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AfterBeforeA cropped golf photo, someone else still in the frame
AfterRelaxed, styled, in natural light
Modern Gent
Your Real Life, Not A Photoshoot
Your First 30 Days
Your First 30 Days.
Before we talk, here is what the thirty days actually look like. What happens each week, what we handle, and the few things only you can do. The exact dates get set together on our call, around your calendar.
Prepared for you/Before your call
What we are building
A dating profile that looks like the life you actually live, not a photoshoot. Your places, the things you genuinely do, styled properly and photographed in the moment. Then built into a finished profile, so the woman you would actually want finally sees who you are.
That is the outcome. Here is what it is made of, in the order it happens.
Your first impression stops being an accident
Right now she meets whatever was on your phone. The selfie in the car, the group shot from a wedding, the same suit in every picture. After this, every photo on your profile is there on purpose, the way almost everything else in your life is.
It looks like a friend took it, not like a shoot
Women don't reject good photos. They reject a photoshoot. Same spot, three outfits, posed smile, everything edited. Everything we do is built so she can't tell: real places, real moments, natural editing.
Every scene comes from your actual life
Before any camera comes out, we find out what you genuinely love doing and where you actually spend your time. The locations are handpicked from that, so every photo is true, and still looks great.
Your whole job is three things
One call. Show up. Approve. We plan the scenes, pick the locations, build your looks, direct the day, edit everything, and write your bio and prompts.
And you are not betting on one set
We build you two complete sets. The first goes live. If after about two weeks it isn't getting you the response you want, we swap in the second.
The end result
Finished photos, real clients
This is the work itself. Every photo here comes from a real client shoot, taken somewhere from that man's own life, styled, directed and edited naturally. It is the standard your profile gets built to.
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From real shoots. Real places, real moments, nothing that looks like a studio.
Before and after
The same man, finally shown properly
Real clients. On the left, the photos they had. On the right, their real life, styled and photographed in the moment. Same face, same man. The only thing that changed is whether she can see him.
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AfterBeforeA front-camera selfie
AfterDinner, suited, at ease
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AfterBeforeA gym shot in headphones
AfterAn evening on a rooftop, styled and directed
Days 1 - 7/Week one
Your story
Before any camera comes out
Every photoshoot you have seen starts with the camera. Ours starts with you. Week one is where we find out who you actually are, because that is the only thing worth photographing.
The story call
One call, remote, before we ever meet. What you genuinely love doing, where you actually spend your time, and what kind of woman you want to meet. Nothing gets planned until this is done.
Your visual blueprint
Out of that call comes the plan. Handpicked locations that look great and still fit the life you really live, the scenes, your looks, and the complete shot list. You see all of it before the day.
The wardrobe check
You send us photos of your closet. We tell you what stays, what is missing, and which colours work on you. Most men already own more of the right clothes than they think.
We organise the rest
Locations, reservations and the schedule for the day. Whether you come to us or we come to you, we settle together on our call, based on where you are and what fits your calendar.
Real talk
The story call only works if you are honest. Not the version of your life that sounds impressive, the one you actually live. That is what we photograph, and it is exactly why the photos end up looking like you.
Days 8 - 14/Week two
The day
One day in person. Styled, directed, photographed in the moment.
This is the only part that needs you there, and it is the part most men worry about the most. You do not need to be photogenic. You need to be somewhere you would actually be, doing something you actually do.
Styled in person
We bring a wardrobe in your size and build every look with you. A different look for every scene, never the same outfit twice. We only shop if something is missing.
Your places, not a studio
We go through the locations from your blueprint together. Real places, real things you do, never the same spot in three outfits.
Directed the whole way
Posture, hands, expression, where to look. Most men are stiff at the start. Then they forget the camera is there, and that is when the real photos happen.
It should not feel like a photoshoot
Nobody is standing you against a wall and telling you to smile. It should feel like a good day out, because that is exactly what she should see in the photos.
Real talk
Almost every man says he is not photogenic. What he means is that nobody has ever directed him. That is a direction problem, not a face problem, and it is our job, not yours.
Days 15 - 30/Weeks three and four
Your profile, live
Two complete sets, and a two-week window
You do not get a folder of photos and good luck. You get a finished profile, ready to go live, and a second complete set behind it.
Edited naturally
No heavy retouching. Every photo is edited properly and naturally, so she recognises you when you walk in.
Two complete sets
We choose the best photos, put them in the right order, and mix in one or two of your own, because a profile made only of professional shots reads as a production. Then we build a second complete set, ready to go.
Your bio and prompts, written
Written for the apps you are on, in your voice, around the same story as the photos. The whole profile says one thing.
Live, then the two-week window
Set one goes live once you have approved it. If after about two weeks it is not getting you the response you want, we swap in the second set.
Real talk
A quiet first week does not mean it is not working. The one thing that actually breaks this is putting the new profile up, having a slow first week, and going back to the old photos. The first set needs time. That is exactly why there is a second.
Included
What you actually get
The story call
One conversation, remote, before we ever meet. Who you are, what you love doing, and who you want to meet. Everything else is built from it.
Your visual blueprint
Handpicked locations, the scenes, your looks and the complete shot list, all planned before anyone picks up a camera.
Styling, in person
A check of what you already own, a wardrobe in your size, and a different look for every scene.
The day, directed
Real places from your life, real things you do, and direction the whole way until you forget there is a camera.
Two complete sets
Edited naturally, chosen and put in order. The second is held back in case the first is slow, and every photo is yours to use anywhere else too.
A finished profile
Your photos in the right order, plus your bio and prompts, written for you. Ready to go live the day you approve it.
Who you will be working with
Azzy
You are going to spend a full day with this person, so it is worth knowing who he is.
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Men photographed
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Years behind the camera
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Cities shot in
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Named client result
Azzy is a lifestyle photographer and videographer. He has worked with men on how they show up, including inside dating programmes for men.
Before he built this, he paid a well-known dating photographer three thousand dollars, just to see how it is done from the other side of the camera. A few hours, a folder of sharp photos, and not one question about who he was or what he actually does with his life.
That is when he understood what was missing. The camera was never the problem. Nobody photographed the real man. Everything about how Modern Gent works starts from there.
Your part
What we need from you
This is done for you. Your whole job is one call, showing up, and approving it. Plus one thing that sounds easy and is not.
One honest call
Tell us about the life you actually live, not the one that sounds best. The story call is where every scene comes from.
One day in person
The whole thing depends on it. We plan the day around your calendar, you show up, and we handle everything else.
Your approval
Nothing goes live until you have seen it and said yes. The photos, the order, the bio and the prompts.
Two weeks of patience
Leave the first set up for about two weeks, even if the first few days are quiet. If it is not getting you the response you want by then, we swap in the second.
On our call
Come with your questions.
This page is the overview. The call is where we go through your situation properly: what your profile shows today, what we would build instead, and whether this is the right fix for you. You are about to make a real decision, and the job of that call is to make sure you make it on full information, not on a good feeling.
- How the thirty days would work for you specifically, from the story call to the day your profile goes live.
- Every question answered straight, including where we would meet and what happens if the first set is slow.
- An honest read on whether this is the right fix for you, or not.
You do not need to prepare anything. If you want to do one thing, open your profile, look at your first photo for one second the way she would, and bring that answer. If you paid for photos before and nothing changed, bring those too. If it is not the right fit, we will tell you.