An Austin headshot photographer for professionals who need the photo to work.
Your headshot shows up before you do, on LinkedIn, a firm bio, a conference badge, a press feature. This is a coached Austin studio session built to give you one image you are glad to use in all of them. Studio or on-location, directed start to finish, retouched files in two to three business days.
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Headshot Specialist
Every Single Session
Retouched Delivery
Most headshots fail for reasons that are fixable.
Walk into most sessions and the unspoken assumption is that looking good on camera is your job. It is not. The reasons headshots come out stiff, dated, or not quite you are predictable, and every one of them is the photographer's to solve. The session is built to handle them before they happen, not to hope they do not.
You do not have to know how to pose.
Most people freeze the moment a camera comes up. Direction arrives one cue at a time, on posture, angle, and where to look, so a frame works even if you have never liked a photo of yourself.
Your expression is coached, not guessed.
The gap between a stiff photo and a credible one is usually the face, not the lighting. Small adjustments happen live, in real time, until it reads the way you want it to.
It still looks like you.
If a past set came back over-processed or like a different person, that is editing, not retouching. Distractions get cleaned up while you stay recognizable. No AI plastic, no swapped-out face.
No all-day production.
Book a time, arrive, get directed, choose your shots, leave. Most professionals are in and out inside the session window with the result already settled.
You see it before you leave.
Images come up on screen during the session. You approve your selects in the room, so nothing about the final files is a surprise two business days later.
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Three sessions. One standard.
Pick the session length that matches how the photos will be used. Every session includes professional lighting, in-session image review, and coached posing.
LinkedIn Headshot
A clean studio headshot for LinkedIn, resumes, and standard professional use.
30-minute session
- One outfit, single look
- Clean waist-up composition
- Coached posing throughout
- In-session image review
- Most clients select 1-2 final images
Professional
Standard studio session for firm websites, marketing, and multi-use professional headshots.
Up to 1-hour session
- Multiple outfits and backgrounds
- Optional ¾ length portraits
- In-session image review
- Coached posing throughout
- Most clients select 3-4 final images
Executive Portrait
Extended session for partners, executives, founders, and high-stakes public-facing use.
2-hour private session
- Unlimited wardrobe changes
- Headshots, ¾, seated, full-body
- Advanced posing and refinement
- Post-session retouching consult
- Most clients select 5-7 final images
How pricing works. Session fees cover studio time, lighting, coaching, and image review. Retouched images are purchased separately after your session.
Pay only for the images you select.
Choose your retouched images after your session.
Start with a few details.
Tell Ryan what you need and when works. He replies personally, usually within the hour, most days, to confirm your time and answer anything before you book.
Book, attend, done.
No discovery call, no proofs to chase, no all-day production. Three stages from the moment you reserve to the moment your files land.
Reserve and get ready.
Book online six days a week with immediate confirmation. A short prep email covers what to wear, solid colors and well-fitted over busy patterns, and what to bring. The rest is handled in person.
Arrive and shoot.
Show up at your time, no waiting around. You are directed through the session and watch the images come up on screen, then choose your favorites before you walk out. Most professionals are in and out within the session window.
Files in two to three days.
The images you selected are retouched naturally, color-corrected, and delivered web and print-ready to your inbox in two to three business days. On a tight deadline, flag it at booking and the timeline gets adjusted.
What makes a headshot photographer worth booking?
Determines whether the photos are usable. Most photographers point a camera and hope. A coached session directs posing, expression, and angle on every frame so every shot is usable.
Determines whether the photographer understands what working professionals need. A wedding photographer can technically shoot a headshot. A headshot specialist understands what reads as credible on a firm website, in a press feature, on a board profile, and on LinkedIn.
Determines whether you are trusting a portfolio or a pattern. Any photographer can show a handful of strong frames. ATX Headshots is booked repeatedly by Austin professionals and firms who need the result right the first time, and the reviews and returning corporate clients reflect a standard that holds session after session.
He knew what he was looking for in the shot and provided the guidance so I knew how to play my part. I would highly recommend ATX Headshots.
Beth Blake
Rolls-Royce
How long does an Austin headshot session take?
Sessions run thirty minutes, sixty minutes, or two hours depending on the tier. Most working professionals book the one-hour Professional session and are in and out within the hour.
LinkedIn Headshot
One outfit, single look. Clean studio composition. Most clients select one to two final images.
Professional
Multiple outfits, optional ¾ length portraits. Most clients select three to four final images.
Executive Portrait
Unlimited wardrobe changes. Headshots, ¾, seated, full-body. Built for high-stakes public-facing use. Most clients select five to seven final images.
Image review happens during the session. Retouched files are delivered to your inbox in two to three business days.
What clients say after the session.
Perfect five-star rating on Google. Eleven years of headshot work. Every review pulled directly from clients who walked in and walked out with photos they could use.
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Questions before you book.
The things professionals actually want settled before they reserve. The full prep guide arrives with your booking confirmation.
I take a bad photo. Will this be different?
That is the most common thing people say walking in, and it is the photographer's problem to solve, not yours. The session is directed the whole way: posture, angle, and expression are coached one cue at a time, and the images come up on screen so you can see it working.
You do not leave with a photo you settled for. You approve your selects in the room before you go.
How much does a session cost?
Sessions start at $225 for a thirty-minute LinkedIn Headshot, $325 for a one-hour Professional session, and $525 for a two-hour Executive Portrait. Retouching is priced separately at $125 per image, flat. Most clients spend $325 to $575 in total.
Every price is published on this page, so there is nothing to ask for and nothing revealed late.
What if my last headshots came back looking over-edited?
That is usually heavy-handed editing, not retouching. Here the retouching is natural: blemishes, stray hairs, glare, and distractions are cleaned up while you stay recognizable. No skin-smoothing into plastic, no AI sheen, no version of you that you would not put your name to.
Can you come to our office instead?
Yes. On-location sessions are available across the Austin metro for executives and teams who would rather have the photographer come to their office or venue. The studio is the default for individuals; on-location is common for leadership and group work. Mention it at booking and the setup is handled.
Do I really need to dress up?
Wear what you would wear for the setting the photo is for. Solid colors hold up better than busy patterns, and fit matters more than how formal it is. A blazer over a different shirt counts as a second look. The prep email covers the rest, and anything else gets handled in person.
Can you match a set of headshots we already have?
Yes. Send a sample at booking and the background, lighting, and crop are matched so the new images sit alongside what you have. Common for firms keeping leadership headshots consistent as people join.
What is your rescheduling policy?
Plans move. Reschedule with reasonable notice and the booking moves with you. If something comes up last minute, call the studio at (512) 790-8298 and it gets worked out.
Where is the studio?
600 S. Bell Blvd, Suite 7, twenty minutes north of downtown Austin, with free parking on-site and no shared lobby. Easy to reach from Leander, Round Rock, Georgetown, Pflugerville, Lakeway, and Westlake. Sessions are by appointment only.
The photographer, the studio, the work.
Direct answers for professionals comparing Austin headshot photographers. The person behind the camera, how a session runs, and what you leave with, stated flat.
A dedicated Austin headshot photographer.
ATX Headshots is the working studio of Ryan Dunbar, a headshot photographer serving Austin and the surrounding metro. Twenty-one years behind the camera, eleven of them specializing in headshots.
Every individual session is photographed by Ryan personally. No associates, no apprentices, no junior shooter handed the booking. The person in the reviews is the person in the room.
Studio and on-location across the metro.
Studio sessions run six days a week by appointment at 600 S. Bell Blvd, Suite 7, twenty minutes north of downtown Austin. Free parking on-site, no shared lobby.
On-location sessions are available across the Austin metro for executives and teams who need the photographer at their office or venue. Reserve online with immediate confirmation, choose your images during the session, and receive retouched files in two to three business days.
Specialties and use cases.
Roles read differently on camera, and the session is coached to match how the photos will be used. Executives and founders booking for board materials, press, and firm sites tend toward the two-hour Executive Portrait. Professionals updating how they show up to recruiters and clients book the thirty-minute LinkedIn or the one-hour Professional session.
For role-specific detail, see the pages on LinkedIn headshots, attorney headshots, and realtor headshots.
The work, done right.
Pricing is published on the page, so you know what you are paying for before you book. Ryan photographs every individual session. Images are reviewed on screen during the session, so you leave knowing what you are getting.
Retouched files arrive in two to three business days, finished naturally. No AI plastic, no over-processed sheen, no different person in the mirror.
Book your Austin headshot session in minutes.
Online booking. Instant confirmation. Coached session. Files in two to three business days.
ATX Headshots serves working professionals across the Austin metro, including Cedar Park, Leander, Round Rock, Georgetown, Pflugerville, Hutto, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Westlake, Tarrytown, Hyde Park, and the Domain. Studio sessions at 600 S. Bell Blvd, Suite 7. By appointment only. On-location sessions available across the metro.