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Team headshot day · Los Angeles
In short
Team headshot day in Los Angeles starts at $1,400: 5 hours on location with a photographer who works in Los Angeles, and 40 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 5 business days.
Why choose Team headshot day in Los Angeles?
Corporate headshots in Los Angeles are a five-hour on-site day in which a portable studio is set up in your office and up to 40 people are photographed against one consistent background, priced from $1,400. Los Angeles teams are rarely in one place: a company with a Downtown headquarters often has staff in Santa Monica, Culver City and Burbank, and a commute between them can take an hour. The usual answer is one day per office with an identical lighting recipe, so a directory assembled from three sites still looks like one shoot. Glass-walled Los Angeles offices are bright but hard to control, which is why the set-up goes in an interior conference room rather than beside a window.
Worth knowing about Los Angeles
FilmLA lists headshot photography among work that often needs no permit, but an outdoor team photo for company marketing in a City of Los Angeles park is commercial still photography: a $104 FilmLA application plus a Recreation and Parks use fee of $75 a day for 1–14 people. With 16 or more people in cast and crew, FilmLA bills the Motion application rate and adds a Fire Department spot-check surcharge.
What does the session in Los Angeles look like?
- An interior conference room in your office
- No direct sun moving across a face over five hours, so the 9am and 2pm portraits match.
- A second office on another day
- Santa Monica, Culver City or Burbank staff photographed with the same background and lighting recipe as headquarters.
- The lobby or a branded wall
- One environmental frame of each leader for the About page, taken in the same day.
What does team headshot day in Los Angeles include?
- Up to 40 people in a five-hour day
- On-site studio set-up, in your office
- Consistent background, lighting and crop across the whole team
- Scheduling sheet so nobody waits
- Individual files named to your directory’s convention
- Gallery within 5 business days
- Commercial licence for company use
FAQ — Team headshot day in Los Angeles
Does an office headshot day in Los Angeles need a FilmLA permit?
Usually not. FilmLA, which permits filming for the City and County of Los Angeles, lists headshot photography among activities that often need no permit, and an indoor corporate headshot day in your own Los Angeles office has no public impact. A permit enters the picture only when the team photo moves outside onto public property such as a city park.
Can we add a whole-team photo in a Los Angeles park?
Yes, with a permit planned in advance. A team photo in a City of Los Angeles park for company use is commercial still photography: a $104 FilmLA application plus a $75 daily Recreation and Parks fee for up to 14 people, or $150 for 15 and over. From 16 people in cast and crew together, FilmLA switches to its Motion rate, so a 40-person team photo is often taken indoors instead.