How the pricing works
Five products, each a day with a stated cap. The Standard Day for teams. The Executive Day for partners and boards. The Quarterly Programme for firms that want the set kept current. Worldwide Days for the firm's other offices. The Headshot Lounge for events. Add-ons are billed to the firm, never to a person.
The Standard Day
GBP 2,950 per day, plus VAT
Up to 40 sitters
One photographer and a complete travelling studio in your office, ten-minute windows, one hand-finished image per person in every placement format.
- One photographer and a complete travelling studio in your office
- Ten-minute windows through the scheduler
- Tethered capture with approval on the day
- One hand-finished image per sitter in every placement format
- Delivery through the sitter portal within ten working days
- Your Corporate Headshot Standard document
- London Zones 1 and 2 travel
The Executive Day
GBP 3,450 per day, plus VAT
Up to 12 sitters
Partners, managing directors, boards and spokespeople: two set-ups each, three finished images, press and annual report formats.
- Two set-ups per person: classic and editorial or environmental
- 20 to 25 minutes per person
- Three hand-finished images each, with press and annual report formats
- Motion portrait option
- Delivery through the sitter portal within ten working days
The Quarterly Programme
GBP 11,500 per year, invoiced quarterly in advance, plus VAT
Four Standard Days a year, up to 160 sitters
Four scheduled days a year for joiners, promotions and refreshes, the rate locked, the portal open all year and the Standard kept.
- Four scheduled days: joiners, promotions, refreshes and catch-ups
- Rate locked for twelve months
- The portal open all year for the whole firm
- The Standard kept and every later session matched to it
- Additional days at the programme day rate
Additional days on a programme: GBP 2,875 plus VAT each.
The Worldwide Day
GBP 3,950 per day plus travel at cost, plus VAT
Up to 40 sitters a day; two-day minimum outside the UK
The same Standard in your other offices, photographed by the Managing Director or an associate working under her direction.
- The same Standard in your other offices
- The Managing Director or an associate photographing to the Standard under her direction
- Everything in the Standard Day
The Headshot Lounge
GBP 3,450 per day per station, plus VAT
Up to 120 people a day a station
A branded headshot station for conferences, partner summits, intakes and sponsor activations, with instant delivery on the day.
- A branded headshot station for conferences, partner summits, intakes and sponsor activations
- Instant delivery on the day
- Finishing to the Standard afterwards as an option
- Consent-based data capture for the host
Add-ons and what costs extra
| Add-on | Price | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Additional finished image | GBP 45 | per image |
| Motion portraits | GBP 950 | per day, up to 12 nominated sitters |
| Group or department portrait | GBP 350 | per set-up |
| Hair and make-up | at cost | |
| Rush finishing within five working days | 25 per cent of the day fee | |
| Catch-up session for people who missed the day | GBP 950 | up to eight sitters, two hours, matched to the Standard |
What costs extra
- Travel outside London Zones 1 and 2 at cost
- Venue hire where the client has no suitable room
- Overtime beyond an eight-hour shooting window, by the hour
Payment
A day is confirmed by a signed order and a 50 per cent deposit; the balance is due within 7 days of delivery. Programmes are invoiced quarterly in advance. Purchase orders are accepted.
How these prices compare
London firms are quoted anything from a few hundred pounds for a sole trader's afternoon to several thousand for a volume operator's day of two hundred people with no retouching. Our day rates sit in the middle of the per-head range the market already pays for a 50-person day and include the three things the market leaves out: a written Standard the firm keeps, hand-finishing to a published specification with every placement format, and a portal that delivers to each person. The cost guide sets out the market in detail.