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Headshot and Portrait Pricing in Toronto and Oakville
Every Ymaphoto session is built around a single goal: images that communicate authority, presence, and trust before you speak. Every session is custom designed, from lighting and direction to wardrobe and look count, to support the role you're stepping into.
The numbers below are starting points. Your final investment is confirmed at your consultation.
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You see every image on the big screen during your session. If it is not right, we fix it in the room, reshoot it, or you walk away owing nothing.
Actor Headshots
Recommended by top Toronto talent agencies for 15+ years, including Noble Caplan Abrams, Ritter Talent Agency, Dicaro Talent, and Star Talent.
Suitable for three looks, a quick update for current submissions.
Suitable for a full range, with multiple looks covering theatrical, commercial, and character work.
From $50 + HST per image, chosen from your gallery after the session, so you only pay for the images you will use. Most people choose three, usually a commercial look and a couple of film and TV looks.
Executive & Corporate
Photographing C-suite, public figures, and party leaders across the GTA.
One look
Grey, white, or a solid colour background. Best for a LinkedIn, bio, or directory refresh. Includes one retouched file.
Two looks
Cinematic backgrounds, with lighting and styling to match, for executives who need more presence and platform range. Includes three retouched files.
Full range of looks
Cinematic backgrounds and solid studio backgrounds together, for leaders who need range across platforms and contexts. Includes five retouched files.
Additional retouched files are $100 + HST each.
These are headshots and portraits, at the studio or at your office. Environmental imagery made in your own working space is Personal Branding.
Personal Branding
Environmental imagery made in your element, built around your work, your spaces, and your presence.
Personal branding is built around your platform mix, content strategy, and brand positioning. Every session is scoped on consultation.
Entrepreneurs, founders, realtors, advisors, coaches, public figures, and professionals whose visibility is part of their business.
This is the only session built around your own space and your work in progress. Executive and corporate sessions are portraits. This is the environment around them.
Actor retouching is from $50 + HST per image, chosen after your session. Executive and corporate tiers include the retouched files listed on each tier.
Team and group sessions
Two ways to price a team. Both include travel and on location work anywhere in Toronto and the GTA.
Option A · per person
| Team size | Per person |
|---|---|
| 1 to 4 | $300 + HST |
| 5 to 9 | $250 + HST |
| 10 to 19 | $225 + HST |
| 20 or more | $200 + HST |
One retouched file included for each person. Additional retouched files are $100 + HST each.
Option B · by the day
$2,500 + HST per shooting day
An eight hour shooting window with no limit on how many people come through it. Every image is culled, exposure and colour corrected, and shot to need as little retouching as possible. Skin texture and blemishes stay as they are on the day. Retouched files are $100 + HST each, whenever anyone wants them, ordered by the company or by each person individually.
Roughly what fits in eight hours: about 30 people at a considered executive pace, about 45 at a standard corporate pace, and 80 or more at a high volume conference pace. Additional days at the same rate.
Below about 25 people Option A usually works out cheaper. Above that, Option B does. We settle which one suits your team at the consultation, and whichever you choose, the rate is written down and it holds.
Firms that keep hiring run this as a standing arrangement, so a new associate joining in March is still charged the team rate rather than a single session price. Details on the Standing Headshot Program page.
Add-on: Hair & Makeup
Professional hair and makeup is available as an add-on for $300 + HST, booked in advance through Ymaphoto's preferred MUA. Strongly recommended for executive portraits, public-figure portraits, and personal branding sessions.
Prefer to bring your own? You're welcome to arrange your own hair and makeup professional for the session. Just let us know in advance so we can plan timing accordingly.
What every session includes
Frequently asked
What's included in the price?
Session time, in-session direction, real-time review on a large screen, and wardrobe and look planning. Executive and corporate tiers include the retouched files listed on each tier. Actor retouching is from $50 + HST per image, chosen from your gallery, so you only pay for the images you will use. Hair and makeup is available as an add-on.
What is the difference between an executive session and personal branding?
An executive session is headshots and portraits, photographed at the Oakville studio or at your office. Personal branding is environmental imagery made in your own working space, where the work itself is part of the picture and we photograph you through a real working stretch. They are separate sessions at separate rates, and we settle which one fits at the consultation.
Can I use the photos in advertising?
Digital is covered. Your website, social, LinkedIn, press, internal and recruitment material, your own print, and paid digital advertising anywhere it runs. Billboards, transit shelters, print placements and TV are licensed separately and quoted per campaign, based on the placement and how long it runs. Mention it at the consultation and the session is shot for it, because those crops need room around the frame.
Why isn't every price listed?
Because every session is custom-designed. Two executive portraits of the same nominal size may need very different lighting, location, and time commitments depending on the role you're stepping into. The numbers above are starting points. Final investment is confirmed during your consultation, when we align the session to your specific goals.
Is there a satisfaction guarantee?
Yes, and it happens in the room. You see your images on a large screen throughout the session. If what we planned is not coming together, we fix it on the spot, reshoot it, or you walk away owing nothing. Nobody leaves hoping the photos turned out.
Do you offer payment plans?
Yes, on request. Otherwise, payment is due by e-transfer on or before your session date.
How do I book?
Two ways. If you already know the session you want, book it directly and hold your date at the Oakville studio. If you would rather talk it through first, book a free consultation. You can also do both: hold the date now, then schedule the consultation any time before your shoot. Sessions at your own office, teams and personal branding are scoped on a consultation.
Ready to start?
Hold your date at the Oakville studio, or start with a free consultation. Booking a session first is the fastest route, and you can still schedule a call any time before your shoot.
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Or get in touch directly: Youssef@ymaphoto.com · 647-783-7661