What do corporate portraits cost?
Portrait sessions are booked by the time I’m on site:
- Two hours: $2,000
- Half day, up to four hours: $3,400
- Full day, up to eight hours: $5,200
That’s one photographer. Extra hours are $750 each beyond your booking, never more than the day rate. Everything else is quoted from there.
There are two different things here and they don’t price the same way.
One person in a studio is a single session. You’re buying a photographer’s time and a short set of finished frames at the end.
A team, on site is priced on my time there. I bring the setup to your office, which almost always works out cheaper per person than sending people out one at a time.
How the on-site math works
It’s priced on time, not headcount. I can usually get thirty people done in an hour.
So the session costs what it costs, and filling it is what makes it a good deal. If twelve people sign up you’ve paid the same as if thirty had, which is why I’ll usually tell you to promote it internally a week ahead.
What changes the number
Mostly it’s how much driving and how much repeating is involved.
Three offices means three separate visits, so each one’s priced on its own. If you want this every quarter, that’s quoted differently too. Tell me how many offices and how often, and I’ll give you the number.
Why these search results are so confusing
Search this and most of what comes up is retail pricing, aimed at one person booking for themselves. Team portraits at your office are priced on time, so those numbers won’t tell you much.
What’s included
One fully retouched frame per person, delivered to them, plus the whole set to you.
Here’s what a session at a coworking space looks like, and what to tell people to wear.
