Headshots for Founders.
Outdoor, natural-light portraits in Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx (15 min from Midtown on the 1 train) for the people building the next company. Weekends only, fundraising-ready, LinkedIn-anchored.
Headshots for Founders.
Outdoor, natural-light portraits in Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx (15 min from Midtown on the 1 train) for the people building the next company. Weekends only, fundraising-ready, LinkedIn-anchored.
Sat·Sun
Weekend Sessions
Riverdale
Outdoors · 15 min from Midtown
48hr
Standard Delivery
$149
Outdoor Headshot · 30 min
Before the deck loads, before the demo runs, before the first slide hits the screen — investors, reporters, and senior hires have already opened your LinkedIn. 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 — 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, 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, well-rested — natural light is honest and reads everything
Expression & Posture
Confident, present, slightly forward. You're the person who decided to start the thing — 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 ($65)
Pre-Seed / Seed
The 30-minute weekend session in Riverdale or Van Cortlandt Park — your best images retouched and delivered in 48 hours, ready for the deck, the website, and the first investor intro emails.
Outdoor Headshot ($149 — first session $99 with code NEW50)
Founding Team / Series A and Beyond
Bring the founding team out for a weekend block outdoors. Everyone shot in the same light and the same crop so the team page reads as one company. Team and event days are quoted per group — send your headcount through the contact form.
Team & Event Days (quoted on request)
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 Weekend Session
Outdoors in natural light — Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park, 15 minutes from Midtown on the 1 train, plus Kingsbridge and lower Westchester. Saturdays and Sundays, booked at least 7 days ahead.
Fast Turnaround
48-hour delivery. Tell us the term-sheet or press date at booking and we place the weekend 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 $65 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 $65; step up to the $149 Outdoor Headshot when you have a round and a press cycle to plan around. First-time clients get the Outdoor Headshot for $99 with code NEW50.
Can you work against a fundraising or press deadline?
Yes, within the calendar. Sessions run Saturdays and Sundays and book at least 7 days out, and delivery is 48 hours. Tell us the announcement date when you book and we'll place you on the weekend 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 are weekends only and book at least 7 days in advance, and with 48-hour delivery you'll have finished images roughly nine to ten days from booking.
Can you shoot at my office, a WeWork, or in a studio?
No — there is no indoor studio and we don't shoot in offices. Every session is outdoors in natural light: Riverdale and Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx (15 minutes from Midtown on the 1 train), 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 sessions outdoors in Riverdale, booked at least 7 days ahead. Individual founder shoots from $65, 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
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The founder's playbook: LinkedIn, Substack, podcast cover, keynote, and press in one shoot.
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