California
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. The price is agreed before you book and does not move.
Why choose Team headshot day in Los Angeles?
A city with no centre and eleven kinds of light, where the drive between two locations is the real constraint. That is what decides how a Team headshot day session is planned here: the photographer you work with lives in Los Angeles and shoots across California all year, so they are not seeing the place for the first time alongside you. That prior knowledge is the difference between a session that keeps to its schedule and one spent looking for a frame.
The hour matters more than the location. For El Matador State Beach, Malibu, the window to aim for is two hours before sunset, at low tide. The session runs 5 hours and is built around that window rather than around your diary — it is the one variable that genuinely changes the photographs, and it costs nothing.
What does the session in Los Angeles look like?
Coverage runs 5 hours and follows your schedule rather than a fixed route. When a gap opens for composed frames, we step out to El Matador State Beach, Malibu or Griffith Observatory — a few minutes on foot, which is that much less taken out of the 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
Permits at these locations: El Matador State Beach, Malibu: Commercial photography requires a California State Parks permit; day-use parking is charged separately. Griffith Observatory: Commercial photography requires a FilmLA permit; the Observatory applies its own additional conditions. Malibu Creek State Park: Commercial photography requires a California State Parks permit.
FAQ — Team headshot day in Los Angeles
Team headshot day in Los Angeles: what time should we book?
For El Matador State Beach, Malibu, aim for two hours before sunset, at low tide. At a busy location, two hours either way changes what can be framed at all.
Do we need a permit to photograph in Los Angeles?
At some locations, yes: El Matador State Beach, Malibu (Commercial photography requires a California State Parks permit; day-use parking is charged separately.); Griffith Observatory (Commercial photography requires a FilmLA permit; the Observatory applies its own additional conditions.); Malibu Creek State Park (Commercial photography requires a California State Parks permit.). The photographer handles it and tells you at booking, not on the day.
What happens if it rains in Los Angeles?
We move the session to another slot or another day at no cost. If you are only in town briefly, we switch to sheltered locations scouted in advance rather than cancelling.
When do we get the photos from Los Angeles?
Within 5 business days, in a private online gallery: 40 edited images, downloadable at full resolution from any country.