Staff headshots taken on the company camera usually doesn’t produce the best results. Even if some good photos are taken, it is difficult to maintain visual continuity when you find the need to update the staff headshots at a later date. Let me take this burden from you.

Good business headshot photography says a lot about your company. A professional headshot sets you apart from your competition. It shows you as a working professional committed to offering the best service to your customers.

Headshot photography feedback from a local company

“Your relaxed and friendly manner made the photos much better than I was expecting. None of us like having our photos taken, but you made the experience as enjoyable as it could be. Thank you.” (Governance Publishing)

Environmental business photos

As well as staff headshots, you may want to show off the environment your staff work in. Perhaps you have new business premises which you want to showcase on your company website, or you have invested heavily in industry leading equipment which you want to boast about, or you are following stringent safety procedures whilst using it. Your clients are not going to grasp what you have acheived without good photography.

Actor headshots

There is no substitute for a professional actor headshot photo. I will work with you to get the right angle, best light, bring across the persona you want to sell, and give you a variety of options that will all be great.

Natural lighting

If for example you need a simple headshot photo for your LinkedIn profile image, you are probably best to go for my ‘Natural’ option.

As I am only photographing you and not a team of people, I don’t need to worry about your image matching exactly the same style as another team member.

Studio lighting

If you have a lot of staff, you may have a lot of headshot photos of your staff taken now, but no doubt at a later date you will need to update them.

Having the photos taken under more controlled conditions will better allow for consistency when you add more staff photos later to those already taken.

Enhanced Studio Lighting

Maybe you want to lay a photo of a team member over the top of graphics on your website and you don’t want there to be a visible rectangle around the person.

Or perhaps you want a team photo and it is not possible to have all the people there at the same time. That is where a composited image can be helpful. I can arrange the staff as you wish, and when someone leaves and a new person replaces them, I can update the photo for you (Photoshop editing charged at £60 per hour). If the two scenarios above describe your needs, then you need the ‘enhanced studio lighting’ option.

Sole Traders only

£75 – one photo

Taken at my home.

Simple lighting setup and one photo included which you can choose yourself.

Additional images £35 each.

Natural look lighting

£150 – up to 1 hour

Natural light only or with one flash.

A selection of images will be provided. Additional touch up requests are charged at £60 per hour.

All or predominantly natural light, so consider this if your booking is across multiple days and in different weather conditions.

Standard studio lighting

£20 per chosen photo*

(Minimum £200 total)

The original background remains in the photo. The photo will be edited to look its best for tone and colour. Additional touch up requests are charged at £60 per hour.

*if the total is below £200, a lighting setup fee is included to bring the total to a minimum of £200.

High turnover of staff?

If after getting staff photos taken you need to again update your staff photos, I can do this for the same price but the minimum spend would instead be £100.

Enhanced studio lighting

£35 per chosen photo*

(Minimum £200 total)

The original background is removed. The new background will either be pure white, a colour of your choice; or transparent so you can place the person on any background you wish.

Normal tone and colour editing will be applied as with the standard option. Additional touch up requests are charged at £60 per hour.

*if the total is below £200, a lighting setup fee is included to bring the total to a minimum of £200.

How can I book my headshot photography?

Drop me an email with your preferred date, your location, how many staff, and whether you prefer a natural background or a uniform white or coloured background with studio lighting.

Do you come to us or do we come to you for the headshot photos?

Generally it is easier if I come to you, and there is no charge for this if within a 25 mile radius (a reasonable fee is added when I travel a little further).

How long will the photography take?

If you need a pure white, or very controlled uniform colour background, this will require studio lighting which takes me 60+ minutes to set up everything. If you have a lot of staff, it works well to book three staff at a time into 10 minute slots.

If a solid background colour and controlled lighting is not required, the photos can be taken in an environmental setting such as in front of a building, in front of a sign or reception area etc. In this case, I just need about 10 minutes to find a suitable spot and a few extra minutes in the beginning to do some test shots.

We need the headshot photos to have a transparent or pure white background, can you do that?

Yes. This requires me to set up a green screen background so you can be cut from the background in the Photoshop editing phase. This means some extra attention to detail to make it work effectively and the setup time is around 60-90mins. I need a clear space of around 4m squared to provide good quality results.

What should we wear?

Even though you may already have a dress code in your workplace, it’s a good idea to remind staff of this for the day of the shoot. If there isn’t a set uniform, maybe ask staff not to wear something that might stand out drastically from everyone else.

Also be careful not to wear any branded clothing with an old logo, if a jacket is to be worn, everyone should have theirs that day, make sure ties are straight, jewellery abides by your company rules, and hair is tied back (if this is a matter of safety or corporate image in the workplace).

How much does it cost?

Photos taken under natural lighting are charged by the hour with a selection of photos supplied to you. Headshot photography that requires studio lighting under more controlled conditions is priced per photo.

How long does it take to get us the photos?

I aim for within 24-48 hours.

Headshot photography for Adaptavist

Adaptavist, a software technology company, contacted me from their London office asking me about staff photography for their business. There were 80 employees to photograph, and all needed their headshot taken on a specific date.

Naturally it is difficult to get everyone together on the same day what with busy business schedules, so it was important that I was able to get all the headshot photography done in one go.

London isn’t exactly down the road for me, but a rate was agreed and plans were made. This involved a 4:30am wake up for me and as it turned out, due to terrible London traffic (mostly 1st and 2nd gear!), a 6 hour journey to Adaptavist’s new London office in Islington.

Setup for the headshot photography took about an hour and then each person’s name was written on a list, and ticked off as we went. The amount of time business headshot photography takes is dependent on if the client has very specific requirements and the availability of the staff at the time of the shoot. In this instance all the staff were onsite all day and I was able to take the headshots quickly.

It took around a minute for each headshot with minimal adjustment to lighting in between photos (due to differences in height). I gave Adaptavist a choice of two background tones, but essentially pretty much any background colour could be chosen as long as notice is given before the photo shoot.

If you require business headshot photography for your company, I’d be happy to help. Lighting can be adjusted to suit your requirements and I can capture a relaxed fresh look or a more corporate feel depending on your requirements.

Staff and marketing photography for Rock House Dental Practice

Hannah, one of the owners of Rock House Dental Practice in Wells, contacted me about her need for photography. She was in the process of launching a new website and needed photos of her dental staff as well as the facilities of the dental practice.

Hannah and I negotiated a day that would best suit our timetables. The surgery would be running as normal that day so I needed to fit the staff photos and building photography around her patients.

I was first shown around the different rooms of the surgery. I had already asked Hannah to inform her patients that they may appear in photos and if they did not wish to participate they should let her know.

After taking some photos around the dental practice, including some shots of the waiting room with patients in situ, it was time to complete the photos of the staff.

Due to the small size of the rooms at the dental practice and staff dealing with patients as normal, we picked a time of the day where the most employees were available at once for their staff photo, and then by the time I had photographed them, more were available so I was able to successfully photograph all of them.

For flexibility and space reasons, the staff photos were captured in front of the dental practice, as well as a group photo of all staff. I had already taken photos of the exterior of the practice when I first arrived.

The whole shoot went really well and you can see many of my photos on the Rock House Dental Practice website.

‘Ross came to our dental practice and spent a few hours taking head shots and official photographs. Ross was good at putting us all at ease, and listening to what our requirements were. Very happy with the photographs and we would recommend him.’