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JeADa
Bethlehem, PA — Available Nationally
Model. Actor. Creative.
Jerone Arnold Darden
Model. Actor. Creative.
6'3"Height
175Weight lbs
40"Chest
33.5"Waist
34"Inseam
Modeling & Acting
On Camera
Getty-credited. Mr. NEPA FW 2026. 6+ seasons at NYFW. Runway, editorial, commercial, and screen — nationally.
"This journey, marked by continuous learning and resilience, significantly developed my self-esteem and confidence. Overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities have shaped who I am today."
"Jerone is a pro. He came out to join us on set as an extra for an indie film. We were behind schedule. He waited patiently for us, knowing that we might not even get to the scene. When we did shoot with him, he was great — energetic, on point and took all direction without hesitation."
Every frame carries the weight of someone who knows what it feels like to be on the other side of the camera.
Jerone brings a working model's instinct to every session — understanding light, angle, presence, and the moment before the moment. Portrait sessions, headshots, editorial shoots, and fashion show coverage. Based in Bethlehem, PA. Available throughout the Philadelphia-to-NYC corridor and beyond.
Selected Work
Portraits · Event · Headshots · BTS
Couple Portrait · Hope & Adam
Couple Portrait · Hope & Adam
Street Headshot · Ana
Headshot · Portrait
Headshot · Portrait
Event · Music Festival
Event · Live Performance
Event · Live Performance
Event · Detail
Film · Behind the Scenes
Headshot · Adam
Headshot · Portrait
Portrait Sessions
Portraits
Personal branding, lifestyle, and portrait sessions. Outdoor and available light. Lehigh Valley base — Philly to NYC available.
$85/hr
2hr minimum
What's Included
✓ 15–25 edited final images
✓ 2–3 looks / outfits
✓ Up to 2 locations
✓ Private downloadable Lightroom gallery
✓ 7–14 day delivery
Headshots
Headshots
Professional headshots for actors, models, executives, and personal branding. Outdoor and available light.
$200 flat
90-minute session
What's Included
✓ 10–15 edited final images
✓ 2–3 looks / outfits
✓ 1 location
✓ Private downloadable Lightroom gallery
✓ 7–14 day delivery
Fashion Show Coverage
Runway Coverage
Full show, select highlights, designer-specific, or BTS coverage. A working model's eye behind the lens — shooting the same shows I walk.
$300 / show
Up to 2hrs · extended rates apply
What's Included
✓ 25+ edited selects
✓ Full show, highlights, designer, or BTS
✓ Private downloadable Lightroom gallery
✓ 7–21 day delivery
Event Photography
Events
Corporate events, community gatherings, cultural celebrations, and arts events. Outdoor and available light. Transportation fee applies for travel.
$100/hr
2hr minimum
What's Included
✓ 25+ edited images
✓ No location limit
✓ Private downloadable Lightroom gallery
✓ 7–14 day delivery
Standard Delivery7–14 days via Lightroom gallery
Rush Delivery48–72 hours · +40%
Service AreaLehigh Valley · Philadelphia · NYC corridor
TravelTransportation fee applies outside Lehigh Valley
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The Film
A father and son who have never met. Two cups of coffee. One conversation thirty years in the making.
An intimate two-hander about reconciliation, restraint, and the silences between people who share blood but not history. Chris has waited his whole life for this meeting. Derrell agreed to it without being sure of what he came to say.
It plays out in real time, in a single booth of a quiet diner — no exposition, just two men, a waitress refilling their cups, and everything they can’t yet bring themselves to ask. Truth, it turns out, is not the same as resolution.
Director’s Statement
Why I Wrote Coffee
COFFEE began as a thought experiment. I have never met my biological father. For most of my adult life, that absence has lived in me as a question I never quite let myself ask out loud — until I started writing this script. What would happen if I reached out? What would I feel walking into that room? What would he feel? What version of myself would I bring? What version of him would arrive?
COFFEE is the answer to those questions, played out in real time. It is not autobiography. It is not closure. It is what I imagine the beginning of that relationship might look like — performed, fragile, painfully alike, and impossible to resolve in a single sitting.
“So many of us — Black men especially — carry the weight of an absent father as silence. COFFEE puts two of those silences in a room together and watches what happens.”
— Jerone Arnold Darden, Writer & Director
The Roles
3 Roles · Director does not appear on camera
Lead
Chris
34 · Black Male
A son meeting his father for the first time. Anxious, quietly desperate, raised in the city. He has rehearsed this meeting for thirty years and still doesn’t know what he’s going to say.
Lead
Derrell
65 · Black Male
The father who left. Polished, guarded, suburban. He agreed to this meeting but isn’t sure why. He carries the guilt without naming it — and he is never the villain.
Supporting
Nancy
18–25 · Female · Any ethnicity
The waitress. Warm and easy, unaware of what’s unfolding at the table. Each refill gives the men permission to pause. A silent emotional witness.
Support & Get Involved
Independent · Pre-Production
This is an independent passion project; on-camera and crew compensation is currently limited / deferred as the film moves toward production and festival submission. Honesty up front matters more than a number on a page.
A crowdfunding campaign is coming soon. In the meantime, the most valuable support is in-kind: a location, gear, or your craft.
We're crewing up for a Fall 2026 shoot in the Lehigh Valley. Compensation is deferred as the film’s funding comes together, with credit, meals on set, and footage for your reel. Black and LGBTQ+ creatives are especially encouraged to apply.
Applications close July 10. Selections will be made by July 19. If you apply, keep an eye on your inbox — we’ll be in touch by email.
Exhibition
Production is planned for Fall 2026, with festival submissions to follow and community screenings across the Lehigh Valley once the film is complete.
Everything here happens around a camera — in front of it, behind it, or on the page before it exists.
Bethlehem, PA · Lehigh Valley · Philadelphia · New York
Behind the Lens
Headshots
Most people hate their headshot. Usually it isn't their face — it's that nobody directed them. Five New York Fashion Week seasons on the other side of the lens taught me exactly what it feels like to be abandoned in front of a camera. So I direct you, I show you the frame, and we work until you see yourself in it.
90-minute sessionfrom $150
Extended sessionfrom $275
Portraits
For people who want to be seen, not just documented. Performers, founders, families, milestones. Whatever you'd want on the wall, in the press kit, or in the hands of the people who love you. Directed start to finish — you're never standing there wondering what to do with your hands.
Hourly · 2hr minimumfrom $125
Half dayfrom $325
Event Photography
Fundraisers, galas, launches, festivals, conferences. I shoot the room the way it actually felt — the handshake in the corner, the speaker mid-sentence, the person laughing at a table nobody was watching. You get the shots the board needs, and the ones you'll still want in five years.
Hourly · 2hr minimumfrom $125
Half dayfrom $350
Full dayfrom $650
Fashion Show Coverage
Seventeen-plus runway shows walked, six New York Fashion Week seasons, and a crown. I know where the light dies, where the good frame is, and what a designer actually needs to see the morning after. Runway, backstage, front row.
Hourly · 2hr minimumfrom $150
Half dayfrom $400
Full dayfrom $700
Behind-the-Scenes
Unit stills and BTS for film sets, fashion backstage, and live events. I have stood backstage at New York Fashion Week and on the sets of A&E, Netflix, and Hulu productions. I know what a set demands, where to stand, and when to disappear — because I've been the one being photographed.
Half dayfrom $450
Full dayfrom $750
Fashion show backstagefrom $650
Film & Video Production
Narrative filmmaking, applied to your business. Most small-business video looks like small-business video. Studio JeADa builds it the way a film gets built — story first, then shot list, then camera. Brand films, founder stories, documentary, event films, and short vertical cuts. Full service: pre-production, direction, crew, edit, delivery.
Social short-formfrom $1,000
Event filmfrom $1,650
Brand filmfrom $2,600
Backstage Coordination
Run of show, talent flow, quick-change choreography, dresser oversight. I have been the model seventeen times — I know what talent needs before they ask for it — and I run operations at a venue that produces a ten-day, million-person festival every year. Very few people have both.
Per showfrom $350
Event operations · dayfrom $200
Before It Exists
Creative Direction
For brands who know what they want to feel but not yet what they want to make. The visual language: what it looks like, what it sounds like, what it refuses to look like. Campaign concepting, art direction, content strategy, and the taste to say no to the obvious version. I've built a film, a photography practice, and a clothing line out of nothing but a point of view. That's the service — a point of view, made concrete.
Strategy session · 90 minfrom $250
Shoot art direction · dayfrom $1,100
Campaign & identityfrom $1,800
Screenwriting & Story Development
Scripts, treatments, story bibles, and development — for film, television, branded content, and documentary. Five complete development packages built across feature, television, and short form, and a short film now in pre-production with cast locked. I know how to take something that only exists as a feeling and turn it into pages a crew can actually shoot.
Script consultationfrom $350
Branded & commercial scriptsfrom $500
Original scriptsfrom $750
In Front of the Lens
Modeling
Six New York Fashion Week seasons. Getty-credited editorial. Mr. NEPA Fashion Week 2026. InNaStar Trailblazer Male Model of the Year 2025. Two-time Runway Royalty. Runway, commercial print, high-fashion editorial, lookbooks, and campaigns — Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia, and New York.
Runway & editorialUpon request
Campaigns & lookbooksUpon request
Acting & Voice-Over
On-camera and on-mic. Lead roles in Femme and Song From the Deep; featured and background across A&E, Netflix, and Hulu. Trained in classical voice, vocal jazz, and theatre — I can take direction, hit a mark, and do it again on the fourth take without losing the read. Voice-over: narration, commercial reads, Voice-of-God, character work, and live event announcing.
Voice-over · per spotfrom $200
Live event announcingfrom $250
ActingUpon request
All figures are starting points. Every project is scoped and quoted individually — rates move with usage, licensing, turnaround, crew, and travel. Commercial work carries usage fees. Rush turnaround is available. A 50% deposit holds the date for new clients. Full rate sheet available on request.
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