We create stunning portraits and professional headshots for businesses, brands, publications, actors, and people in search of powerful photography.

Based in San Francisco and traveling world-wide.

Creative portraits and headshots.
Captivating images.

Professional Portraits
Environmental Portraits
Business Headshots
Lifestyle & Yoga Portraits
Editorial Portraits

Based in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area We specialize in professional headshot photography and portrait photography for corporate professionals, entire offices, artists, actors, and fitness and yoga instructors. We can come to you. Our photographers and portable studio setup will travel to your offices to create professional headshots for your executives and team. We also provide on-location creative portraits and lifestyle portraits for magazines, editorial publications, small businesses, and individuals

this is what
we specialize in.

business portraits

Powerful PROFESSIONAL headshots and portraits to propel your business and elevate your brand.

professional experience

The Drew Bird Photography creative team has more than ten years experience creating unique and captivating portraits and professional headshot photos for clients in San Francisco, throughout California, and all over the world. Whether you need professional headshots for 200 people in your corporate offices, executive headshots for your leadership team, editorial portraits to accompany a magazine article, personal branding images, or professional portraits for yourself, we can scale the size of our creative team for any project.

our clients
Adobe logo
Apple logo
Lufthansa logo
Aflac logo
Workday logo
Uber logo
Google logo
IBM logo
Salesforce logo
Capitol One logo
Left Coast Power Yoga logo
Golden State Warriors logo from photo essay about the 2017 Championship Parade in San Francisco.
Smithsonian Institution logo

getting started
with us is simple

Creating incredible portraits and headshots starts with understanding your needs. To do this we have a straightforward process for connecting, choosing the right photo location, selecting the best type of lighting profile to match your aesthetic, and building the best custom process for image editing and delivery. Our attention to detail and customer service help to ensure compelling photos for your brand or business and a stress-free experience from start to finish.

Man with spectacles and a beard at the conservatory of flowers. San Francisco editorial portrait and headshot photographer Drew Bird.

1. Get in touch

Inquire with us with a description of your headshots or portrait project. We’ll set up a complimentary consultation in order to better understand your needs. Every project is unique. We will build you a custom proposal.

2. Discovery

During our pre-planning meetings we will work together to determine the best locations for your portraits or headshots photo session. Our creative team will help determine the most ideal setting (indoor or outdoor) and backdrop (environmental or studio canvas) for your portraits. Site visits and location scouting are available for any project.

Smiling woman standing in front of a wood-paneled wall. Headshot by San Francisco based photographer Drew Bird.

3. Create

We will come to you.

Our creative team will come to your offices or another predetermined photo location. We will create gorgeous headshots or environmental portraits for your entire team. We will bring a portable studio lighting setup with us. For office headshots, our on-site editor will cull and edit images in real-time. Every person will select their favorite headshot on the spot. And, you’ll receive the final, edited JPGs by the time we are finished on the same-day.

Let’s Create
a Story together

The Drew Bird Photography creative team has more than ten years experience creating unique and captivating portraits and headshots for clients. We’re based in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay area. Our professional headshot photographers are available throughout the Bay Area  including Mountain View, Palo Alto, San Mateo, San Jose, Santa Clara, Marin, Napa, and Sonoma. We also travel throughout California, the USA and all over the world.

We will work with you to help determine the best location for your portraits or headshots. Some popular options include outdoor portraits, indoor portraits, urban settings, office settings, and nature settings. With our portable studio setup we can create an incredible lighting profile and photo experience just about anywhere. The world is our canvas.

We create many different types of custom tailored headshots and portraits for many different types of clients. We’ll work together to determine the best style for your professional images and then we’ll custom tailor our photography approach to match your aesthetic. Some of the types of portraits we regularly create include business headshots, editorial portraits, corporate headshots, executive portraits, lifestyle portraits, environmental portraits, yoga portraits, fitness portraits, musician portraits, artist portraits, acting headshots, natural light portraits, studio portraits, fashion portraits, and model portraits for modeling portfolios. We also do personal branding sessions for business professionals, entrepreneurs and small business owners.

We Will Come To You.

Whether you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, downtown San Francisco or the other side of the world our creative team of headshot photographers will come to your offices and create gorgeous headshots for your entire team. We will bring a portable studio lighting setup with us. Our on-site editor will cull and edit images in near real-time. Each person will select their favorite image on on the spot at our mobile editing station. And, you’ll receive the final, edited photos by the time we are finished on the same-day.

We highly recommend that you combine your corporate headshot project with a lifestyle and branding session as well. Most of our clients combine the two into a single project. It’s generally more cost effective for you to do these projects together and the value proposition is significant. Learn more about a corporate lifestyle photography session here.