# Professional Headshots from $29, No Studio Needed Professional headshots from $29 instead of a photographer's session fee. Upload 8 photos, choose 6+ outfits and 6+ backdrops, and get up to 100 portraits in about 1 hour. Full refund within 7 days. ## Professional headshots from your own photos, no photographer One consistent set for the About page, the email signature and the staff directory. Upload 8 to 15 camera roll photos and a private model learns your face, nothing else. Sessions start from $29 and you pay once. A professional headshot is a head and shoulders portrait, evenly lit against a plain or softly blurred background, used to represent you on company websites, staff directories, email signatures, conference programs and press coverage. - 40 to 100 headshots by plan - Full refund within 7 days ## Professional headshot ideas - **Charcoal two-piece suit** (outfit): The default corporate portrait for finance, insurance and law-adjacent directories. - **Ivory blouse, tailored** (outfit): Polished and warm, for About pages that want approachable rather than austere. - **Crisp white shirt, no jacket** (outfit): Modern business casual for consulting, technology and client services. - **Steel-grey blazer** (outfit): Tailored without being severe, and it holds up in a small directory thumbnail. - **Seamless charcoal** (backdrop): The studio classic. Deep and even, so the suit and the face carry the image. - **Corporate lobby bokeh** (backdrop): Glass and stone out of focus, the look most large companies use on leadership pages. - **Neutral beige studio** (backdrop): Warm and quiet, and it keeps a team grid feeling consistent. - **Boardroom depth** (backdrop): Blurred table and windows for senior roles and consulting team pages. ## Where corporate professionals use these headshots - **Company website and About page:** Leadership and team pages look best when every portrait shares the same lighting and framing. A consistent set lets you match the house style your marketing team already uses. - **Internal directory and Slack:** The photo colleagues see in Outlook, Teams, Slack and the HR system, hundreds of times a week. A clear, well-lit face makes you easier to recognise across a large organisation. - **Email signature:** Signature photos render at 60 to 80 pixels. Head and shoulders on a plain backdrop is the only framing that still reads as a person at that size. - **Conference bios and panel slides:** Event organisers ask for a high-resolution headshot on a neutral background, usually the week before. A print-ready portrait in your downloads folder ends that scramble. - **Press releases and industry profiles:** Trade publications and press kits reuse whatever photo you send. A formal suit-and-tie portrait on a seamless backdrop is what editors expect and what prints cleanly. - **Proposals, pitch decks and client portals:** Client-facing documents put your face next to your credentials. A matching professional headshot across the whole account team signals a firm that has its act together. ## Outfits - **Charcoal two-piece suit:** The universal corporate portrait. Banking, insurance, accounting and any directory where everyone else is in a suit. - **Navy suit, silk tie:** The most formal option in the pack. Leadership pages, board bios and annual reports. - **Crisp white shirt, no jacket:** Modern business casual. Consulting, technology and companies that dropped the jacket but kept the standards. - **Steel-grey blazer:** Tailored without being severe. Client services, project management and mid-level roles across most industries. - **Ivory blouse, tailored:** Polished and warm. HR, operations, healthcare administration and any About page that wants approachable over austere. - **Black suit, open collar:** Sharp and contemporary. Executives at growth companies, agencies and firms where a tie now reads as old-fashioned. ## Backdrops - **Seamless charcoal:** The classic studio backdrop for formal portraits. Deep, even and neutral, so a suit and face carry the image. - **Corporate lobby bokeh:** A soft suggestion of glass and stone. The look most large companies use across their leadership pages. - **Neutral beige studio:** Warm and quiet. Flatters most skin tones and keeps directory grids feeling consistent and calm. - **Boardroom depth:** Blurred table and windows for a sense of place. Fits senior roles and consulting team pages. - **Frosted glass partition:** Clean office texture with no visible detail behind you. Suits modern workplaces and tech-adjacent firms. - **Slate grey gradient:** A gentle falloff from light to dark. Adds studio polish to a portrait without changing the mood of a plain backdrop. ## Advice for corporate professionals - **Use even, shadow-free light:** Studio portraits use a large softbox in front and slightly above the face for a reason: it removes harsh shadows and flatters everyone. Uneven light is the fastest way for a headshot to look amateur. - **Frame head and shoulders, square to the camera:** Directories and email signatures crop tight. A head-and-shoulders portrait with a slight shoulder angle and your face centred survives every crop your company will apply. - **Match your company's house style:** Check the leadership page before you choose. If everyone is on a dark seamless backdrop in a jacket, pick that. A headshot that matches the grid looks more senior than one that stands out. - **Pick solid, mid-tone colours:** Charcoal, navy, steel grey and ivory photograph reliably. Fine patterns shimmer on screen, bright colours cast tints on the skin, and pure black or white loses detail against a studio backdrop. - **Keep the expression calm and confident:** A relaxed, closed-mouth smile or a slight smile with direct eye contact is the register for corporate use. It works next to a title, on a panel slide and in a press release alike. - **Order more than one look:** The photo that suits a press release is not the one that suits Slack. Having a formal suit shot and a no-jacket shot from the same session means you never compromise on either. ## 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 is a headshot? A headshot is a head and shoulders portrait of one person, lit evenly and shot against a plain or softly blurred background, taken to identify you rather than to tell a story. It is the photo used on company websites, staff directories, email signatures, conference programs and press releases, and it is normally cropped square or circular, so the face sits high in the frame and fills most of it. ### What should I wear for a professional headshot? Wear what the most senior person in your company wears on a client day. For most industries that is a charcoal or navy suit with a white shirt, or a tailored blazer or blouse in a solid mid tone. Skip fine patterns, logos and bright colours, which either shimmer on screen or tint your skin under studio light. ### What background is best for a professional headshot? A plain or softly blurred neutral: seamless charcoal, a beige studio wall or a corporate lobby bokeh. Check your company's team page first and match what is already there, since consistency across a directory grid looks more professional than any single backdrop. ### How much do professional headshots cost? Starter is 29 dollars for 40 headshots, Professional is 39 dollars for 60, and Executive is 59 dollars for 100 with 4K downloads. That is one payment per session with no subscription, compared with the hourly rate plus per-image editing fees a studio typically charges. ### Is it okay to use AI for headshots? Yes, when the result is your own likeness. Smart Headshots AI trains a private model on the photos you upload, so the face, skin tone and expressions are yours and only the outfit, background 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 and an increasing number of employers ask for. Use a result that looks like you on a normal working day, and every plan is refundable within 7 days if none of them do. ### Can I get professional headshots without going to a studio? Yes. Upload 8 or more everyday photos of yourself, choose your outfits and backdrops, and Smart Headshots AI generates the portraits from a private model trained only on your photos. There is no booking, no travel and no wardrobe to bring. ### Will AI professional headshots look like me? Yes, because the model is trained only on your own photos and keeps your real features, skin tone and expressions. Likeness depends on your uploads: clear, well-lit photos taken from a step back give the best result. If a batch misses, Professional and Executive include one free re-run, and every plan is refundable within 7 days. ### What resolution do I get for print and company websites? Every headshot is a 4:5 portrait PNG. Starter delivers standard resolution for web and directories, Professional delivers high resolution, and Executive delivers 4K originals with print-ready formats for banners, reports and press use. ### Can I use these headshots on my company website and in press releases? Yes. You own full commercial rights to every image, so you can use them on your company site, in press kits, on conference slides, in proposals and anywhere else. Delivered PNGs carry embedded metadata identifying them as AI-generated, which most publications now expect. ### Can my whole team get matching professional headshots? Each person runs their own session with the same pack, outfits and backdrops, so the set matches across the team page. Team accounts are not self-serve yet; email support with your headcount and we will set it up manually. ## Links - [Start the Professional Headshots pack](https://www.smartheadshots.ai/start?pack=professional) - [Home](https://www.smartheadshots.ai/) - [Refund policy](https://www.smartheadshots.ai/refund)