Michael Schacht
Photographer · Educator · Founder
Michael Schacht is a Chicago-based headshot photographer, photography educator, and founder of 312 Elements. He specializes in headshots, portraits, and personal branding photography — and teaches other photographers how to do the same.
What sets Michael apart isn't just the work he produces — it's the fact that photographers across the country come to learn from him. He hosts portrait photography workshops nationally, runs the Headshot Marketing Mastermind community, and serves as a mentor in Peter Hurley's Headshot Crew. When other photographers want to elevate their headshot business, they come to Michael.
His perspective on the craft goes deeper than technique. With a background in entrepreneurship and a tendency to go down the rabbit hole on everything he touches, Michael brings a cross-disciplinary lens to photography that shows up in his teaching, his business, and his work behind the camera.