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Photography · Headshots · Sydney
Corporate headshots in Sydney
Team headshots that actually match. We photograph whole teams in Sydney, in your office or our studio, to one documented lighting recipe, so every face on your website and LinkedIn looks like it belongs to the same company.
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$400typical session start, small group
40people comfortably in one day
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The short answer
How much do corporate headshots cost in Sydney?
A corporate headshot session in Sydney runs from about $400 for a small group to $1,200 for a full team day, which is roughly $80 a head for five people and closer to $30 a head for forty. Setup time is fixed, so the more people you photograph in one visit, the less each one costs.
Most teams shoot in their own office with a portable studio, because stepping out of a meeting for five minutes costs the business far less than sending everyone across town. We shoot both ways across greater Sydney and New South Wales, from the CBD and Barangaroo out to the business parks.
One great headshot flatters a person. Forty matching headshots make a company look like a company, and that is the harder job. It is why we document the lighting recipe for every team set, so a person who joins six months later still sits neatly beside everyone else on the team page. This service sits inside our wider Sydney photography work, alongside product, brand and event shoots.
The cost
What drives the price of a team headshot day?
Headshots price differently to most photography, because the variable is people rather than concepts. Lights, background and crew are set up once. After that you are paying for time in front of the camera and for retouching, both of which scale per head.
Small group
$400 to $600
Up to about eight people: one setup, a couple of hours, a few retouched frames each for a defined use.
Whole team
$900 to $1,200
Ten to forty people across a half or full day, with a documented lighting recipe and every platform crop. The common brief.
Rolling programme
Retainer
Scheduled return visits for new starters and promotions, so the team page stays current and consistent all year.
Why the per-person price falls
The lights, the backdrop and the review screen go up once. That hour is the same whether we photograph five people or forty, so on a small group it is spread very thin.
After setup you are paying for two things that do scale per person: time in front of the camera, and retouching. Once those dominate, the line flattens out, which is why forty people is only a little more than twenty.
So the more useful question is not what a headshot costs. It is how many people you can put through a single visit. Group the whole floor into one morning and the per-person figure takes care of itself.
Indicative Sydney ranges, not fixed quotes. The headcount, the retouching depth and the usage move the number, and we confirm it after a free consult.
The craft
What makes a corporate headshot work?
A good individual headshot is not hard. A good set of forty, shot over two days, with people who joined at different times, is a different job. Four things do most of the work.
One lighting recipe for everyone
Same lights, same distances, same power, written down so the set can be matched months later for a new starter.
Wardrobe and background brief
A short note to the team a week ahead: solid colours, no busy patterns, bring a second option. It removes almost every reshoot.
Retouching that still looks like you
Stray hair, a shiny forehead, a crooked collar. Not a new face. Clients and candidates both notice an over-worked headshot.
Crops for every platform
Square for LinkedIn, wider for a team page, looser for press and speaker profiles, framed at capture so every crop still works.
What consistency actually means
A recipe is a written record of the shoot: which lights, how far from the subject, at what power, at what height, and the grade applied afterwards. It takes a minute to note down and it is the difference between a team page and a collection of photographs.
The odd frame above is what a set looks like when one person is photographed on a different day, by a different hand, without that record. On a wall of faces it is the first thing the eye goes to, and it quietly makes the whole page look unplanned.
- Same lighting recipe, written down and kept on file
- Same crop, framing and eye height across every person
- Same grade and the same restraint on retouching
- Same treatment for the person who starts in six months
The setup
Should you shoot in your office or in a studio?
This is the decision that changes the day most, and headcount usually settles it. A portable studio goes up in a meeting room in about an hour, which is less time than moving twenty people across Sydney and back.
| Consideration | In your office | In a studio |
|---|---|---|
| Best when | More than about ten people, or a team spread across floors | A small group, a specific background, or no suitable room on site |
| Time cost | Lowest; people step out for five minutes and go back to work | Travel each way for every person, which adds up quickly |
| Backgrounds | A controlled backdrop, or your own space used deliberately | Full control of background, floor and depth |
| Consistency | High; one setup, one recipe, everyone matched | High, with the same recipe kept on file for return visits |
| What we bring | Lights, backdrop, a laptop for live review, and a booking schedule | The room, the rig and the same live review |
Ask for a live review screen on the day, wherever you shoot. People relax the moment they can see a frame they like, and nobody discovers a problem a week later when the files land.
The process
How a Sydney headshot day runs
The shape is always the same, and knowing it is most of what keeps the day to time.
About an hour
Setup
Lights, backdrop and review screen built in your meeting room or our studio, and the recipe written down.
Half to full day
The sessions
Five to eight minutes a head, with direction and a live look at the screen, so everyone leaves happy with a frame.
About a week
Retouch and deliver
Your selection, then a natural retouch and every platform crop, delivered named and sorted by person.
The brief
What to ask before you book a headshot photographer
Four questions separate a photographer who can take a good portrait from one who can deliver a matching set for a whole team. Ask them of us, and of anyone else you are considering.
Can we see a full team gallery?
A portfolio shows the best frame of the most photogenic person. A complete gallery of thirty or forty people from a single visit shows whether the set actually matches, which is the thing you are really buying.
Does the lighting setup travel to us?
If the studio comes to your office you save the most expensive part of the day, which is everyone else's time. Ask what space is needed. A meeting room about three metres deep is usually enough.
What do we get, and where can we use it?
Ask for the crop list in writing: LinkedIn, website team page, email signature, press. Then confirm the usage has no expiry, so nobody has to re-licence a photograph of their own staff in two years.
How does a new starter get matched later?
The answer should mention a written recipe: the same lights, the same distances, the same grade, kept on file. Without one, the next person photographed ends up looking like they work somewhere else.
We are happy to answer all four before you commit, and to show you a full set rather than a highlight reel. Because our Snowball SEO platform automates the search heavy lifting other agencies bill by the hour, more of your budget goes into imagery like this rather than expensive manual SEO.
Start here
Need your team photographed?
Tell us the headcount and where everyone sits, and we will come back with a schedule, a shot list and a fixed price for the day.
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Corporate headshot FAQs
How much do corporate headshots cost in Sydney?
As a guide, a corporate headshot session in Sydney runs from about $400 for a small group to about $1,200 for a full team day, which works out near $80 a head for five people and closer to $30 a head for forty. Setup time is fixed, so the more people you photograph in one visit, the less each one costs.
How long does a corporate headshot session take?
Allow about five to eight minutes per person once we are set up, so a team of twenty is comfortably a half day and a team of forty a full day. Setup and pack-down add roughly an hour at each end. We book people in blocks so nobody waits around.
Should we shoot corporate headshots in our office or in a studio?
For a team of more than about ten, your office almost always wins, because a portable studio removes the travel time of moving everyone across Sydney. A studio is better for a small group, for a specific background, or when the office has no space that can be blacked out.
How do I choose a corporate headshot photographer in Sydney?
Ask for a full team gallery rather than a portfolio of favourites, because consistency across forty faces is the hard part, not one flattering frame. Check that the lighting setup travels to your office, and that the retouching still looks like the person.
Do you shoot LinkedIn headshots for a whole team?
Yes. Team LinkedIn headshots are one of the most common briefs we take. From one session you get crops sized for LinkedIn, your website team page, email signatures and speaker profiles, all lit and graded to the same recipe so the business reads as one brand.
How soon do we get the images back?
You see the selection within a few days and the retouched finals in about a week. If you have a launch or an announcement to hit, tell us at the brief and we will schedule the retouching around it.
Can new starters be photographed later and still match?
Yes, and it is the main reason we document the lighting recipe for every team set. A returning session uses the same lights, distances and grade, so someone who joins six months later sits on the team page beside everyone else without looking like a different photograph.