The portrait professional is a bespoke portrait and head shot photography business run by commercial fashion and portrait photographer Marc Aitken, based in Bath UK.
Marc has a passion for photography and particularly for lighting having studied it at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA)

For many years Marc was a highly successful sound engineer working on productions across the world. After many years of working with acts as diverse as Kate Bush to Usher he moved into studio work where he used the skills he'd learned working with actors to put musicians and performers at ease in front of the microphone. However, growing up in a model agency environment as a child it was perhaps inevitable that Marc would find his way back into the fashion industry. A call to join a young fledgling American fashion magazine led to an involvement in London Fashion Week that continues to this day. Marc was the official make up and beauty photographer for  London Fashion Week sponsors The Body Shop for many years and has acted as House photographer for runway shows on countless occasions. His work has been featured in numerous publications from Vogue to The Times as well as regularly featuring in magazines in his home town of Bath.

Marc had been approached on many occasions to shoot head shots for actors and business entrepreneurs and realized the approach to putting people at ease in front of the camera was something that came naturally to him and was a perfect utilization of the approach honed by years spent in the theatre and recording studio.

Whether you're an established actor or model who wants a new set of pictures for your portfolio or a business person who wants a portrait or head shot for your company profile, or just someone that would like the opportunity to get the picture of yourself you always thought was in there waiting to come out, Marc is the ideal person to help you achieve the perfect result.

Marc has a talented team of make up artists and stylists who can help you to active whatever look you desire in as complex or as straight forward a manner as you wish.
From a simple head shot for your LinkedIn profile through to a portrait worthy of a front cover of a magazine, Marc will use his skills to make you look like the best version of you imaginable and all done with a smile, some fine tea and some truly bad jokes all at no extra cost!