Headshot Photography in Hastings
Professional headshots that look like you on a very good day.
Whether you need a new LinkedIn profile photo, updated images for your website or consistent headshots across an entire team, we'll create photographs that feel confident, natural and unmistakably you. Based at our professional photography studio in Hastings, East Sussex, we produce contemporary headshots for business owners, professionals, creatives, performers and growing teams.
Your headshot is often your first introduction
Before someone reads your bio, visits your office or meets you in person, they are likely to see your photograph.
A good headshot should help people recognise you, trust you and understand something about how you work. It needs to feel professional without looking stiff, polished without looking artificial and confident without turning you into somebody else.
We'll help you find the right balance.
Headshots without the awkwardness
Most of our clients are not professional models—and we don't expect you to know what to do in front of a camera. We'll guide you through the entire session, from posture and positioning to expression and where to look. You won't be left standing under a light wondering what to do with your face. The atmosphere is relaxed, the direction is clear and we'll take the time to create photographs you are genuinely happy to use.
Headshot photography for...
Business owners and personal brands
Show the person behind the business with professional portraits for your website, social media, press coverage, speaking engagements and marketing.
LinkedIn and professional profiles
Replace the cropped holiday photo or ten-year-old profile picture with a polished, approachable headshot that reflects where you are in your career now.
Company teams
Create a consistent set of staff headshots for your website, proposals, presentations and internal communications. We can photograph your team at our Hastings studio or discuss photographing everyone at your workplace.
Actors, performers and creatives
Natural, expressive portraits that show your personality and give you a versatile selection of images for castings, portfolios, profiles and promotion.
Authors, speakers and consultants
Create professional images suitable for book jackets, editorial features, event programmes, podcast appearances and press requests.
Portraits from the studio
A selection of headshots and personal-brand portraits photographed at The Studio Hastings.
A headshot that fits your brand
Not every professional needs to look the same. A solicitor's headshot may need to communicate something different from a designer's, therapist's or independent founder's. Before we begin, we'll talk about where the photographs will be used, who needs to connect with you and how you want to come across.
Depending on your needs, we can create:
The result is more than a flattering photograph. It is an image designed to do a job for you.
Your headshot session
Before the shoot
We'll discuss how you want to be seen, where your headshots will appear and the visual style that will suit you best. We can also advise you on clothing, colours and what to bring.
During the shoot
Your photographer will guide you throughout the session, making small adjustments to your posture, angle and expression. We'll try a range of compositions so you have options that feel natural and useful.
After the shoot
Your chosen photographs will be professionally edited and supplied as high-resolution digital files. Retouching is kept natural: polished enough to look your best, but never so heavy that you stop looking like yourself.
Team headshots in Hastings and East Sussex
Consistent staff photography can make an immediate difference to the way a business presents itself. We can create a visual style for your organisation and photograph multiple team members using the same lighting, background and composition.
This gives you a professional bank of portraits that works cohesively across your website, LinkedIn profiles, proposals and company communications. For larger teams, please contact us for a tailored quote—we can discuss studio sessions, photography at your workplace and a repeatable setup for photographing future employees as your team grows.
What to wear for a professional headshot
Choose something that feels like you and reflects how you would normally present yourself to a client, employer or audience. Simple colours and well-fitting clothes tend to photograph well, but that does not mean everything needs to be plain or formal. If your personal style is part of your work, bring it with you.
We recommend bringing two or three options where possible. Avoid anything uncomfortable or unfamiliar—you will look more confident in clothes that allow you to feel like yourself.
Glasses are absolutely fine. We can adjust the lighting to reduce reflections.
A professional photography studio in Hastings
Your session takes place at The Studio Hastings, a dedicated photography studio at St Andrews Mews in Hastings, East Sussex. Our large shooting spaces and professional lighting equipment allow us to produce everything from clean corporate headshots to more expressive personal-brand portraits, all in a private and relaxed setting.
We work with clients from Hastings, St Leonards-on-Sea, Bexhill, Rye, Battle and across East Sussex.
Frequently asked questions
Ready for a headshot you'll actually want to use?
Tell us what you need, where the photographs will appear and how you would like to be seen. We'll help you plan a relaxed, professional headshot session at our Hastings studio.