Individuals
When it comes to pricing head shots for businesses and corporations, it really depends on whether you are an individual or a group. If you are only needing one head shot on a clean background, our rate is $125 per photo shoot. This price includes a DVD of your entire shoot, full rights to the photos, and a complementary retouching of one of the photos you choose. You can??™t beat that for $125. Depending on the location, timing, and weather, we can shoot you outdoors if you prefer a background with some life and color. All of this can be discussed prior to your shoot so you receive exactly what you want. We can also add custom backgrounds if you need them.
Groups
Alan Schaefer Photography Corporate Headshots has many years of experience shooting groups of all sizes for their various corporate needs. Whether you need a shoot for a large group of employees on an individual basis, simple group photos, or even a new LinkedIn profile picture, we can certainly help you. Getting your company, a quote for a photo shoot requires a few minutes on the phone to identify your needs. While there are a few variables when quoting photo shoots (travel, time required, post-production needs, set up) our basic motto is this:
Based on the number of people you need shot, we??™ll be able to work with you within the scope of your budget. Just let us send you a quick quote.
The bottom line is that most companies want the cheapest photos and never give the photographer a chance to work with them on a fair price. If you aren??™t interested in the overall quality of the photos, we honestly recommend sending your employees to the mall on their lunch breaks. The risk in this is, and we see it all the time, is that you often end up spending more money after the fact when the photos you receive aren??™t up to your expectations. We believe our rates are very reasonable and our photos are the best in the area.
We are also happy to travel to your office, but we only do so if you have at least five employees who need photos.
Have more questions? Go to the Frequently Asked Questions page and we??™ll probably have your answer there. Please also visit our Gallery page to view our work, and follow up with our Contact page or call us at 631-806-0583 when you??™re ready to discuss your needs.
Rescheduling/Cancellations
Individuals seeking a single outfit headshot who cancel or reschedule their shoot with more than 24 hours notice from the time of our appointment will lose their initial deposit. Individuals who cancel or reschedule their shoot with less than 24 hours notice from the time of our appointment will lose their initial deposit and be required to pay an additional 50% of the cost of the photo-shoot should you reschedule. In both scenarios listed previously, you will be required to put down a second deposit to reschedule.
For photo shoots of multiple individuals, groups, or corporate events, all reschedules will require you to pay an additional 50% of the cost of the original agreement.
Custom Backgrounds
How do custom backgrounds work?
Most of the indoor photos we take are in front of a white backdrop that we provide. If you??™d like to be shot in front of a background of your choice (a bookshelf, window, outdoors), that??™s no problem at all, providing this background exists somewhere on the premise of your location or our studio. If your goal is to have us add a different background during our post-production re-touching, we??™ll shoot you in front of the white backdrop first and add the background later.
Three things to keep in mind regarding custom backgrounds:
1. Although we offer them, we do not recommend custom backgrounds. First and foremost, we are a photography business, not a digital re-touching or reproduction company. We??™d be happy to refer you to companies who do that for a living exclusively. Keep in mind that when you start to tinker with the original image file, you??™re running the risk of the image looking overly doctored/photo shopped. This is neither ideal for us or you. We do not like to produce work that degrades the overall picture quality, and sometimes adding backgrounds does just that.
2. We only recommend using solid color backgrounds or gradients (pictured above.)
3. All of your custom background requests need to be agreed upon before the photo shoot in writing.
As you can see from the few photos above, we can match any existing color or gradient that you??™d like. Perhaps your company already has a certain color in the employee??™s background photos on your website and you??™d simply like us to match that. Not a problem. It is always helpful to us if you can provide a file or an HTML color code in advance.