Before Your Portrait Session: Your Questions Answered
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Become Studios offers three portrait sessions for women in business.
The Headshot Refresh is a 30-minute studio session.
"More Than A Headshot" is a one-hour studio session with head-to-toe portraits. Both take place at my San Rafael studio in Marin.
The Brand Portrait Experience is my most comprehensive session, with wardrobe consulting, professional hair and makeup, and a multi-hour guided shoot at my studio or on location.
I also photograph teams.
A free 20-minute consult call is the easiest way to find the right fit. -
The Headshot Refresh is $445 and includes two retouched headshots.
"More Than A Headshot" is $855 and includes three retouched images.
The Brand Portrait Experience is $1,735 in the studio or $1,975 on location and includes four retouched images.
Most Brand Portrait clients invest between $1,900 to $3,000 once they add more images to their collection.
Team photography starts at $2,750. We calculate fees based on scope, complexity, and projected resources, then present a transparent proposal.
Additional images are $250 each for the first one to three, and the price per image goes down as you purchase larger quantities. Every image you purchase is professionally edited, cropped and retouched. -
You don't need to know how to pose. I guide you through every expression and movement, so you can relax and just be yourself. Many women arrive nervous and leave surprised by how much they enjoyed it. As one client, Vernā Myers, put it: "I felt she captured the true me."
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The Brand Portrait Experience includes a wardrobe and style consultation, professional hair and makeup, brand design guidance, and a multi-hour guided session with multiple looks, poses, and backdrops. You receive four beautifully retouched, ready-to-use images, and you can purchase more.
It's designed to give you everything you need for your website, PR, speaking engagements, articles, and social media in one session. -
For the Brand Portrait Experience, we start with a free consultation call, then a Zoom wardrobe and styling session where we choose 4 to 6 outfits. On shoot day, our artists do your hair and makeup, and I guide you through the session. Within two weeks, we review your photos together on Zoom and choose your favorites. Every image you purchase is retouched based on that conversation.
For the Headshot Refresh, you will receive a confirmation of your scheduled session and a How To Prep PDF guide. An edited gallery to choose your final photos is ready within 4 working days of your session.
For "More Than A Headshot," we start with a 20-minute prep call and you receive a PDF preparation guide. Your edited gallery to choose final photos is ready within 7 working days of your session. -
Professional hair and makeup are included in the Brand Portrait Experience. Our artists create a natural, photo-ready look that is polished and still completely you. Included is a Zoom wardrobe and styling meeting where we choose 4 to 6 outfits together and I build in time for several changes during your shoot.
For the Headshot Refresh and "More Than A Headshot," you arrive camera-ready and to help you prepare for your session I send a PDF guide for wardrobe, hair, and makeup ahead of time.
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Choose the Headshot Refresh if you need a polished, updated photo for LinkedIn, your website, or a bio.
Choose "More Than A Headshot" if you also want head-to-toe portraits in one afternoon. This session will give you headshots plus head to toe photos for your online brand presence or printed material.
Choose the Brand Portrait Experience if you're stepping into something new, like a book, a keynote, a board seat, a pivot, or a rebrand, and want a full library of images that matches who you are today. We’ll have brand discussions, talk color palatte, review your website together to ensure you are getting the photos you need for all of your marketing. -
Once your photos are paid for in full, you can use them however you like to promote your business, including on your website, social media, in print, and in advertising. The only limit is that you can't transfer or share the usage rights with anyone else, such as another brand, a store, or another person. Anyone else who wants to use your images needs to license them from me directly.
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My studio is in San Rafael, in Marin County, and I photograph women across the Bay Area. The Headshot Refresh and "More Than A Headshot" sessions take place at my studio in San Rafael. The Brand Portrait Experience can take place at my studio or on location, at a place that reflects you and your work.
I also travel for shoots, and recently photographed clients in San Diego, Baltimore, Boston, and Greece. Travel fees will be added to locations beyond 50 miles of San Rafael.
Studio hours are by appointment only, Tuesday through Friday. -
Schedule a free 20-minute consult call and we'll talk through your goals and decide which session fits best.
You can schedule your consult here, call 415.515.4625, or email laurie@becomebeseen.com.
If you already know you want a quick headshot, you can also book a Headshot Refresh directly.