Price range · $1,950–$7,500
( S—06 ) Executive Headshots — New York
Editorial portraits for executives, partners, and the board.
1:1 sessions for CEOs, founders, law-firm partners, fund principals, and listed-company directors. A senior photographer, a controlled studio environment, and 90 minutes of focused direction — finished images delivered in 48 hours.
- From
- $1,950
- Session length
- 60–90 min
- Delivery
- 48 hours
- Locations
- Tribeca + on-site
( 02 ) Why this matters
Executive portraits aren't headshots — they're how the public reads your judgment.
An executive portrait gets used everywhere a team headshot does not: board books, investor materials, conference websites, prospectus inserts, association bios, press kits, and LinkedIn. The image needs to survive being printed large and rendered as a small profile crop while still reading as the same person.
We treat these as one-on-one shoots, not part of a team day. A senior photographer directs the session personally, builds lighting around the subject and room, and keeps the setup controlled enough for consistent web, print, and press use.
Wardrobe consultation is included. Retouching is editorial-grade: natural skin texture preserved, color matched to your firm's visual system, and captions/credit notes organized so PR and investor-relations teams can use the files without extra cleanup.
( 03 ) What's included
Files for every channel a director uses.
Every engagement is fixed-scope and fixed-price. The list below ships with every project regardless of tier.
- 01 / 8
Senior photographer + first AC
A senior editorial photographer directs personally. Assistant runs lighting, monitors tether, and manages wardrobe transitions.
- 02 / 8
Controlled lighting setup
Controlled key, fill, and separation lighting with color-checking on the first frame for consistent web and print output.
- 03 / 8
Two backdrop options
Neutral studio backdrops or a clean office environment selected during pre-production.
- 04 / 8
Wardrobe + posing direction
On-call review of outfit options plus calm posing direction for senior subjects who do not spend their days on camera.
- 05 / 8
Tethered live preview
Tethered review during the session so the chosen frames are approved before wrap.
- 06 / 8
Editorial retouching
Natural skin retouching, eye and tooth cleanup at editorial standard, color match to firm palette, IPTC metadata embedded for press desks.
- 07 / 8
Multi-format delivery
Web, print, social, speaker-bio, and press crops organized for the teams that need to publish them.
- 08 / 8
Two-year usage license
Unlimited internal and external use across web, print, press, and conference materials. Renewable annually after year two.
( 04 ) Pricing
Three executive packages.
All sessions include senior photographer, retouching, and a 2-year unlimited usage license. New York City within Manhattan is included; outer-borough and tri-state travel is billed at cost.
- The Single
One executive, one location, the most common booking.
From
$1,950
- 60-minute session in our Tribeca studio
- Two backdrops, two wardrobe changes
- 10 retouched files (web + print masters)
- 48-hour delivery
- 2-year unlimited usage license
- The Leadership SetMost popular
Three to four executives photographed together in one half-day. Most-booked package for refreshing leadership pages.
From
$5,400
- Half-day on-location at your office or studio
- Up to 4 executives, 60 min each
- Cohesive lighting and retouching across the set
- 30 retouched files total
- Group portrait of leadership team included
- 5-day delivery
- The Annual Report
Editorial environmental portraits for an annual report, S-1, or board book.
From
$7,500
- Full-day production at multiple locations
- Up to 6 executives in chosen office or city environments
- Magazine-style direction (DP-led blocking)
- 40 retouched files including B-roll details
- CMYK and Adobe RGB print masters
- Press-ready captions and credits delivered with files
Example scope
Representative production plan
Deliverables, approvals, and reuse mapped before production
An example production scope showing how the page can be planned around deliverables, approval paths, capture needs, and post-production outputs before the crew is booked.
Production note
Production planning starts with the business use case, approval path, delivery formats, and the moments the team needs after the shoot.
Notes are written from the service workflow, not presented as client endorsements.
( 06 ) Service area
New York & the surrounding boroughs.
Signal Visual photographs executives across New York's financial and professional-services corridors. Our Tribeca studio is a 10-minute walk from the FiDi tower cluster and a short ride from Park Avenue, Plaza District, and Bryant Park offices. We routinely shoot at major Manhattan firms and at family offices in Greenwich and Westchester, with on-location coverage extending across the tri-state.
- Tribeca
- Park Avenue
- Midtown
- Hudson Yards
- Flatiron
- Wall Street
- Bryant Park
- Plaza District
- Greenwich Village
- Brooklyn Heights
How is this different from your team headshot service?
Different buyer, different deliverable. Team headshots are a single morning, one lighting setup, the entire org in one frame language — efficient, cohesive, $4,500+. Executive portraits are 1:1 sessions with a senior photographer, custom-lit per face, editorial retouching, and a multi-format file kit for filings and press. We routinely shoot both for the same title: team headshots quarterly, executive sessions ahead of an annual report or fundraise.
Will the photos work for an S-1 or annual report?
Yes. We deliver print-ready masters, web crops, caption notes, and photographer-credit details so the same portrait set can support annual reports, investor materials, speaker bios, and press requests.
Do you photograph at our office or in your studio?
Either. Many executive sessions happen on-location in the subject's own office or a chosen conference room. Studio sessions are useful when calendars are tight or the office is not visually controllable.
What's the turnaround for press-ready files?
48 hours for the standard package. Same-day priority files can be scoped when a press, investor, or announcement deadline requires it.
Who owns the photos? Can we use them anywhere?
You receive a 2-year unlimited usage license — internal, external, web, print, press, conference, prospectus. Renewal after year two is $750 per executive. We retain copyright and the right to include unobjectionable images in our portfolio (subject to a written carve-out for confidential subjects, which we honor without exception).
Do you direct the wardrobe?
We send a one-page guide before the session and are available for a 15-minute pre-shoot wardrobe call. On-set, we'll review three outfit options, pick the strongest two, and steam any wrinkles before shooting. We don't mandate a uniform — we make sure what each executive wears reads well at thumbnail.
( 08 ) Related services
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