Azores
Corporate headshots in the Azores
In short
Corporate headshots in the Azores — from €200. 30 min on location with a vetted local photographer, and 15–20 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 48h. Longer sessions are quoted on request. The price is agreed before you book and does not move.
Why choose Corporate headshots in the Azores?
Corporate headshots in the Azores serve companies and professionals on São Miguel who have outgrown the phone portrait: a practice refreshing its partner page, a hotel group introducing new managers, a tour operator whose team page still shows people who left two seasons back. The photographer comes to your office, sets a backdrop and lights in one room, and photographs each person in a 30 min slot. Because that set-up stays fixed all day, the first portrait and the last one match, which is the entire point of a team grid. Nobody needs a flight to Lisbon or a trip to a studio for it, and the person on reception gets the same treatment as the managing partner, which is what makes a grid look like one company.
Where we photograph in the Azores
At your premises, in a meeting room or any space with a few metres of depth. Island offices often have something city ones lack, a wall of dark volcanic stone or a window onto the harbour, and that can become the background provided it stays identical for everyone and sits far enough behind each person to blur. Otherwise a neutral backdrop is brought in. For an individual without an office to host the shoot, a lit room is arranged and its address confirmed at booking. Outdoor headshots are possible, but here the weather turns them into a different, far less predictable booking. Before the day, send two or three portraits you already use if the new ones must sit beside them; head size, eye line and crop get matched to those, and the lighting is built to suit.
The best time in the Azores
Whenever your team is in. Indoor headshots are among the few services on São Miguel that never wait on weather, so they can be fixed weeks ahead and kept. Mid-week mornings tend to suit offices best, with fresh faces and no end-of-day fatigue. If your business runs on the tourist season, spring before summer staff start or autumn once things ease is the calmer time to take people off the floor for half an hour each.
What does the package include?
The package in the Azores covers: 15–20 retouched photographs; At your office or in studio; Consistent framing and background across a team; Private gallery within 48 hours. Nothing is added to the price after the session.
FAQ — Corporate headshots in the Azores
Half our team works at a site outside Ponta Delgada. Can you photograph both?
Yes, as two visits with an identical set-up, so portraits still match. Send addresses and headcounts for each site. Travel within the served areas of São Miguel is included; anything beyond them gets priced before you confirm.
Can the company use the headshots on the website and in press releases?
Yes, once agreed in advance. The basic licence is personal, so company use, whether website, press, recruitment or advertising, goes into the quote ahead of the session. Explain where portraits will appear and the licence is drafted to fit.
How long is each person away from their desk?
Roughly half an hour, including a quick look at the screen to pick favourites, then straight back to work. A shared calendar with names against times keeps the queue moving, and a mirror plus a comb near the door saves more retakes than any amount of retouching. Give everyone a slot in advance and the day runs to a simple timetable. The 15–20 retouched images per person arrive within 48h, cropped for website and profiles.