Kemp Photography brings a full portable studio to your Washington, DC office and photographs your whole team in one visit. Our own crew handles setup, shooting and teardown. You pay a flat half-day or full-day rate, with travel from California already included.
Why Washington teams book an on-site headshot day
Washington runs on credentials. Lobbyists, trade associations, law firms, consultancies, think tanks and government contractors all sell the same thing: people who know the room. A staff page full of stale or mismatched photos undercuts that sale before anyone picks up the phone.
Three kinds of employers drive most of the demand here. Associations and advocacy groups publish staff directories, testimony bios and event programs. Law and government-relations firms live on attorney and principal bios. Contractors and consultancies need clean, consistent faces for proposals, where a team page is often a scored section.
The need repeats because DC turns over. Administrations change, fellows rotate, and policy shops add staff before every legislative push. One on-site day lets a communications director refresh the whole roster without chasing forty people to a studio.
Common uses:
- Staff and board pages for associations and nonprofits
- Proposal team sections and capability statements
- Conference speaker bios and panel programs
- Testimony submissions and press kits
How a headshot day works in a DC office
A DC headshot day starts with the lobby. Many buildings, especially downtown, have a security desk, a visitor log and sometimes a loading dock with limited hours. We ask for the process at booking and send crew names in advance so the desk can pre-register them. We can supply a COI on request if management wants one.
- Book. Send headcount, address and target dates. A 50% retainer reserves the date.
- Pick the room. You need about 10 by 20 feet and a power outlet. An interior conference room is perfect, since window light is not required.
- Setup. We arrive roughly an hour ahead of the first session and build the studio while your office wakes up.
- Shoot. About two to three minutes per person. Principals can be given fixed times while everyone else flows through.
- Select. Employees see images immediately or in a private gallery and pick a favorite.
- Deliver. The chosen image is retouched. Finals typically arrive within one to two weeks, and you get a roster page of everyone's selections.
Because DC building heights are capped, many offices are broad floors in mid-rise buildings, and a spare conference room is usually easy to find. Across the river in Rosslyn or at Tysons, expect garage parking and a separate loading entrance.
What does a corporate headshot day cost in Washington, DC?
Half a day of shooting costs $3,600 and suits teams of roughly 50 to 60. A full day costs $4,850 and suits teams of roughly 150 to 250. The flat rate covers the whole day regardless of headcount within those ranges, and travel is included, so there is no separate line for flights or lodging.
| Package | Flat rate | Typical headcount | Illustrative cost per person |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half Day | $3,600 | ~50–60 | ~$60–$72 |
| Full Day | $4,850 | ~150–250 | ~$19–$32 |
| Multi-set or multi-day | Quoted | 250+ | Quoted |
Per-person figures are illustrations only, but they make the point for a budget memo: one booked day often costs less than a handful of individual studio sessions for a leadership team. A multi-office roll-out across DC, Virginia and Maryland is quoted.
Neighborhoods and suburbs we serve around Washington, DC
DC work spreads across the District and two states. Downtown firms cluster along K Street, Dupont Circle and Penn Quarter. Government-adjacent teams sit around Capitol Hill, NoMa and the Navy Yard. Virginia offices fill Rosslyn, National Landing, Tysons and Reston, while Maryland teams work out of Bethesda and Silver Spring.
- K Street and Farragut
- Dupont Circle
- Penn Quarter and Chinatown
- Capitol Hill
- Georgetown
- NoMa
- Navy Yard
- Rosslyn and Arlington
- Crystal City and National Landing
- Alexandria
- Tysons and McLean
- Reston
- Bethesda
- Silver Spring
Multi-office companies with a Washington, DC location
Plenty of DC organizations are a hub and spokes: headquarters on the Hill or K Street, with regional or state offices elsewhere. Those spokes are usually the ones with the worst photos, because nobody owns the problem.
We run every office on the same lighting and background recipe, and we aim for the same lead photographer across locations. Your DC leadership page and your regional staff page then look like one organization.
Sentry Insurance was our largest recent roll-out: 552 headshots across offices in 12 states in roughly a month. We have also worked on K Street, and we apply the same approach to any multi-site DC-area roll-out.
Washington, DC headshot day FAQ
What does an on-site corporate headshot day cost in Washington, DC?
A Half Day is $3,600 and a Full Day is $4,850. Both are flat daily rates, not per-person prices, and travel from Orange County is included. A Half Day suits roughly 50 to 60 people, a Full Day roughly 150 to 250. Several offices or sets are quoted.
Our lobby has a security desk and visitor sign-in. Is that a problem?
No. Send us the building's visitor process and we will give you the crew's names ahead of time so the desk can pre-register them. If management wants a certificate of insurance, we can provide a COI on request. Most DC buildings handle this routinely.
Can you shoot at our Northern Virginia or Maryland office?
Yes. Arlington, Tysons, Reston, Bethesda and Silver Spring are all in range. Suburban offices often have easier parking and loading than a downtown tower. Tell us where the room is and how the crew gets equipment in, and we handle the rest.
How early should a DC association or firm book?
Sooner than you think, because DC calendars bend around conferences, fiscal year-ends and board meetings. A 50% retainer reserves your date. Call (714) 912-0766 or request a quote with headcount and target weeks, and we will tell you what is open.
Do you have experience with offices on K Street?
Yes. We have worked on K Street, and downtown buildings there are familiar territory. Each building still has its own freight, security and schedule rules, so we ask about them at booking and plan the load-in around them. That avoids any lobby surprises on the morning of the shoot.
What if we have leadership who can only spare a few minutes?
Each person is in front of the camera for about two to three minutes. We can slot executives at fixed times, then run the rest of the team in the gaps. Everyone sees their images right away and picks a favorite for retouching.
Get a flat-rate quote for your Washington, DC office
Send your headcount, building and a few target weeks. We will come back with a flat number and a plain answer on availability.
Get a flat-rate quote for your Washington, DC office or call (714) 912-0766.