Someone decides whether to reply to you before they read a word you have written. The photograph is doing that work, whether or not you chose it.

Individual Headshots

Professional headshot of a woman with an auburn bob in a black top, photographed on a dark grey background.

One sitting, more than one usable picture.

Most people book a headshot for one place — LinkedIn, or the company bio — and then find they need it everywhere: the conference program, the press page, the email signature, the podcast thumbnail. One session gives you the choice of the tight professional crop and the warmer, wider frames, shot the same day in the same light, so they still read as the same person.

Professional headshot of a man with dark curly hair and a short beard in a navy suit and tan tie, photographed on a dark background.

You don't need to know how to pose.

Many people arrive sure they don’t photograph well. What they usually mean is that nobody has ever told them what to do with their chin, their hands or their eyes. That is a missing instruction, not a fact about your face. I set the light, the angle and the expression, and tell you exactly what to do.

Looks we can create

Finished images are purchased separately — $150 each, chosen with me during your session.

The headshot

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The working picture — LinkedIn, the company bio, the directory listing. Cropped tight, lit properly, and it still looks like you.


The warmer one

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Same session, a degree less formal — for your own site, an about page, a speaker or podcast profile. The one that reads like a person rather than a directory entry.


The formal one

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Dark background, jacket on, full resolution — so it still holds up in a conference program, a journal or a printed profile.


The crops

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Square, wide and vertical versions of the frames you choose, so you are not re-cropping a landscape photo at midnight and hoping it works.

How a session works

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Book

Book your date online and the session fee reserves it. The wardrobe guide arrives straight away, so you have time to plan what to bring.


Shoot

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Ninety minutes in the Irvine studio. Two to three outfits, several backgrounds, and I direct every single frame.


Choose

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You see the images as we go and pick your favorites before you leave. Nothing gets delivered that you haven't already approved.


Deliver

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The images you purchase arrive retouched within 7 business days, sized for LinkedIn, your company bio, print and every social crop you need.

Individual sessions

The headshot session

$300 session fee + $150 per retouched image. Session with one image: $450. The session fee is paid when you book, is a non-refundable retainer and doesn’t include finished images. Ninety minutes in the Irvine studio, two to three outfit changes, multiple backgrounds, posing and expression coaching, and you choose and pay for your images during the session.

Branding session

$1,500 for two hours with 8 retouched images included, paid when you book, in the Irvine studio or on location. The headshot plus the wider working frames — at a desk, in conversation, environmental — and vertical crops for social. Additional images $150 each, chosen during the session.

Groups & teams

Photographing more than one person? Start with the free twenty-minute consultation and I will quote your group in writing — Irvine studio, or on location at your office.

Book your session

Pick a time below — the session fee holds your date.

Questions people ask

The photograph is working either way.

Pick a date on the calendar above, or start with a twenty-minute call if you are photographing a group. Questions: abousaif@icloud.com