.
The Portfolio
Recent work, worth keeping
A selection from recent sittings and club residencies.
The Finish
A collection we curated ourselves.
We built our own selection of finished pieces, each one chosen to reflect the gallery quality we bring to our own work. We retouch and approve every portrait before it is printed, and every piece is made on archival materials, mounted on heavyweight board, and sealed with a protective lustre coating rated for more than eighty years of display.
- Archival lustre paper, mounted on rigid board
- Protective lustre coating with our pebble texture
- Hand-painted canvas commissions, signed on the reverse
- Delivered in one to two weeks. Paintings, about six weeks.
The Sets
Commissioned for the studio
Every painterly set in our studio is a commissioned design of our own, produced for Arceo Studio Collective through our commissioning portal with Kate Backdrop. The sets you see behind our portraits belong to the studio.
TQ-03, a deep blue from our commissioned collection
The same canvas family, at work in a sitting
We help you arrive prepared.
After booking, you receive a preparation guide with wardrobe colors, jewelry suggestions, family tips, and session expectations.
Navy, charcoal, cream, deep green, burgundy, red, camel, and gold accents all photograph beautifully against our painterly studio sets.
Navy
Charcoal
Deep green
Burgundy
Cream
Camel
Red
Gold
The Studio
Who we are
Arceo Studio Collective brings a family photographer to private clubs, combining expert lighting, deliberate direction, and a finishing process we direct from first frame to final print.
Our professionals bring a combined decade of portrait experience to Arceo Studio Collective, a team of portrait, event, editorial, and wedding photographers who share one standard: the portrait should feel like it could hang for a generation.
Julian Arceo, Founder
Bring The Club Portrait Experience to your club
A family photographer for your members, a gift for every household, and a program that costs the membership nothing to enjoy.
Start the conversationFor Members
Here from your club?
If your club is hosting the program, your booking calendar is already open. Choose your club, pick a time, and bring anyone you love. Spouses, children, grandchildren, and pets are all welcome in the sitting.
Prefer to book by phone? Call or text (951) 498-8252 and your photographer will arrange it personally.
Beyond the club
Also from the studio.
The same portraits, and the same standard, for businesses that sell at a high ticket, for independent jewelers, and for anyone who would rather come to us.
For businesses
The Portrait Incentive
A commissioned portrait session included with purchases above a threshold you set. Your price holds, and your buyer keeps the day.
Learn moreFor jewelers
Photographed with the piece
A portrait session with the piece your client chose, and a gift certificate back to your counter when they book their wedding.
Learn moreFor families
Studio sessions and Studio Days
Private sessions on our commissioned painterly sets, and open Studio Days when the studio visits a new city.
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