Model Citizens Studio
For youth sports photographers

Turn picture day into your biggest payday.

Upsell every family you already photograph. 48 hours after picture day, each player comes back as a pro poster, a trading card, a magazine cover, a comic-book cover, an animated star and an action watercolor. Add them to your gallery at your prices. Parents tap to buy, and you keep every dollar.

~67¢your cost per player
$15–40what parents pay per design
0 minextra on picture day
  • Back in 48 hours
  • Prints at any lab
  • Photos deleted after 30 days
Jack's holographic baseball trading card
Their photoTrading card
Kai's magazine cover
Their photoMagazine cover
Maya's soccer poster
Their photoPoster
Example players
SoccerFlag footballBaseballSoftballBasketballVolleyballHockeyLacrosseCheerNetballRugby leagueRugby unionAFLCricketSoccerFlag footballBaseballSoftballBasketballVolleyballHockeyLacrosseCheerNetballRugby leagueRugby unionAFLCricket
Your picture day, plus

Nothing changes on the day. You just sell more after it.

  1. 1Shoot as normalNo change
  2. 2Upload in one goAbout 2 minutes
  3. 36 designs per playerBack in 48 hours
  4. 4Parents tap to addYou keep it all
One photo in. Six things to sell.

From the sideline to the bedroom wall.

Pick a player. Watch their everyday picture-day photo become the designs you sell to their family. You choose any three of the six for each session. (These players are AI-made, so no real child is shown.)

Maya's ordinary picture-day photo, soccer Maya's pro-style soccer poster Your photo48 hours later
Pro poster8×10, 11×14, 12×18 and 16×20 in (20×25 to 41×51 cm) · sells at $20–40
Maya's holographic trading card
Trading card2.5×3.5 in (6.4×8.9 cm), front and back · $15–25 a set
Maya's magazine cover
PLAYMAKER Magazine cover8.5×11 in (US Letter, 22×28 cm) · $20–35
Three more designs New
Maya's comic-book cover
Comic-book coverIssue 1, their name in lights · $20–35
Maya as an animated movie star
Animated starLike a still from a family film · $20–35
Maya as an action watercolor
Action watercolorPainted, for a calmer wall · $20–40

Everything uses what you already have on picture day: name, number, team, position and season. In your team colors, with your logos.

What parents see

Their kid, a star. One tap to add.

Tick the extras like a parent would, right next to the team photo they came for, and watch what you keep. You set every price.

What you keep from this family
+$48
Your cost for this playerabout $0.67
Printing at your lab (estimate)$8
Profit from the extras$39.33
Try it free on one playerAbout a minute. No card.
Maya R. · Riverside FCYour gallery
Team + individual packageWhat they came for$45
Rory's Car Ride Home CardA free extra from our soccer coachFree
Order total$93
What you'd make

Your cost is tiny. Here's the maths.

Move the sliders: one season of extra sales from photos you've already taken, next to what it costs you.

How many players do you shoot this season?1,000
50 players3,000 players
What share of families add one?30%
5%80%
Average extra order per family$35
$15$59 (all three)
Extra sales this season
$10,500
Extra sales
Your cost$399
The first 12 sales pay for everything

You'd make about $10,101 this season, after a Pro plan ($399).

Try it free on one player
Free trial · about a minute

See one of your players as a pro. Right now.

Upload one player's photo. All six designs appear here in about a minute, free.

An example trading card of a young basketball player (AI-made example player)
Your player goes here.
Sending a whole team? Ask for your upload link
A whole team?

Ask for your private upload link.

For a full roster, tell us about your studio and we'll email you a private upload link within one working day.

You'll confirm you have permission to use the photos before you upload them. — The Model Citizens team

Poster sizes

See how big it really is.

Pick a size and watch the poster change on the wall. It's shown to scale on a real bedroom wall, next to a standard 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) door.

16×20 inches (41×51 cm) The biggest. Made for a bedroom wall.

Every poster comes print-ready in all four sizes, so you can offer whichever ones your lab prints. Trading cards are the standard 2.5×3.5 in (6.4×8.9 cm), and magazine covers are letter size, 8.5×11 in (22×28 cm, close to A4).

Pricing

From about 67¢ a player. Every sale is yours.

US dollars. Start free on one of your players, no card needed. Pay as you go, or save with a monthly plan and cancel any time.

Pay as you go

75¢ a player
  • No monthly fee
  • 3 designs for each player, any 3 of the 6
  • Your team colors and logos
  • 48-hour turnaround

Starter

$199 a month
  • Up to 250 players a month (80¢ each)
  • 3 designs for each player, any 3 of the 6
  • Your team colors and logos
  • 48-hour turnaround
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Pro

$399 a month
  • Up to 600 players a month (67¢ each)
  • 3 designs for each player, any 3 of the 6
  • Everything in Starter
  • Your own studio branding on every design

Studio

$799 a month
  • Up to 1,200 players a month (67¢ each)
  • 3 designs for each player, any 3 of the 6
  • Everything in Pro
  • Priority turnaround on busy weekends

Busy month? Extra players are 60¢ each, so a big picture day never stops you. At $15 or more a poster, one sale covers dozens of players.

Children's photos

Every child's photo, handled with care.

Only for your products

We use your photos only to make the items you order. We never sell them, share them, post them or use them to train AI.

Deleted after 30 days

Originals and finished files are deleted from our systems 30 days after delivery. Keep your own copies.

Your consent covers it

You confirm you have the parents' or league's permission to use the photos for photo products, as you do for your existing packages.

Clearly made from a photo

Designs keep each child's real likeness and never change their body, age or appearance beyond the pose and setting.

Our youth sports coaches

Free extras that make families smile.

Meet Rory, who coaches youth soccer, and Marcus, who coaches flag football. Their programs are made for the parents and volunteer coaches you already photograph. Add their free cards to your galleries as a thank-you, and point families to their programs.

Youth soccer
Rory Callahan, our youth soccer coach
Rory CallahanYouth soccer coachTwenty cones, one index card, and a whistle that stays in the pocket.
    Shop Rory's programs →
    Flag football
    Marcus Bell, our youth flag football coach
    Marcus BellYouth flag football coachThe games, the plays and the parent emails, so Saturday is fun.
      Shop Marcus's programs →
      Questions

      Good to know.

      What do I get?

      For each player: a pro-style poster (print-ready in 8×10, 11×14, 12×18 and 16×20 in, or 20×25, 28×36, 30×46 and 41×51 cm), a trading card (2.5×3.5 in, 6.4×8.9 cm, front and back), a magazine cover (8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm), and three more: a comic-book cover, an animated star and an action watercolor (each print-ready at 8×10 and 11×14 in, 20×25 and 28×36 cm), as print-ready files named to match your originals.

      How do I send you the photos?

      Through a private upload page made just for your order: you confirm permission, drop in the photos and a player list, and press send. Your finished files come back to the same page. Nothing is at a public web address, and it's all deleted 30 days after delivery.

      Why no season awards?

      Awards depend on things only the coach knows, usually mid-season. Everything we make uses what you already have on picture day: name, number, team, position and season.

      Can I print them with my current lab?

      Yes. They're standard sizes and work with any lab you use now.

      What if a design doesn't look like the player?

      Tell us and we'll redo it free. We check every file for likeness before delivery.

      Do you work with leagues directly?

      No. We work through photographers, so families keep ordering from the studio they already know.

      Start free on one player