How Much Does a Company Headshot Day Cost? Price per Person and What Is Included
A company headshot day is priced per person: ₪690 from five participants, down to ₪400 from 50, VAT included. What is included and what moves the price.
A company headshot day costs ₪690 per person from five participants and up, and the per-person price decreases gradually to ₪400 from 50 participants and up, VAT included. There is no price per day. There is a price per person, and it is set by how many people are photographed on that day.
This is the first question office managers, HR people and marketing people ask, and they usually expect one figure for a whole day. The method here is different, and in my view fairer: a company of eight does not pay what a company of forty pays. This guide sets out exactly what the price includes, how many people fit in a day, how long each one takes, and what changes the final sum. How the day itself runs, step by step, is written separately in the guide to a corporate team headshot day, and I will not repeat it here.
The per-person price, in one table
| Number of participants | Price per person, VAT included |
|---|---|
| Fewer than five | Individual packages, at a discount |
| Five and up | ₪690 |
| Between five and 50 | Decreases gradually as the count grows |
| 50 and up | ₪400 |
These figures are identical to the official price list on the services page, and they are the only figures I work by. A company's quote is built from this table and the actual headcount, not from a negotiation.
What the price includes
The per-person price covers everything needed for an employee to walk into the room and walk out with a headshot ready to use:
- A scoping call with whoever is booking the day: what the pictures are for, which backdrop suits the branding, the dress code, and how the schedule will look.
- Setting up the mobile studio at the office. Studio lighting, a neutral backdrop and portrait lenses, the same gear that works in the permanent studio. Setup takes 20 to 30 minutes, and the details are on the mobile studio page.
- A session with personal direction for every person. Pose, head angle, expression. Whoever says "I don't photograph well" gets the same direction and the same time.
- A digital gallery of all the raw files from the day.
- Editing and retouching of the selected images, delivered in ready-to-use digital formats: LinkedIn, the company website, presentations and email signatures.
What is not included by default is environmental photography of the workplace and the team at work. It can be added to the same day, and that is settled in the scoping call.
How many people fit in a day
About ten participants per hour and a half. A team of 20 is done before the lunch break, and a full photo day covers 40 to 45 people. In one photo day for the Israel Export Institute, 40 people were photographed in 3.5 hours of shooting, on one neutral backdrop, with one consistent look.
That pace is possible because the light is calibrated once in the morning and stays fixed all day. Each employee comes in, gets direction, is photographed, and leaves. Nobody waits for gear, and nobody is away for more than a few minutes.
How long each person takes
A few minutes in front of the camera, direction included. The time is short because the hard work is done before: the setup, the calibration and the choice of backdrop. During the day, whoever accompanies the shoot on the company's side makes sure the next person is already waiting outside when the previous one leaves, and that keeps the pace.
The schedule is built in advance in the scoping call, by department and by availability. Everyone knows their slot, so even on a day of 40 people there is no queue in the corridor.
What moves the price
Four things always come up, and only some of them change the sum:
Headcount. This is the main factor. The per-person price starts at ₪690 from five participants and decreases gradually to ₪400 from 50. The more people photographed on the same day, the less each of them costs.
Location. On a company photo day, coming with the mobile studio is part of the service anywhere in Israel. Remote areas carry a travel surcharge, stated up front in the quote and not discovered afterwards.
A uniform backdrop. Does not change the price. The backdrop is chosen in the scoping call, grey, black, light or dark, to match the branding, and it comes with the mobile studio.
Editing. Included. The selected images are edited and retouched before delivery, and all the raw files are delivered in a digital gallery.
What appears on no price list is the level of the photography itself: the direction, the built light and the consistency from the first person to the last. That is what separates a team page that looks like one set from a collage.
How the quote is built
A quote for a company photo day is built in three short steps. First the number: how many people are being photographed, including anyone who might join. From it, the per-person price according to the table. Then the place: the address, to know whether there is a travel surcharge, and the room, to know it has 3 by 3 meters free. And finally the add-ons, if any: environmental photographs of the workplace. The quote that goes out names a final sum including VAT, with no items that surface later.
Three examples from the field
In one photo day for the Israel Export Institute, 40 people were photographed in 3.5 hours of shooting, on one neutral backdrop. On a photo day for the Jerusalem Municipality, 35 employees were photographed in six hours, with a mobile studio and a neutral grey backdrop. And in the project for the Israel Cancer Research Fund, some eighty of Israel's most senior cancer researchers were photographed over four shoot days, at the research institutions themselves, two Nobel laureates among them. In all three the principle is the same: one setup, fixed light, a price per person. The projects are described on the corporate photography page.
How a photo day runs at the office
Briefly, because the full guide to a concentrated headshot day already covers it: I arrive in the morning, set up the mobile studio in a meeting room or a quiet corner in half an hour, and photograph according to the agreed schedule. At the end of the day everything comes down at the same pace, and the company goes on working as if there had never been a studio there.
For what the organizing side has to do, the room, the space, the notice to employees and who accompanies the day, I wrote a separate checklist: how to organize an employee headshot day. And for the physical logistics of shooting at the office alone, headshots at the office answers that.
Compared with an individual session
For anyone comparing: an individual headshot session is priced in packages, ₪1,250 for the basic package, ₪1,850 for standard and ₪2,600 for premium, VAT included, plus an on-location add-on from ₪1,000 when the studio comes to you. So even a team of four should ask about a photo day: the individual packages at a discount are still less than four separate packages. The full breakdown of individual prices is in the guide to how much a headshot costs.
In summary
A company headshot day is priced per person: ₪690 from five participants, decreasing gradually to ₪400 from 50, VAT included. The price includes the scoping, the setup, the direction, the raw files, the editing and the delivery. What changes the sum is the headcount, and in remote areas the travel. Nothing else carries an extra charge.
To plan a photo day and get a quote for your headcount: WhatsApp 054-2000-300.
Frequently asked questions
- How much does a company headshot day cost?
- The price is per person, not per day: ₪690 per person from five participants and up, decreasing gradually to ₪400 per person from 50 participants and up, VAT included. Groups of fewer than five are priced on the individual packages, at a discount.
- What does the per-person price include?
- A scoping call beforehand, setting up the mobile studio at the office, a session with personal direction for every person, a digital gallery of all the raw files, editing and retouching of the selected images, and delivery in ready-to-use digital formats.
- How many people can be photographed in one day?
- About ten participants per hour and a half. A team of 20 is done before the lunch break, and a full photo day covers 40 to 45 people.
- How long is each employee away from work?
- A few minutes in front of the camera, direction included. The setup takes 20 to 30 minutes and is done before the first person comes in, so nobody waits for the gear.
- Is there an extra charge for coming to the office?
- On a company photo day, coming with the mobile studio is part of the service. Remote areas carry a travel surcharge, and it is stated up front in the quote.
- Does the price include VAT?
- Yes. Every price on the site includes VAT, the per-person price for a company photo day included.
Written by
Sharon Gabay
Portrait, headshot & fine-art photographer · author of six photography books
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