Event Photography Philadelphia — Conference, Expo & Event Headshot Photographer

A headshot booth is a professional portrait station set up inside your event — studio lighting, a real backdrop, and a photographer directing each person, in a footprint about the size of a trade show booth.

It isn't a photo booth. No props, no strip of four frames, no novelty. Each attendee gets a few minutes of direction, sees the frames as they're taken, picks the one they want, and has a retouched professional headshot on their phone before they walk away.

My setup centers on the headshot station — that's where I bring the most value. I can also capture limited event coverage around the station: keynotes nearby, step-and-repeat moments, networking.

If you need a roaming photographer for the entire event — every session, every room, general attendee documentation — that's a different kind of photographer, and I'm happy to point you toward someone who specializes in that.

A half-day booth is $2,750, a full day is $4,950, and multi-day events are $4,500/day. That includes professional studio lighting, lead capture, branded delivery, and sponsor integration.

Final pricing depends on headcount, hours onsite, and whether you want any additional coverage around the station.

A single headshot station comfortably handles 150 to 200 attendees across an 8-hour event day, assuming a steady flow.

For larger conferences and trade shows, I can scale with additional stations or photographers.

Within minutes. Attendees pick their favorite on the spot and it's delivered to their phone — retouched and ready for LinkedIn before they leave the venue.

No follow-up emails, no messy galleries to sort through later.

Either — and the right one depends on who you're photographing.

Walk-up suits a trade show floor or a large conference, where the station becomes a destination and volume is the point. That's how I run 200 people in a day.

Scheduled slots suit a leadership team or an executive group at an annual meeting, where 25 people each need to step out between sessions at a set time and step straight back in. Fewer people, more control, no queue.

Four to six weeks minimum for conferences and trade shows. Peak corporate season (spring and fall) fills earlier, so if your event is during those windows, reach out as soon as you have a confirmed date.

Rush bookings are case-by-case — contact me directly if your timeline is tighter.

You can make an image that looks like a headshot, and most people can tell. Ears, hands, hair against the background and collars are where it falls apart. At a conference the bigger point is that attendees get a real photograph of themselves, picked on the spot and on their phone before they leave the venue. That's a photo they actually keep.

Right at the event, if the organizer or a sponsor sets up a headshot station. I bring studio lighting and a real backdrop into a space about the size of a trade show booth, direct each person for a few minutes, and the retouched photo lands on their phone before they walk away. Outside of events, individual sessions happen at my studio at Eagle Yards in Wayne.