Colorado
Professional headshots · Denver
In short
Professional headshots in Denver starts at $295: 60 min on location with a photographer who works in Denver, and 10 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 48 hours.
Why choose Professional headshots in Denver?
Denver is a bright-light city and that is a specific technical problem for a headshot rather than an advantage. At altitude, on a clear day, the sun is harder and higher than the same hour at sea level: deep shadow in the eye sockets, a bright strip on the forehead, and a squint that reads as discomfort. An outdoor headshot here works in open shade or at the ends of the day, and nowhere in between.
Worth knowing about Denver
Open shade is the technique that makes an outdoor headshot work in Denver and it is not the same thing as standing under a tree. Dappled light through a canopy at this altitude is high-contrast and lands in patches across a face that no exposure reconciles. What works is a consistent overhead block — a building edge, a colonnade, an overhang — with open sky in front of the subject bouncing light back in.
What does the session in Denver look like?
- Studio or your office
- Controlled light and no altitude, and the default for anything matching an existing directory.
- Outdoors in open shade, LoDo or a park
- Where a natural-light headshot works here — under cover, with light bouncing in rather than falling on.
What does professional headshots in Denver include?
- 10 retouched photographs
- Two backgrounds and two wardrobe changes
- Selection made together on a monitor before you leave
- Cropped for LinkedIn, for a company directory and for print
- Private online gallery within 48 hours
- Commercial licence for your own professional use
FAQ — Professional headshots in Denver
Can we do the headshot outdoors?
Yes, in open shade or in the last hour of light. At 5,280 feet on a clear day the sun is harder and higher than the same hour at sea level, which produces deep eye shadow and a squint. Under a consistent overhead block — a building edge or an overhang — with open sky in front of you, an outdoor headshot here is excellent.
How quickly are headshots delivered?
Within 48 hours, and you choose your final frames on a monitor before you leave the session, so nothing is discovered a week later. Same-day delivery is available as an add-on where a deadline requires it.