Individual remote headshots
$180 Per person
- Fully remote session
- Live posing and lighting guidance
- One retouched final image
- Digital background option
- Private gallery
- Unlimited usage rights
Virtual headshots
Virtual headshots made from real photos, not generated faces
A virtual headshot session happens remotely, but the image is still captured from a real person with live photographer direction. You join from your phone or camera setup, we guide lighting, framing, posture, and expression in real time, then the selected image is professionally edited for a clean, believable result.
No selfie upload workflow. No generated likeness. No studio visit required.
- Real photographs, not generated faces
- Live photographer direction during capture
- Smartphone or simple camera setup
- Consistent editing for individuals and teams
- No travel or studio visit
Pricing
Simple pricing for virtual headshots
Start with one guided session, a small team rollout, or a larger company program. Each option is based on real photo capture, live photographer direction, and edited final files.
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Remote team headshots
$100 Per person for teams of 3+
- Live virtual photoshoot for each participant
- Guidance from a professional photographer
- One high-end retouched final image per person
- Private gallery
- Usage rights for recruiting, PR, LinkedIn, and internal tools
Large company headshots
From $80 Per person for 10+
- Shared visual direction
- Booking link for all team members
- Consistent crop, color, and background
- Editing team review
- Delivery for website, recruiting pages, and brand systems
What virtual headshots can mean
The phrase “virtual headshots” is used in different ways. Some services are AI-generated, some are upload-and-edit workflows, and some are live remote sessions with a photographer. This page is about the third option: real photo capture with human direction during the session.
Live-directed virtual photography
This is the service we offer. A photographer connects remotely, reviews your setup, adjusts light and camera position, directs posture and expression, and captures a real image. The selected photo is then edited for color, crop, background, and natural polish.
You get the convenience of a virtual session without losing the direction that makes a professional headshot work.
Upload-and-edit services
Upload-only services can work when the starting photo is already strong. The limitation is that no one is helping during capture. If the camera angle, light, background, or expression is off, editing has less to work with.
The polish on a final image comes from the source frame as much as the retouching. Without live direction, the result depends almost entirely on what you sent in.
AI headshot generators
AI tools create new images from uploaded photos. They can be useful for low-stakes experiments, but they may also create likeness drift, unusual skin texture, inconsistent details, or an image that feels polished but not quite real.
For LinkedIn, company websites, press profiles, hiring pages, and client-facing bios, real capture is usually safer. See our AI headshots alternative.
How a live virtual session works
How a live virtual session works
A virtual session is simple for the participant, but it is not self-guided. You choose or request a session time, receive preparation instructions and a session link, then join from your phone at the scheduled time. The photographer connects live, gives direction during capture, and the selected image is edited into a finished professional headshot.
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Schedule and prepare
You choose a convenient time or request a session through the booking flow. Before the session, you receive simple preparation instructions and the app or session link you will use to join.
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Setup check
When you join, the photographer reviews your light, camera position, background, and framing. If a better spot is available, they will guide you there before capture begins.
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Live direction and real capture
The photographer guides posture, shoulder angle, eye line, chin position, and expression in real time. The session creates real photos, not generated frames, with enough variation to choose the strongest image.
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Edit and deliver
After the session, the selected image is edited for color, exposure, crop, background, and small distractions. Final files are prepared for agreed professional uses, such as LinkedIn, company bios, resumes, speaker pages, or internal profiles.
Why live direction changes the result
Most people do not need a complicated studio setup to get a strong headshot. They need someone who can see what the camera sees and make the small corrections that are hard to judge alone.
A professional photographer can guide:
- where the light should come from
- whether the camera is too low, too close, or too wide
- how the background reads behind the face
- whether the shoulders look tense or uneven
- whether the chin position is distorting the face
- whether the expression feels natural or forced
- whether the image will crop well for professional profiles
Self-taken photos and AI tools both miss this layer. One depends on the photo you already took. The other creates a new image from uploaded references. A live session gives the photographer more control before editing begins.
Real photos, not generated faces
AI tools generate a face-like image. Live virtual photography captures the person in front of the camera.
That distinction matters when the headshot will be used for work, hiring, press, sales, leadership, or client-facing profiles. The final image should look polished, but it should still feel like the person someone might meet on a call, at an event, or in an interview.
- Real capture, real expression, real likeness
- Editing improves color, tone, crop, and small distractions
- Skin texture stays natural
- Permanent features stay recognizable
- The professional look does not depend on inventing a new face
This matters for potential clients, employers, recruiters, investors, colleagues, and team members who may recognize the person in real life.
See our retouching standards.
Quality and editing
The session creates the source image. Editing turns it into a finished headshot.
Each selected image is refined for color, exposure, framing, background, and small visual distractions. The goal is a clean professional result without overprocessing the person.
For individuals, this means a polished image for LinkedIn, a resume, a website bio, a speaker profile, or a professional portfolio.
For teams, the same editing standard helps create consistent headshots across different homes, offices, time zones, and lighting conditions. The result should feel like one visual system, not a collection of unrelated profile photos.
Deliverables can include web-ready files, high-resolution image files, and PNG options when the project requires them.
Explore background options and company website headshots.
See the final look
See the final look
Virtual headshots should not feel like random profile photos or generated faces. The final images should look clean, current, and professional across LinkedIn, resumes, company bios, team pages, press materials, and internal directories. The goal is not to make every person look identical, but to keep lighting, crop, background, and retouching controlled enough for real business use.
Who virtual headshots are for
Who virtual headshots are for
Virtual headshots are most useful when the image needs to feel real, current, and professional, but a studio visit is not practical.
Individual remote headshots
One guided session for a LinkedIn profile, resume, website bio, speaker page, press profile, or professional portfolio.
Remote team headshots
Consistent headshots for remote teams, hybrid teams, and distributed companies. Each person receives direction, and editing keeps the final set aligned.
AI headshots alternative
A clear comparison for people deciding between AI headshots, upload-only editing, and a real virtual session with photographer direction.
Virtual headshots for teams
The same virtual workflow can scale across a distributed team. The company sets the visual direction once, and each person joins their own session from wherever they are.
The photographer guides capture, and the editing team finishes every selected image to the same standard. This helps remote and hybrid teams create a consistent visual presence without planning a studio day or asking employees to submit random photos.
- One scheduling link can be sent to every employee
- Time-zone-aware sessions can be planned across the team
- Each team member receives preparation guidance
- Capture follows the agreed visual standard
- Editing is applied consistently across the set
- Final delivery can be organized by person, department, or use case
- New hires can be added later with the same visual direction
This is useful for team pages, recruiting pages, internal directories, email signatures, investor materials, and sales decks.
See remote team headshots, global employee headshots, and new hire headshots.
How virtual headshots compare to other options
| Dimension | Live virtual session | Studio day | Upload service | AI tool |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real photo | Yes | Yes | Yes, if the upload is real | No |
| Live direction | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| No travel required | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Team consistency | Strong | Strong when everyone can attend | Variable | Hard to control |
| Likeness accuracy | High | High | Depends on the submitted photo | Variable |
| Setup control | Guided remotely | Fully controlled in studio | Limited | Not capture-based |
| Best fit | Real professional headshots without a studio visit | Local production days | Simple edits from a strong existing photo | Low-stakes experiments |
A live virtual session sits between a traditional studio shoot and automated tools. It keeps the real person, photographer direction, and professional editing, while removing the need for a physical photo day.
What you need for the session
You do not need professional camera equipment or perfect lighting. You need a simple setup that gives the photographer enough to work with.
- A modern smartphone or laptop with a working camera
- A stable internet connection
- A quiet spot where you can stand or sit comfortably
- A simple, clutter-free background
- Natural light near a window or workable indoor lighting
- Solid, professional clothing that fits the intended use
- A way to position the camera close to eye level
- About 25 to 45 minutes without interruptions
Using the back camera of a phone can improve image quality when the setup allows it. If that is not practical, the photographer will work with the best available option.
See the preparation guide.
Common questions
Questions about virtual headshots
What are virtual headshots?
Virtual headshots are professional headshots created without meeting the photographer in a physical studio. The session happens remotely, but the image is still based on real photo capture, live direction, and professional editing.
Are virtual headshots AI-generated?
No. Our virtual headshots are real photos captured during a live remote session. Editing improves the image, but the face, expression, and likeness come from the person being photographed.
Are virtual headshots the same as remote headshots?
The terms often overlap. “Virtual headshots” usually describes the remote format, while “remote headshots” describes the service model. In our process, both mean a real photographer directs the session remotely and the final image is professionally edited.
Do I need professional camera equipment?
No. A modern smartphone or laptop with a working camera is enough for most sessions. The photographer helps adjust the light, camera height, framing, and background before capture.
Can virtual headshots work for a company team?
Yes. Virtual headshots work well for remote, hybrid, and distributed teams because each person can join from their own location while following the same visual direction, crop, background, and editing standard.
Can you match an existing team headshot style?
Yes. We can work from an approved reference, background direction, crop, and retouching standard. The match depends on each participant’s setup, but live direction gives us more control than upload-only workflows.
How much do virtual headshots cost?
Individual remote headshots are $180 per person. Remote team headshots are $100 per person for teams of 3+, and large company headshot programs start at $80 per person for teams of 10+.
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Book your remote headshot session
Tell us what you need, and we will help you choose the right remote headshot format for an individual session, a team rollout, or a larger company program.
Plan your virtual session
Plan your virtual session
Book one professional headshot for yourself, or create a consistent headshot system for a team that cannot gather in one studio.