How Reid Studios' Headshot and Corporate Sessions Work — and How Fast You Get the Images

Reid Studios offers two headshot routes: a short individual session at its Fitzroy North studio (including early-start and lunch-break slots), or an on-site visit where Chris photographs your whole team for a consistent look. In both cases, finished images are sent by digital download the same day. That makes it workable for one person who needs an updated photo without giving up a workday, and for employers who want staff portraits done in a single coordinated block.

The Individual Studio Session

The studio sits on Reid Street in Fitzroy North, and Chris has been photographing headshots and corporate work in Melbourne since 2000. The session itself is deliberately short — the site frames it as a lunch-break appointment, with early starts also listed as an option.

What that means in practice:

• Input: you book a short studio slot and arrive as yourself, ready to be photographed.
• Action: Chris directs the session in the studio. Client testimonials on the site repeatedly mention his direction and the ease of being in front of the camera — one couple noted they are "always a bit awkward in photos" and credited his direction with the results.
• Expected result: finished, edited images delivered by digital download the same day.

The same-day turnaround is the detail worth planning around. If you need a headshot for a profile, a job application, or a press bio, you are not waiting days for a gallery link — you leave with the session done and the files arriving that day.

Who this suits

• Someone whose current headshot is years out of date.
• A professional who wants a session that fits inside a working day rather than taking a half-day off.
• Anyone who wants a portrait with some character rather than a stiff corporate shot — the studio's portrait work is described as "portraits with character," and headshots sit alongside that same approach.

The Corporate / Whole-Team Session

For organisations, Chris comes to your office and photographs the whole team on site. The site's stated aim is "a consistent look across your staff" — the value here is that everyone is shot in the same setting, under the same lighting and direction, so the resulting set looks like one body of work rather than a patchwork of photos taken at different times and places.

What to plan for

Because the delivery is same-day, a team session can realistically be scheduled without a long gap between the shoot and the images going live. For a business updating a team page or onboarding materials, that compresses the usual back-and-forth.

A practical example

Say a 15-person firm wants every staff photo refreshed for a new website. Booking a single on-site session means one block of disruption instead of fifteen separate appointments, one consistent visual style across the team page, and files arriving that same day — so the web update isn't held up waiting on photography.

How Fast, Exactly — and What "Finished" Means

The site states that finished images are sent by digital download the same day. Two things follow from that wording:

1. Same day applies to delivery of the finished files, not to a raw unedited dump — the images are described as finished.
2. Digital download is the delivery method, so you receive files rather than prints or a physical product.

If your deadline is tighter than "same day" — for instance, a headshot needed within the hour — that is worth raising when you enquire rather than assuming. The site does not promise anything faster than same-day delivery.

Deciding Between the Two

• Choose the studio session if you are one person needing a current headshot, especially if you can use an early-morning or lunch-break slot and want the files that day.
• Choose the on-site team session if you are responsible for staff photos and need a consistent set across multiple people without sending everyone to a studio individually.

Both routes share the same photographer, the same same-day delivery, and the same studio base in Fitzroy North. The difference is simply whether you go to the studio or the studio comes to you.

Before You Enquire

The site's enquiry flow is the starting point for both headshots and corporate work, and there is a dedicated headshot enquiry link. When you get in touch, it helps to have ready:

• Whether it's an individual session or a whole team.
• Your preferred timing — early start, lunch break, or an office visit.
• The date you need the finished images by, so the same-day delivery can be confirmed against your deadline.

Headshot pricing is not listed on the page, so cost is something to confirm directly in the enquiry rather than assume.