Personal brand & headshots
Professional headshots
A professional headshot session in Mexico is a 30-minute portrait session for a profile, a company website or a press kit, priced from $180 for 20 retouched headshots delivered within 3 business days. It is booked mostly by lawyers, doctors, consultants, real estate agents and executives in Mexico City and Guadalajara, and by teams who need everyone on the company website to look like part of the same set.
What’s included
In this session
- 30 minutes of photography at your office or a nearby location with good light
- 20 retouched headshots, chosen by you from the full set
- Retouched files delivered within 3 business days
- Two background options: one plain, one with depth
- Files sized for LinkedIn, a company website and print
With every session
- A vetted photographer who lives and works in the destination you book
- Professional editing of every delivered photograph
- A private online gallery, delivered within 3 business days
- Weather rescheduling at no charge when the location is unusable
- Help choosing the spot, the hour and any permit
Photography inspiration
What professional headshots can look like
Licensed photographs by independent photographers, credited on the photo credits page — shown for inspiration, not as Luminaria client sessions.
Destinations
Professional headshots in your destination
Available in 20 destinations across Mexico.
- CancúnQuintana Roo
- TulumQuintana Roo
- Los CabosBaja California Sur
- Mexico CityMexico City
- Playa del CarmenQuintana Roo
- Puerto VallartaJalisco
- San Miguel de AllendeGuanajuato
- OaxacaOaxaca
- Riviera NayaritNayarit
- CozumelQuintana Roo
- Isla MujeresQuintana Roo
- MéridaYucatán
- GuadalajaraJalisco
- BacalarQuintana Roo
- HolboxQuintana Roo
- Todos SantosBaja California Sur
- Puerto EscondidoOaxaca
- GuanajuatoGuanajuato
- Valle de GuadalupeBaja California
- MazatlánSinaloa
Guides
Guides for professional headshots
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About this session
Thirty minutes, one face, twenty usable portraits
- $180
- 30 min
- 20
- 20
The session usually comes to you. At an office, the photographer looks for a large window or a plain wall and offers two backgrounds: one flat and neutral, one with depth where the room falls out of focus behind you. Outdoors, a quiet corner of Polanco, Roma or Reforma in Mexico City, or a shaded street in Guadalajara, gives the same separation in natural light. Some office buildings register visitors at reception, so send the building the photographer’s name in advance and the half hour starts on time.
Two outfits fit comfortably into 30 minutes: a jacket for formal uses and a more relaxed option, both in solid colours, because small checks and thin stripes flicker on screens. Bring them pressed and on hangers. Retouching evens skin, removes temporary blemishes and stray hairs, and corrects colour, while scars, freckles and lines stay, so the person at the meeting matches the photograph on the website. Twenty headshots are chosen by you from the full set before retouching.
For a team, consecutive 30-minute sessions with identical lighting and background are booked as a block and quoted together. If you need more than portraits — you at work, at a talk, with clients — that is personal brand photography, which is built around working scenes and details rather than a profile picture.
Questions about professional headshots
Where do professional headshots in Mexico City take place?
Professional headshots in Mexico City are usually made at your office, beside a large window or against a plain wall, or outdoors in a quiet corner of Polanco, Roma or Reforma where the background falls out of focus. Some office buildings register visitors at reception, so give the building the photographer’s name in advance.
How many outfits can I bring to a 30-minute headshot session?
A 30-minute headshot session fits two outfits comfortably: a formal jacket and a more relaxed option, in solid colours without small patterns, which flicker on screen. Bring them pressed and on hangers; changing takes minutes off the session, and a creased collar is the one thing the retouching for professional headshots cannot fully hide.
Can a whole team get headshots on the same day?
A team headshot day is booked as consecutive 30-minute sessions with one consistent background and lighting, so a company website looks like one set rather than ten different photographers. For larger teams in Mexico City or Guadalajara, ask for a quote for a block of hours instead of booking individual headshot sessions one by one.
How retouched are professional headshots?
Professional headshot retouching evens skin, removes temporary blemishes and stray hairs, and corrects colour, but leaves scars, freckles, lines and face shape as they are, so the person at the meeting matches the photograph. Tell the photographer before the session if you want a lighter or a stronger touch on your 20 headshots.
Next step
Ready to book professional headshots?
Tell us the destination and the date. A coordinator replies within two hours with an available photographer and your exact price.