Josh Edelson is an award-winning corporate headshot photographer who travels to Austin to shoot polished, natural executive and team headshots for tech companies, law firms, and life sciences groups across the city.
Corporate Headshots Built for Austin’s Business Sectors
Austin is not one market, it is several, and Josh shoots for all of them. The tech corridor that runs from downtown out to The Domain in north Austin, the Tesla Gigafactory in the southeast, the Oracle campus on the river, Apple’s north-Austin campus, Dell up in Round Rock, and the dense cluster of startups in East Austin all need the same thing: headshots that read as approachable and credible at once.
He works with:
- Technology and startups — founder and team headshots for the venture-backed companies concentrated downtown and around The Domain, often timed to a funding announcement or a website refresh.
- Law firms and professional services — clean, consistent attorney portraits for the firms in the towers along Congress Avenue and the 2nd Street District.
- Life sciences and healthcare — physician and researcher headshots tied to UT Austin’s Dell Medical School ecosystem and the growing biotech presence in the region.
- Finance and corporate — executive and board portraits for annual reports, investor decks, and leadership pages.
What Makes Shooting in Austin Distinct
Austin shoots tend to be more dispersed than a single downtown high-rise — a company might have a downtown HQ, a satellite team in Mueller, and remote folks who only converge for a quarterly all-hands. Josh plans around that. He sets up an efficient, repeatable lighting station at your office so 50 people can cycle through in a morning, and he is comfortable shooting against the warehouse-loft aesthetic of East Austin offices or the polished glass of a tower near Lady Bird Lake. He also schedules around the obvious traps, like the gridlock and venue scarcity during SXSW, so your shoot day actually runs on time.
The Photojournalism Edge
Most headshot photographers come from a portrait-studio background. Josh comes from the news wire. He shoots for AFP (Agence France-Presse), Getty, and the Associated Press, and his work has run on front pages worldwide. That training shows up in the headshots: he gets genuine, unforced expressions fast, because he has spent years capturing real moments under pressure rather than coaxing stiff poses in a studio. The result is a portrait that looks like a confident, candid version of you, not a frozen ID photo.
His credentials are the kind that hold up to scrutiny: a First Prize at the Istanbul Photo Awards, an IFPA / Xposure award in Sharjah, the AFP Varenne / Canon Grand Prize, work exhibited at Visa pour l’Image in Perpignan, and multiple NPPA Best of Photojournalism placements. On the corporate side he has photographed leaders and teams for Google, Amazon, Meta, Salesforce, Stanford, and UCSF, among many others.
Deliverables and Turnaround
You get a clean, organized online gallery of fully retouched, high-resolution images, color-corrected and ready for LinkedIn, your website, press kits, and print. Skin and stray-hair retouching is included; everyone on the team gets the same treatment so the leadership page looks cohesive. Standard turnaround is 3-5 business days, with rush options available when a launch or earnings date will not wait.
Pricing
Transparent, flat session pricing so you can budget without surprises:
- Half-day headshot session — from $2,000. Ideal for executive portraits or a small-to-mid team at one location.
- Full-day session — from $4,000. Best for larger teams, multiple departments, or several locations in one day.
- Aerial / drone add-on — from $1,500. Josh is FAA Part 107 certified, so if you want exterior or campus aerials of your Austin facility alongside the headshots, it can be built into the same trip.
Travel from the Bay Area is straightforward to fold into a quote, and it is most cost-effective when a single trip covers your whole team in one block of days.
Why Hire Josh
You are hiring a photographer whose editorial work is published globally and whose corporate clients include some of the most recognizable names in tech and higher education. He brings his own professional lighting and backdrops, directs people who “hate getting their photo taken” into images they actually like, and keeps a busy team moving on schedule. For an Austin company that wants headshots indistinguishable in quality from a major-market shoot, flying Josh in is a simple, repeatable answer.
See examples and learn more about the approach on the corporate headshots and executive headshots pages, explore his broader Austin corporate photography services, review his press and awards, or read client reviews. Ready to book a date? Contact Josh to check availability for your Austin shoot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you travel to Austin for corporate headshots?
Yes. Josh is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and travels to Austin regularly for headshot and corporate photography work. Travel is folded into the quote, and a single trip is most cost-effective when it covers your entire team in one block of days, whether your offices are downtown, in The Domain, or out in Round Rock or East Austin.
How fast will we get our Austin headshots back?
Standard turnaround is 3-5 business days from the shoot. You receive a clean online gallery of fully retouched, high-resolution images ready for LinkedIn, your website, and print. Rush delivery is available when a launch, earnings date, or press deadline cannot wait.
How much does a corporate headshot session in Austin cost?
Half-day sessions start at $2,000 and are ideal for executives or a small-to-mid team at one location. Full-day sessions start at $4,000 and suit larger teams or multiple departments. Drone or aerial add-ons start at $1,500, since Josh is FAA Part 107 certified and can capture exterior or campus shots on the same trip.
What makes Josh different from other Austin headshot photographers?
Josh comes from the photojournalism world, shooting for AFP, Getty, and the Associated Press, with award-winning work shown at Visa pour l’Image and recognized by the Istanbul Photo Awards and NPPA. That training lets him capture genuine, unforced expressions quickly, and he has photographed leaders and teams for clients including Google, Amazon, Meta, Salesforce, Stanford, and UCSF.
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