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Chicago
CORPORATE
HEADSHOTS

Executive portraits and staff headshots for Chicago companies — in studio or at your office, with lighting that matches across every face on the team page.

INDIVIDUAL PRICINGTEAM SESSIONS

Chicago corporate headshots are professional portraits for executives, staff, and boards — used on company websites, LinkedIn, investor materials, and press releases. Individual sessions start at $750; on-location team sessions start at $1,200. 312 Elements is led by photographer Michael Schacht, who has photographed 10,000+ people over 16 years for clients including Mastercard, Hyatt, United Airlines, Salesforce, and Bain & Company.

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From the C-suite portrait to the full staff roster

On-location corporate office group portrait and individual headshots of professionals in modern workplace, photo by 312 Elements Headshot Photography, Chicago, IL portrait photographer
Corporate headshots fail in two directions: the stiff badge-photo that makes a leadership team look like a compliance requirement, and the over-stylized portrait that doesn't match the person who walks into the boardroom. The work here sits deliberately between: executive portraits with enough presence for an annual report, photographed with the same documented lighting and direction that scales across an entire staff. One executive or a thousand employees — the team page reads as one company, and the new hire photographed next quarter matches the founder photographed last year. That documented-consistency system is the difference between corporate photography and a pile of individual headshots.

How corporate headshot sessions work

  1. 1

    Scope and style

    A short call to confirm headcount, location, and the visual standard — existing brand guidelines, a style reference to match, or a new look to establish. Wardrobe guidance goes out to every participant ahead of the session.

  2. 2

    Studio or your office

    Individuals and small leadership teams shoot in the West Loop studio; teams of six or more usually shoot on-location, with full studio lighting set up in a conference room. Three to five minutes per person, directed the entire time, with on-screen review as the day runs.

  3. 3

    Delivery and continuity

    Retouched files within one week, sized for web, LinkedIn, print, and press. The session's lighting and retouching standard is documented, so next quarter's hires match this year's leadership page.

What Chicago executives say

In my industry, your photo is a trust signal before a client ever agrees to meet with you. My previous headshots were technically fine but completely generic, and generic in this field reads as undifferentiated. The new images project confidence and discretion rather than polish, which is a harder thing to photograph.

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Lisa H.

Private Wealth Advisor

I'd recently joined two advisory boards and my existing headshot was a conference candid that was completely wrong for the board bios, publication bylines, and speaking programs I was now appearing in. What I needed was something that communicated strategic leadership — the visual vocabulary is different in tech, and most photographers don't make that distinction.

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Ryan C.

VP of Product

My publisher had very specific technical requirements, and I simultaneously needed images for my speaker kit, website, and press materials — contexts with genuinely different visual demands. Both sets of images came out exactly right, and Michael understood the difference between looking authoritative and looking approachable in a way that most people I'd worked with before simply didn't.

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Carolyn M.

Keynote Speaker & Author

What's included in a corporate headshot session

  • Retouched executive and staff headshots sized for website, LinkedIn, press, and print
  • Matched lighting, backgrounds, and retouching across every team member
  • Documented style reference so future hires match the existing roster
  • On-location setup at your office for teams, or studio sessions in the West Loop
  • Private gallery delivery within one week, with make-up sessions for absentees

How much do corporate headshots cost?

In Chicago, individual corporate headshots run roughly $200 to $800 depending on the photographer and what's delivered; on-location team programs are typically quoted by headcount. At 312 Elements, individual executive sessions start at $750, and on-location team sessions start at $1,200 with per-person economics improving as headcount grows — a single photographer covers up to 200 people in a day, and a five-photographer team covers 1,000+. Every quote covers retouched, press-ready files with no per-use licensing fees.

What should you avoid wearing for a corporate headshot?

Avoid the things that pull the eye off the face: busy patterns, oversized logos, high-shine fabrics, and statement jewelry. Pure white near the face blows out under studio light; pure black swallows structure. Solid mid-tones — navy, charcoal, burgundy, forest — photograph reliably across backgrounds, which matters when an entire team's images need to sit side by side. The wardrobe one-pager that goes out before each session covers this, and the studio keeps a steamer and dressing area so wrinkles don't make it into the annual report.

Are corporate headshots worth it?

A company's team page is one of its most-visited pages — investors, candidates, and clients all check who they'd be working with. A roster of mismatched selfies and decade-old portraits quietly signals disarray; a consistent, current set signals an organization that has itself together. The same images get reused constantly: LinkedIn, bios, press releases, conference programs, pitch decks. Amortized across those uses, professional corporate headshots are among the cheapest credibility a company can buy.

Corporate photography at scale

16+ years
photographing Chicago's corporate ranks — startups to the Fortune 500
10,000+ people
photographed for clients including Mastercard, Hyatt, United Airlines, Salesforce, and Bain
$750 / $1,200
individual sessions from $750; on-location team sessions from $1,200
200–1,000/day
per-day capacity — solo photographer to five-photographer team

Frequently asked questions about corporate headshots

How much do corporate headshots cost?
Individual sessions at 312 Elements start at $750; on-location team sessions start at $1,200, quoted by headcount and location. Both include retouched files sized for web, LinkedIn, press, and print, with no per-use fees.
How much to pay for corporate headshots?
In Chicago, expect $200–$800 per person for individual sessions, with team programs quoted by headcount. Price the deliverable: retouching, file sizes, usage rights, and whether future hires can be matched to the set. A cheap session your team won't use costs more than a professional one that lasts years.
What not to wear for corporate headshots?
Skip busy patterns, large logos, high-shine fabrics, statement jewelry, and pure white or black near the face. Solid mid-tones photograph best and keep a team's images consistent side by side. A wardrobe guide goes out to every participant before the session.
Are corporate headshots worth it?
Yes — the team page is a due-diligence stop for investors, candidates, and clients, and the same images get reused across LinkedIn, press, decks, and programs for years. Consistent, current headshots are among the cheapest credibility signals a company can buy.
Do you photograph at our office or in a studio?
Both. Teams of six or more usually shoot on-location — full studio lighting set up in your conference room, three to five minutes per person. Individuals and small leadership teams shoot in the West Loop studio at 212 N. Sangamon Street.
How do you keep headshots consistent as we hire?
Every session's lighting, backdrop, and retouching standard is documented as a style reference. New hires photographed next quarter — in studio or on-location — are matched to it, so the team page stays cohesive as the company grows.
What's the difference between executive portraits and corporate headshots?
Executive portraits get more session time, more looks, and editorial-style frames for annual reports, board pages, and press features. Corporate staff headshots optimize for consistency and efficiency at scale. Most engagements combine both: portraits for leadership, matched headshots for the roster.
How quickly do we get the images?
Standard delivery is within one week via private gallery — high-resolution files for print and press plus web-optimized versions. Rush turnaround is available for time-critical needs like funding announcements.
Can ChatGPT make a corporate headshot?
AI headshot tools produce images that fail corporate use in three ways: the likeness is approximate, the lighting can't be matched across a team, and the usage rights are murky enough that legal and HR teams routinely reject them. For a company's public-facing pages, photographed headshots remain the standard.

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