Executive headshots

The board-deck photo earns the meeting before the agenda.

AI executive headshots for founders, C-suite, and managing partners. The photo on the board deck, the investor pitch, the All-Hands slide, and the press kit. Hand-picked, graded, delivered in under 90 minutes.

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Built by Joshua Albanese · 20+ years behind the lens · 15,000+ studio sessions

★ 4.8 stars on Trustpilot
15,000+ studio sessions of experience
Delivered in under 90 minutes
Plain-language redo policy

Built for your stage

The right headshot at the right altitude

A seed-stage founder photo and an IPO-ready CEO photo solve different problems. The grading checklist tunes for both.

Seed to Series A

Founder photo

The photo that goes on the deck slide, the AngelList profile, and the press article when the round closes. Approachable, confident, not over-styled. Reads like a real founder, not a CEO of a 5,000-person company.

Series B and up

Operator photo

The photo for the company about page, the partner intro, and the recruiting decks. Sharper styling, clean background, the look that says "this person ships." Same face, just rendered for the institutional audience.

C-suite, managing partner, IPO-ready

Executive photo

The photo for the proxy statement, the annual report, the board deck, and the conference keynote. Editorial-grade lighting, formal wardrobe, the institutional photo a Fortune 500 board would expect.

Sample executive headshots

Suits, blazers, and clean backgrounds

The look that holds up on a board deck and on a press feature. Real outputs from real customer uploads.

How it works

Get your headshots in minutes, not days

Three steps. Phone-friendly upload. Hand-picked delivery. No studio appointment, no wardrobe prep, no half-day blocked off.

1 Upload

Upload 10 selfies

Phone photos are fine. Mix up the angles, expressions, and outfits. Take them in the last year so the AI grades you, not a younger you.
2 Generate & grade

The AI builds and grades your photos

Every shot is scored against a working photographer's checklist. Lighting, eyes, sharpness, identity match. The bad ones get tossed before you ever see them.
3 Delivery

Hand-picked set in under 90 minutes

Every photo passed before it reached you. Most orders finish in less than an hour. Download, share, set as your LinkedIn profile photo, done.

Get my headshots If it doesn't look like you, we redo it. No questions, no fine print.

Why executive-grade matters

Identity drift kills credibility at this altitude

An executive photo lives in places where the audience already knows who you are. The board has met you. The proxy reader is a shareholder who reads ten of these. A photo that looks "model-y" or 10 years off your real age does the opposite of what a headshot is supposed to do. It signals you do not understand the audience.

Aurawave's grading checklist throws out outputs where the AI smoothed past the point you would still recognize, shifted hair color, or aged you younger than you are. Same face the board sees on Tuesday, just rendered with studio light. That is the bar a real headshot photographer holds, and that is the bar the engine holds.

The math

Aurawave vs. hiring an executive photographer

Executive sessions run $800 to $2,000 in major metros. Aurawave runs $19 to $59 with the same grading workflow.

With Aurawave

+ $19 to $59 per pack, no hourly billing
+ Under 90 minutes, no calendar coordination
+ About 25 graded photos, board-deck-ready
+ Refresh in 6 months without booking another session
+ Team rollout for 50 execs at the same per-seat rate

Hiring an executive photographer

– $800 to $2,000 for premium executive sessions
– 2 to 3 weeks for booking, session, and turnaround
– 5 to 10 retouched keepers per session
– Re-book a new session every refresh cycle
– $7,500 to $25,000 for a coordinated 50-person team shoot

Founder & photographer

Joshua Albanese

Built by a working photographer

20+ years behind the lens. 15,000 studio sessions in the rubric.

Joshua spent 20+ years behind the lens. He ran a top-10 US headshot studio in Chicago from 2007 to 2024. He saw the AI category shipping photos that looked like models, not the real people who paid for them.

Aurawave is the fix. The same checklist he uses on studio shoots, baked into the grading layer. The AI is the camera. The photographer is still in the room.

20+

Years behind the lens
15K+

Studio sessions
F500

Client roster

Photographed for

Trustpilot Stripe Google Spotify asana

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What customers say

Real reviews from real customers

4.8 / 5 across 7,800+ Trustpilot reviews

"The AI-generated results are unnervingly accurate, like someone extracted the professional version of me that exists."

Jeremy B.

Trustpilot · LinkedIn refresh

"I needed headshots for a last-minute conference, and Aurawave delivered in record time. The speed doesn't compromise quality."

Frank M.

Trustpilot · Conference deadline

"Aurawave gave me a professional look I couldn't achieve with selfies or amateur photography."

Lance H.

Trustpilot · Business owner

"I appreciate how Aurawave's AI handles diversity. The headshots look great for people of all ethnicities and ages."

George B.

Trustpilot · Healthcare exec

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If it doesn't look like you, we redo it

That's the whole policy. No fine print. No clause that voids the redo if you download a photo to inspect it.

Same business day turnaround One sentence, no clauses Keep what you like

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about AI executive headshots

Will the photo hold up on a proxy statement or annual report?

Yes when the grading checklist passes. The same identity-match, light, and skin-texture criteria a real executive photographer holds is what the engine grades against. Photos that fail get killed before delivery. Use the Premium pack for the full attire and background range that institutional photos call for.

Can I roll this out across my whole exec team?

Yes. Team pricing starts at $45 per person for 1-4 seats and drops to $39 per person at 5+ seats. For a full leadership team or 100+ employees, contact us for an enterprise quote. The grading workflow is the same per seat, so the photos look consistent across the team page.

Will the photo look "AI" to a board member?

A graded Aurawave output passes the scan a board member or investor gives a headshot. The tells of bad AI (plastic skin, dead eyes, identity drift) are what the grading step throws out. The colleague who has met you in person is a harder test than the board reading a deck slide.

Can I use this for a press feature or magazine portrait?

For a press feature on a screen, yes. For a magazine cover or editorial portrait that needs in-room creative direction, book a real photographer. Aurawave is honest about that. Read our comparison page for the full breakdown.

How fast can I get an updated headshot before a board meeting?

Under 90 minutes from upload to delivery. Most orders finish in less than an hour. The deadline use case is the most common reason executives pick AI in 2026.

What if a photo does not look like me?

We redo the whole set, no charge. Reply to your delivery email within 14 days. We regenerate within 48 hours. The redo policy has no fine print and no clause that voids it if you download a photo to inspect it.

Built for your use case

Headshots that walk in before you do

Pick the use case. Aurawave's grading rubric tunes for the visual cues that matter for that audience: confident eye line for executives, warm expression for healthcare, sharp wardrobe for lawyers.