Karine Simon was born in North France. She started photography at the age of fifteen when her parents gave her a Contax camera that Karine still occasionally shoots with. She began her education in photography at St. Luc, Belgium at the School of Fine Arts.

At sixteen, she began shooting fashion shows in Belgium and would develop her own black and white photographs.

She later began exhibiting her work at the young age of nineteen. Her exhibits took her to Reims, Paris, Lille and other cities in France. She moved to Nice, South of France and shot for the local newspaper covering high profile events.

She moved to New York at twenty three carrying a back pack, knowing no English, and shooting with the Contax camera. She became a makeup artist doing film and theater where she made a considerable income and continued shooting fine art. Karine’s makeup skills landed a job traveling all over the US, for different venues such as film, commercials, print, etc.

Karine took her fine art portrait skills and developed her own style and sense of headshots. She began shooting headshots in New York at twenty eight and found a style and approach that was unique in the headshot world. Her career as a headshot photographer lead her to Los Angeles where she did makeup and worked for some of Los Angeles’ top headshot photographers.

Karine has been a top headshot photographer for over eight years. Her skills as a fine art portrait artist have redefined her approach in headshots mixing a fun, spontaneous environment with her ability to capture a true moment.

Her ability to capture a portrait that was alive, fun and real made her transition into the headshot business very easy.

Karine now shots color digital but if asked, she’ll pull out and shoot you with her Contax camera.