How the Process Works
Every headshot session begins with a brief pre-shoot consultation, wardrobe guidance, background preferences, and a discussion of where the images will be used and what impression they need to make. On the day of the shoot, Josh directs each subject with a calm, efficient style that produces genuine, flattering results quickly, even for clients who consider themselves camera-shy.
Individual Sessions
Individual sessions run 20 to 45 minutes and typically cover 2 to 3 wardrobe looks with both tight portrait framings and wider environmental compositions. You choose the final selects; Josh delivers retouched, print-ready files within 3 to 5 business days.
Team Headshot Days
Team days are engineered for efficiency, typically 8 to 15 minutes per person, with consistent lighting, framing, and background across every portrait regardless of team size. Whether you have 10 people or 200, every person walks away with a polished, brand-consistent headshot. Ideal for annual company-wide refreshes or onboarding a new class of executives.
Pricing
Half-day sessions (up to 4 hours) start at from $2,000. Full-day sessions start at $4,000. Team packages are priced by headcount and session scope. Contact Josh for a custom quote tailored to your team size and goals.
Who Our Headshot Clients Are
Josh photographs executives, founders, partners, lawyers, physicians, consultants, speakers, and anyone whose professional image needs to command attention and trust. Key industries include technology, finance, legal, healthcare, biotech, and higher education. Clients include Google, Amazon, Meta, Salesforce, Twilio, Checkr, Silicon Valley Bank, Stanford, UCSF, and UC Berkeley, alongside dozens of high-growth startups across the San Francisco Bay Area and nationally.
Specialized Headshot Services
Beyond standard corporate headshots, Josh offers focused sessions for specific needs across San Francisco and the Bay Area:
- Executive & Leadership Headshots, polished portraits for founders, CEOs, and leadership
- Company & Team Headshots, consistent, on-location headshots for your whole team
- LinkedIn Headshots, profile photos built for personal branding
- Attorney & Law Firm Headshots, professional portraits for legal teams
- Personal Branding Photography, editorial-style portraits for founders and execs
- Large Group & Team Photos, everyone in one frame
Headshot Photography by City
Based in San Francisco, Josh shoots headshots throughout the Bay Area and travels nationally for team headshot days and executive portrait sessions. Dedicated pages for key markets:
Company, Team & On-Site Headshots
Need consistent headshots for an entire team? Josh brings a full portable studio to your San Francisco office and photographs everyone on-site, a few minutes per person, so a whole department can be done in a single morning without disrupting the workday. Every portrait matches in lighting, crop, and background, so your team page looks intentional rather than assembled from phone selfies. On-site and mobile headshot sessions suit startups refreshing the team page before a raise, established companies standardizing across departments, and onboarding classes of new hires. Standard delivery is 3 to 5 business days, with same-day or rush turnaround when you are up against a launch or press deadline.
Corporate Headshot Photography Across the U.S.
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Trusted by the Companies You Know
Teams at Google, Amazon, Salesforce, Meta, Stanford and UCSF book me for their corporate headshots. I've photographed Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and AWS CEO Matt Garman, so when your executive team steps in front of my camera, they're getting the same photographer whose work runs in the New York Times, TIME, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. Clients have left me 43 Google reviews, every one of them five stars, plus about 56 more on Yelp. I don't say that to brag. I say it because when you're picking a photographer for 40 employees on a single day, the track record is the product.
On-Location Studio at Your Office
I bring a full studio to you: professional lighting, backdrop options and instant on-set review, set up anywhere from a spare conference room to a corner of the lobby. Employees step out of their day for five minutes, not an afternoon. A typical large headshot day covers 30 to 60 people with a consistent look across everyone, which is what makes the team page and LinkedIn profiles actually match. I serve San Francisco and the entire Bay Area from my base in Novato, and I travel nationwide for companies standardizing headshots across offices.
Straightforward Pricing and Fast Turnaround
Half days are $2,000 and full days are $4,000. Large-group headshot days typically run $3,500 to $4,000 depending on headcount and setup. That includes the shoot, professional retouching on selected images and full commercial licensing, so HR and marketing can use the photos anywhere. Most companies get their final retouched gallery within five business days, and rush turnaround is available when a board deck or press announcement can't wait. No hidden per-person fees, no licensing upsells later.
The Photojournalism Difference
Most corporate headshots fail for one reason: the person looks like they're being photographed. Fifteen plus years shooting for AFP taught me to get real expressions out of people fast, including people who swear they hate having their picture taken, which is roughly everyone at a headshot day. My editorial work has won the Istanbul Photo Awards First Prize and the AFP Varenne Canon Grand Prix and has been exhibited at Visa pour l'Image, but the skill your team benefits from is simpler: I make people comfortable in about ninety seconds, and it shows in the photos. Call 650-515-0999 or email josh@edelsonphotography.com to lock in a date.









































































































































































