New York
Professional headshots · New York
In short
Professional headshots in New York starts at $295: 60 min on location with a photographer who works in New York, and 10 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 48 hours.
Why choose Professional headshots in New York?
New York runs three headshot markets that barely overlap, and the first useful thing a photographer here can do is ask which one you are in. A finance or law headshot is conservative, tightly cropped and shot against a clean background. An actor’s headshot is looser, shallower and delivered in the industry crop that casting expects. A founder’s is somewhere else entirely and usually wants the room in it. Same hour, same studio, three different lighting decisions — and a photographer who does not ask will give you the first one by default.
Worth knowing about New York
An outdoor headshot in Manhattan is the one job where the city’s permit rule bites, because the equipment that makes an outdoor headshot good is exactly the equipment that triggers it. A reflector on a stand or a light on a sidewalk asserts use of the space, which means a Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment permit and $1 million of liability insurance. Handheld with available light needs neither, and on an overcast day between two tall buildings it is genuinely the better photograph.
What does the session in New York look like?
- Studio, Manhattan
- Controlled light, two backgrounds, and no weather. The default for anything that has to match a corporate directory.
- Midtown and Bryant Park
- For a headshot that has to look like New York rather than like a studio. Best on an overcast day, when the buildings act as one large diffuser.
What does professional headshots in New York 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 New York
How quickly can I get headshots in New York?
The gallery is delivered within 48 hours, and you choose your final frames on a monitor before you leave the studio — so there is no risk of discovering a week later that none of them work. Same-day delivery is available as an add-on when a deadline requires it, which in this city it frequently does.
Do you shoot actor headshots as well as corporate ones?
Yes, and they are the same hour with a different brief. An actor’s headshot is shot tighter, with less depth of field, and delivered in the crop casting directors expect; a corporate headshot runs cleaner and more conservative for a company directory. Say which you need when you book, because the lighting and the crop are decided before the session rather than in editing.