Headshots for Founders.
Outdoor, natural-light portraits in Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx (one train from Midtown, no transfers) for the people building the next company. Weekends and weekday evenings, fundraising-ready, LinkedIn-anchored.
Headshots for Founders.
Outdoor, natural-light portraits in Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx (one train from Midtown, no transfers) for the people building the next company. Weekends and weekday evenings, fundraising-ready, LinkedIn-anchored.
Sat·Sun·Eves
Weekends and Evenings
Riverdale
Outdoors · Direct on the 1 train
48hr
Standard Delivery
$149
Outdoor Headshot · 30 min
Investors, reporters, and senior hires have already opened your LinkedIn before the deck loads, before the demo runs, before the first slide hits the screen. The founder photo is the first sentence of every diligence pass. We make it argue your case.
You are the company until the company can speak for itself. The photo should read that way.
Where Your Founder Headshot Does the Work
Fundraising Decks & Investor Meetings
Investors decide on the founder before they decide on the product. A sharp founder photo on slide three signals 'serious operator' before the financials even load.
LinkedIn: The First Diligence Surface
Every angel, VC, and customer opens your LinkedIn before the call. Your headshot is the first sentence they read. Make it argue your competence before you do.
Press, PR, and Media Coverage
When a reporter at Forbes, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, or your local trade press needs a founder photo at 4 PM on a Friday, the photo you already have decides whether the story runs with you or without you.
Crunchbase, AngelList & Investor Discovery
Founder photos populate every investor-facing database. A consistent, professional image on Crunchbase and AngelList shortens the path from a stranger's first search to a warm intro.
Hiring & Recruiting Senior Talent
The senior engineer, designer, or operator you want to recruit is doing diligence on you long before the first call. The founder image on your careers page is part of that diligence.
Podcasts, Keynotes & Speaking
Podcasts and conferences need a square, clean cover photo on 48-hour notice. We deliver in formats every booking team can paste straight into the slot.
The Founders We Photograph
One photographer, many founder profiles. Each session tunes the location, styling, and tone to the audience the photo will face.
Tech & SaaS Founders
Engineering CEOs, product founders, infrastructure operators. We also run a dedicated page for tech-startup founders.
Tech founder page →Consumer & D2C Founders
Founders of consumer brands, CPG, beauty, food, marketplace. Lean on warmth and product-led personal brand.
Fintech, Insurtech & Financial Founders
Higher-formality wardrobe, trust-anchored tone. Often paired with our finance industry page.
Finance industry page →Agency, Studio & Services Founders
Creative directors, consulting partners, agency owners. Sharpest founder portraits in the deck are often these.
Solo Founders, Indie Hackers & Operators
Personal-brand-led businesses. The image is the entire top of funnel, and we treat it that way.
Angel Investors & Operator-Investors
Multi-role founders writing checks. Built for both your fund's site and the companies you back.
Founder Styling: Serious Operator, Authentically You
The Dress Code
- Smart casual to business casual: blazer or quality knit, button-up or refined tee
- Skip graphic tees, oversized hoodies, and logo-heavy gear unless it's intentional brand
- Solid, deep colors (navy, charcoal, forest, black) photograph best
- The brief: 'serious operator', not corporate stuffy and not under-dressed
Color & Fit
- Tailored beats brand: a $200 alteration outperforms a $3,000 loose-fitting jacket
- Bring 2–3 outfit options so we can adjust to the surface (LinkedIn vs. press vs. deck)
- Watches: minimal, quality, no novelty pieces
- Avoid distracting patterns, plaids, or busy textures
Hair & Grooming
- Clean, recently styled hair: get a cut 1 week before, not the morning of
- Groomed facial hair if you keep it; clean shave if you don't
- If you wear makeup on camera, arrive camera-ready. A matte finish holds up best in daylight
- Skin: hydrated and well-rested, since natural light is honest and reads everything
Expression & Posture
Confident, present, slightly forward. You're the person who decided to start the thing, and that should be visible. We coach the expression on set; you don't have to figure it out alone.
Packages by Stage
Match the session to the round. You can always come back. Plenty of founders shoot the mini early and return for the full outdoor headshot before a Series A announcement.
Pre-Launch / Bootstrapped
A relaxed 20-minute walk-and-shoot through Riverdale in natural light, retouched selects included. Enough to upgrade your LinkedIn and About page before the first customer call.
Stroll & Shoot Mini ($95)
One Shoot. Every Surface You Need.
Founders return because a single session covers fundraising, press, hiring, and personal brand without a second visit.
Fundraising & Investor Surfaces
- Pitch-deck founder slides
- Crunchbase profile
- AngelList listing
- Investor 1-pagers
Personal Brand & Social
- LinkedIn primary photo
- Twitter / X profile
- Substack & newsletter
- Podcast cover and bios
Company-Facing
- About-page founder bio
- Press kit and media room
- Recruiting and careers page
- Email signatures
Press & Media
- Reporter-ready high-res image
- Conference and keynote bios
- Award and panel submissions
- Trade-press features
Our Process
Pre-Session Brief
Tell us the surfaces: fundraise round, press kit, podcast cycle, hiring page. We design the shoot list against the surfaces, not the other way around.
Outdoor Session
Outdoors in natural light in Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park, one train from Midtown with no transfers, plus Kingsbridge and lower Westchester. Weekends and weekday evenings, booked as late as two days before.
Fast Turnaround
48-hour delivery. Tell us the term-sheet or press date at booking and we place the slot so the images land before it.
Deck-Ready Formats
JPG, PNG, multiple aspect ratios: portrait, square, landscape. Pastes straight into Pitch, Figma, PowerPoint, LinkedIn, and the press email.
Founder Headshot FAQs
I'm a non-technical founder. Does this page still apply?
Yes. This page is built for founders across consumer, fintech, services, agency, marketplace, and CPG, anywhere the founder is the front door of the company. If you specifically run a tech startup, our /headshots-for-tech page leans into the YC / pitch-deck / engineer-founder angle.
I'm pre-revenue. Is the $95 Stroll & Shoot Mini enough?
For most pre-launch founders, yes. A few sharp retouched images on LinkedIn and your About page outperform a more expensive shoot that arrives six weeks late. The 20-minute mini is $95; step up to the $149 Outdoor Headshot when you have a round and a press cycle to plan around.
Can you work against a fundraising or press deadline?
Yes, within the calendar. Sessions run on weekends and weekday evenings and book up to two days before, and delivery is 48 hours. Tell us the announcement date when you book and we'll place you in the slot that lands the finished images before your press window. We've shipped against term-sheet deadlines and embargo dates.
We're a remote / distributed founding team. How does the group shoot work?
If your team can converge in New York for a weekend, we shoot everyone back-to-back outdoors in the same light so the team page reads as one company, not five. For permanently distributed teams, individual sessions are fine. We keep the location, light, and crop consistent across visits so the final grid still feels unified. Team days are quoted per group through the contact form.
What about my co-founder? Should we look alike?
No, but you should look like one company. Same location, same light, same crop; distinct styling and energy per person. The team page should read as a unit; each photo should read as the individual.
How early should I book before a fundraise?
Two to three weeks of lead time gets you the photo back before your first investor send. Sessions run on weekends and weekday evenings and book as little as two days in advance, and with 48-hour delivery you can have finished images within about four days of booking.
Can you shoot at my office, a WeWork, or in a studio?
Not at your office or a WeWork, but yes to a studio: the $214 Studio Headshot is shot indoors in Riverdale, The Bronx. Otherwise sessions are outdoors in natural light: Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx (one train from Midtown, no transfers), Spuyten Duyvil and Kingsbridge, and lower Westchester (Yonkers, Bronxville, Hastings-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Tuckahoe, Eastchester, Scarsdale, Pelham, and Mount Vernon). Backgrounds are greenery, park, and street by default. If you need a clean, plain background for a team page, a portable white backdrop can be brought outdoors and shot in natural light. Just ask when you book.
Ship the Founder Photo Before the Next Round.
Weekend and weekday-evening sessions in Riverdale, booked as late as two days before. Individual founder shoots from $95, or a weekend block for the founding team, quoted on request. 48-hour delivery either way.
Founder Reading
Field Guide
Series-A Founder Headshots in NYC →
Tone, location, and the small wardrobe choices investors notice on the founder slide.
Playbook
Personal Branding Photography Manhattan 2026 →
The founder's playbook: LinkedIn, Substack, podcast cover, keynote, and press in one shoot.
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