# Founder and Executive Headshots, One Consistent Look Founder, CEO and executive headshots from $29: 80 press-ready portraits across 6+ outfits and 6+ backdrops, ready in about 1 hour, one consistent look for the deck, the leadership page and the press kit. Full refund within 7 days. ## Founder and executive headshots with one consistent look Credible, not corporate, and ready for the pitch deck and the press kit. It takes 8 to 15 camera roll photos and one model trained on you alone. Black turtleneck or blazer over a tee, concrete loft or exposed brick. A founder or executive headshot is a chest up portrait in your working wardrobe, shot on a neutral or workplace backdrop, used on pitch decks, leadership pages, press kits, investor updates and conference programs. - from $29, one time payment - 40 to 100 headshots by plan - 7-day refund window ## Where founders and executives use these headshots - **Pitch deck team slide:** Matching portraits for every co-founder so the team slide reads as one company, not four different photographers. - **Leadership and team pages:** A company About page reads as one organisation when every executive shares a backdrop, a crop and a light. Each person runs their own session and picks the same look, which is the cheapest way to get a matched leadership grid. - **Press kit and coverage:** A high-resolution portrait journalists can drop into a funding announcement or profile without asking you for a better one. - **Product Hunt and launch pages:** A maker photo that looks intentional next to your product screenshots instead of a cropped vacation shot. - **Investor updates:** A consistent headshot in your monthly update, data room and AngelList profile, so investors recognise you at a glance. - **YC and accelerator applications:** Applications ask for a founder photo. A clear, well-lit portrait is one less thing that looks unfinished. - **Podcast and conference bios:** Event organisers and podcast hosts need a square-croppable image on short notice. Have one ready before they ask. ## Outfits - **Black turtleneck:** The recognised founder uniform. Reads as focused and product-led on a dark or concrete backdrop. - **Denim shirt, sleeves rolled:** Hands-on and approachable. Works for hardware, consumer and early-stage teams. - **Unstructured blazer over tee:** The most investor-facing look without a tie. Good for Series A decks and press. - **Clean-cut grey hoodie:** Deliberately casual, still crisp. Fits developer tools and indie products. - **Olive overshirt:** A textured alternative to the blazer that photographs well against brick and warehouse light. - **Plain white tee:** Minimal and modern. The right choice for a launch-stage wash or matte black seamless. ## Backdrops - **Concrete studio loft:** Neutral texture with depth. The default for team pages and press kits. - **Exposed brick workspace:** Signals a real office and a working team. Pairs with denim or the overshirt. - **Whiteboard blur:** Subtle product-building context without readable text. Good for investor updates. - **Matte black seamless:** High contrast and editorial. Crops cleanly into a circle for avatars and bylines. - **Warehouse window light:** Soft directional daylight. The most natural-looking option for press coverage. - **Launch-stage wash:** Stage lighting for demo day, conference bios and Product Hunt maker photos. ## Advice for founders and executives - **Dress one level above your daily uniform:** If you code in a hoodie, shoot in the clean-cut hoodie or the denim shirt. If you sell to enterprise, take the unstructured blazer. A suit reads as a banker on a startup deck. - **Keep one backdrop across the whole team:** Co-founders who each pick the concrete loft look like one company. Mixed backdrops on a team slide look like a stock-photo collage. - **Leave room to crop:** Press sites crop to squares, Product Hunt crops to circles, decks want portrait. Chest-up framing with space above the head survives all three. - **Pick a neutral expression with a slight smile:** A wide grin dates quickly and a hard stare reads as defensive. The slight smile works for a funding announcement and a post-mortem alike. - **Refresh when the company changes stage:** The photo from your pre-seed application should not still be on your Series B press kit. One session a year keeps the whole footprint current. ## How it works - Choose a profession pack. - Upload 8 to 15 recent photos of yourself. - Select a pricing plan and pay once, with no subscription. - Receive the completed gallery within the selected plan's turnaround. ## Pricing - **Starter:** $29 for 40 headshots, delivered in 2 hours. - **Professional:** $39 for 60 headshots, delivered in 1 hour. - **Executive:** $59 for 100 headshots, delivered in 30-45 minutes. Every plan includes a full refund within 7 days of delivery. ## FAQ ### What should a founder wear for a headshot? Wear one level above your daily uniform: a black turtleneck, a denim shirt with sleeves rolled, or an unstructured blazer over a tee. A full suit and tie reads as a banker on a startup deck, and a worn hoodie reads as careless. The pack includes six outfits so you can hold a casual look for the team page and a sharper one for press. ### Can I use AI founder headshots in a pitch deck or press kit? Yes. You own full commercial rights to every image, so you can use them on pitch decks, press kits, launch pages, investor updates and your company site. Each headshot is a PNG in 4:5 portrait; choose a chest-up framing and it crops to square and circle without cutting your head. ### How many founder headshots do I get and how fast? A session generates up to 80 founder headshots depending on tier: 40 on Starter, 60 on Professional and 100 on Executive. Starter arrives in about 2 hours, Professional in about 1 hour, and Executive is prioritised at 30-45 minutes. ### Will my headshots be consistent across the deck, website and LinkedIn? Yes. All headshots in a session come from one private model trained on your photos, so they share the same face, proportions and skin tone. Pick one backdrop for the team slide and a second for press, and the person in every image is unmistakably the same. ### How do we get consistent headshots for a whole team? Each session trains one private model on one person's photos, so every founder, executive and employee runs their own session. Agree on one outfit and one backdrop first, for example the concrete studio loft or the matte black seamless, and ask everyone to select the same pair. The results share framing, light and backdrop, which is what makes a leadership page look coordinated. There is no self-serve team billing yet, so email support with your headcount and we will set the company up manually. ### Is it okay to use AI for headshots? Yes, when the result is your own likeness. The model is trained only on the photos you upload, so the face is yours and only the outfit, backdrop and lighting are generated. You own full commercial rights, and every delivered PNG carries embedded metadata declaring it as AI generated, which is what most publications now expect from a press kit image. Journalists and investors meet you on video calls, so pick a result that matches how you look today, and every plan is refundable within 7 days if none of them do. ### What photos do I need to upload for CEO headshots? At least 8 recent photos of your face, taken from a step back rather than at arm's length, with varied angles and lighting. Skip sunglasses, group shots and filtered images. Clear, well-lit photos where your face fills a good part of the frame produce the most accurate likeness. ### What if the founder headshots do not look like me? On Professional and Executive, Smart Headshots AI re-runs your batch once for free with adjusted settings. Every tier, including Starter, is refundable in full within 7 days of delivery. Your source photos are kept for those 7 days so the result can be compared against them, then deleted. ## Links - [Start the Founder & Executive pack](https://www.smartheadshots.ai/start?pack=founder) - [Home](https://www.smartheadshots.ai/) - [Refund policy](https://www.smartheadshots.ai/refund)