California
Professional headshots · Los Angeles
In short
Professional headshots in Los Angeles starts at $295: 60 min on location with a photographer who works in Los Angeles, and 10 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 48 hours.
Why choose Professional headshots in Los Angeles?
Los Angeles is the only city in this catalogue where "headshot" most often means an actor’s headshot, and that is a genuinely different photograph: tighter, shallower, delivered in the crop casting expects, and judged on whether it looks like you walking into the room rather than on whether it flatters. The corporate and realtor briefs are the same hour with different lighting and a different crop. Which one you need is the first question, because a photographer who does not ask will default to the wrong one.
Worth knowing about Los Angeles
The marine layer is an asset for headshots here rather than an obstacle. From May into June it holds an even overcast over the west side until late morning, which is a softbox the size of the sky — no squinting, no hard shadow under the brow, and a natural-light headshot that needs no reflector. It is the one time of year an outdoor session in this city beats a studio, and it is also the cheapest.
What does the session in Los Angeles look like?
- Studio, Burbank or Mid-City
- Controlled light and two backgrounds, close to the studios and to most agents.
- Outdoors, Griffith Park or Arts District
- Natural-light headshots, which the theatrical market often prefers. Best under the marine layer.
What does professional headshots in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles
Do you shoot theatrical and commercial actor headshots?
Yes, and they are photographed differently within the same session. A theatrical headshot runs closer and more serious; a commercial one is brighter, warmer and more open. Most actors leave with both, and the session is planned for that at booking rather than improvised, because the wardrobe and the background change between them.
Where in Los Angeles do you photograph headshots?
In-studio in Burbank or Mid-City, or outdoors in Griffith Park and the Downtown Arts District. The choice is usually made by the brief rather than by convenience: corporate directories want the studio’s consistency, and theatrical headshots often want the natural light. Travel is included anywhere inside the metro.