Melbourne Corporate Headshot Photography & Personal Branding
Melbourne
Corporate Headshots & Personal Branding
Now you can be relaxed in front of the camera when taking your business headshots & personal branding portraits.
At Julia Nance Portraits, you can start feeling at ease about having your photo taken.
COVID-19:
As restrictions have eased in Metro Melbourne, Julia Nance Portraits is running sessions in a covid-safe manner.
Please familiar yourself with our covid-19 policy on our covid-19 safety page.
Do you get sweaty palms even thinking about having to get headshots taken? Are you the type who “just isn’t photogenic”?
If so, you’re not alone; When not done correctly, a photo shoot can be scary and awkward. Awkward posing and unnatural smiles produce average photos and doesn’t help your pre-photo shoot anxiety in the slightest.
Sadly, these feelings are too common. Many business owners feel uncomfortable getting their photo taken and use sub-par photos instead.
You only have one chance at a first impression
So let's get it right!
So many business owners and corporate professionals know they need branding headshots but hate the process, so they either take the photos themselves or have a friend or family member take them.
The only problem is, the finished product isn’t as good as letting a trained and qualified professional take them.
Unlike your uncle Roger who is “handy with an iPhone”, a professional will capture moments that DIY photographers won’t.
The only thing even worse than having a poor quality headshot as a part of your branding is using the same stock images that you see everywhere. As you know, people do business with those they know, like, and trust… How do you expect people to know, like, and trust you if all they see are stock photos?
Putting your best self out there in your branding builds that trust so much more than a stock photo ever will.
Finally be comfortable in front of the camera
My name is Julia Nance, I help business owners and corporate professionals take portraits and headshots they can be proud of.
I’m a qualified photographer, with a Bachelor of Photography degree from RMIT University, and I have over 8 years of experience with studio portraiture.
To make sure you get the very best headshots, I have created an environment and process that ensures you’re as comfortable as possible, as Geelong based business owner, Vince Massara found when getting his headshots.
Vince said that he had previously “avoided” getting headshots and mentioned how he used a range of different images on his website and socials, creating a muddled message. However, in my relaxed Lilydale studio, Vince was able to get a series of headshots that he used throughout all his marketing materials.
And it isn’t just Vince who I have helped.
I have taken headshots for business owners all around Melbourne:
An experience like no other
Getting your corporate or personal branding headshots with me is an experience like no other. I don’t rush my clients or have a crazy strict time limit. Instead, I prefer to take the time to really make sure you’re comfortable and happy with the results.
How do I prioritise you?
- A pre-shoot branding workbook that makes sure I can work to your needs.
- No limits to studio or outdoor settings – we can do both!
- No limits on outfits – Bring as many as you need.
- Professional retouching – all of my images are processed with high attention to detail. I make sure everything looks clean, but natural.
- Flexible shooting schedule – I know you’re busy, so I can even work with you on weekends or evenings.
- A beautiful studio in Eastern Melbourne, surrounded by nature.
- Quick turnaround – Once your selections are in, you’ll receive the final photos in 2-3 working days.
How it works
Packages & Pricing
My headshot and personal branding sessions are designed to put no limits on business professionals like yourself.
Each package starts with a session fee, which includes one retouched image of your choice.
For those who need additional images, simply add on additional images before or after your session to compliment your needs.
A Business Headshot or Personal Branding Session
Session and 1 retouched image: $200
You’re ready to start making amazing first impressions, and you need high-end headshots or branding portraits that will do the job. No matter if your focus is a couple of great headshots or a full personal branding portfolio, we’ll work together to get some amazing images of you to use across your socials, website, and printed marketing materials. We’ll discuss exactly what will work for you in your industry, and you’ll have a range of imagery to choose from to make sure your profile stands out.
Each Session Includes:
- 1 Professional headshot/portrait, showing your personality.
- Professional full-retouching
- A business-orientated pre-shoot guide, to help you prepare.
- A familiarisation survey, so we’re not strangers!
- Your session tailored to you. Usually runs for 1-2 hours (or 2-3 for bigger portfolios).
- Headshot, mid-length and full-length options, + candid and natural options too.
- No outfit limits: explore all the looks you desire.
- Studio and outdoor options in the one session.
- High resolution file (ready for printing)
- Web-ready file: resized for web & social media upload.
Now offering Afterpay payment plans!
Create your dream branding portfolio and pay it off over 8 weeks!
Find out more here.
Optional Extras
Additional images are available for purchase.
Most of my clients fall in love with many of the beautiful portraits from their session. Often my headshot clients like to invest in 3-6 portraits in total, and my personal branding clients typically invest in 10-12 portraits of themselves. You can choose to add on extras at the time of booking, at your photoshoot, or after your photoshoot, and Afterpay is available on extra images too.
Extra images:
Retouched Images – $75 each
Additional images are provided fully retouched, in colour and black and white, and multiple cropped versions.
You can choose an extra image package at the time of booking, or add them on after your headshot session when viewing your proof sheet of images.
For example: a headshot session with three images in total (one included, 2 extras) is $350.
All the final images are fully retouched and provided in colour, black and white, and in a range of various crops for you to use as well.
Staff Headshots, Team Photos & On-Site Branding
Yep, you guessed it. We can arrange for an on-site headshot and branding session at your workplace. We’ll get images that showcase your businesses biggest assets: your staff.
Here’s a quick look at what my on-site packages offer:
- Portable studio setup with a white or grey backdrop (or, your workplace in the background).
- A pre-shoot guide to send to all of your staff members.
- Professional, high-end retouching on all your final shots.
- Three crops of each headshot: landscape, portrait and square.
- Colour and Black & White versions of all headshots.
- Corporate branding packages available: your team at work, location images of your workplace, mock-meetings, and team photographs.
- High resolution file (ready for printing)
- Web-ready file: resized for web & social media upload.
Book A Session
By booking now, you can stop throwing money down the drain by paying up to $50 a month for impersonal stock images and stop leaving money on the table by using amateur headshots taken on your friend’s iPhone.
And remember, I work until we’ve got images you love. Getting your best photo is my priority and if it’s also yours, then book now.
Thank you,
Julia
Read some more great feedback from past sessions:
Julia is always so lovely to work with! She is friendly, relaxed, and makes the process so easy. Her studio is so lovely and relaxing, with views of rolling hills and beautiful music playing. Her headshots are so beautiful and natural, they're the best I've had. I've been to her twice and will definitely be going again!
Lucie, Actor & Musician.
Julia photographed my children for headshots and she was excellent to work with! Her studio is located in lovely grounds which are great for outdoor shots, and the indoor photos are equally as amazing. As well as being very pleased with the final images, I was also very impressed with the overall service and Julia's effective and timely communication both before and after the photography session. We will certainly approach Julia again in the future for her service!
Suba,
Mother of Jaya and Zane - actors
I was in need of a professional head shot. I googled search for someone who gave the right vibe and had diverse work. Turned out Julia was 1.5 hours away. 100% worth the trip. Julia listened to me - I asked for shots that make me look relaxed, soft and approachable. She delivered. She also has great expertise and knew that the slightest changes to hair, outfit and jewellery can make all the difference. She took her time, did not pressure me and turned to initial PDF's around in a matter of hours. The landscape around her studio is magnificent for outdoor shots. I am thrilled and will use her again when I update.
Alesha, Physiotherapist & Researcher
Julia was absolutely lovely so welcoming and my child felt very comfortable! I would definitely recommend 😊
Amy
Julia has photographed two of my daughters for their agency pictures and we had such a wonderful experience. Not only are the photos top quality, she is kind, caring and incredibly supportive/helpful in making the girls feel very comfortable. One of my daughters had a bespoke shoot with Julia which was a different experience for her and again she was made to feel so comfortable. Not only does Julia explain what she's doing all along the way but makes both the model and the parent relaxed and involved in the whole shoot. Highly recommend Julia for headshot photography and bespoke!
Kelliann
Julia is very professional, friendly and warm. My son felt so comfortable having his photos taken for his first photo shoot and really enjoyed it too 🙂 The photos are amazing! Thanks Julia!
Jane, Zed's mother.
From the moment we met Julia, she made my daughter feel at ease during her photoshoot. Images were amazing and excellent quality! I would highly recommend Julia for portraits.
Luisa G,
Gemma's Mother - Gemma is an aspiring model.
Not only does Julia provide top notch photos, but a unique and individualised approach to the shoot. Julia makes the process of getting headshots fun, relaxed, and easy, which only adds to the quality of the photos she takes. She has a keen eye and her touch ups on the final products are perfect!
Richard, Actor
Talented photographer that I felt comfortable with in front of the camera 🙂 Beautiful study just a bit outside of Melbourne.
Julia
- Actor and Model
Great service, very happy with the results and would highly recommend to others.
Sarah
I had some headshots done by Julia and I found her to be very easy to work with, very open to any suggestions and having fantastic ideas of her own. It didn't take long to relax in our session and the results were great. She is very down to earth and kind. Thank you Julia.
Chris B
- Actor
Julia is wonderful! She was engaged by my business to take corporate head shots and branding photos. She put everyone at ease and the photo quality is amazing!! Thanks Julia!!
Joy - Director at True Blue Migration
What a great experience, this was my first photo shoot and Julia made me comfortable guiding me the whole way. The results were outstanding 5 stars 👌
Dan Williams
- Founder of Independent EQ
Julia is an absolute wizard with the camera. I was a little anxious and not knowing what to expect going into the shoot, but Julia was an absolute professional. The session was cool, calm and more than exceeded my expectations. Can’t wait to return for more headshots in the near future and would highly recommend anyone that needs the best of the best to utilise Julia’s services 🙂
Jayden
- Actor
I would give 10 stars if I could. Julia is a thorough professional with a remarkable ability to pay attention to details. She made me feel comfortable and allowed me more than enough time to try and perfect various angles. Her studio location is quite picturesque, ideal for outdoor photoshoot and my dog enjoyed playing in the outdoors too. Indoor studio is suited for professional shots. She took numerous shots and showed me the results to select. She advised me on how to improve my posture and get the right expression for the camera. If you are camera shy, don't worry she will make you relax. We also tried different outfits during the shoot. She tries to understand the client by knowing more about them and their needs through a questionnaire. I found that she was able to produce the exact results that I was looking for with a quick turnaround time. I got the final product within two days of the shoot. All in all, an outstanding experience. 10 stars.
H - Senior Accountant
Working with Julia was really a good experience. She was wonderful at every aspect. Pre and post shoot service was excellent. Highly recommended.
Rahul
- Actor
Julia is super professional, talented and connected. She turns the daunting process of getting new headshots into an enjoyable experience. Extremely happy with the final shots! Highly recommend for any actor looking for industry standard photos that will stand out.
Kevin, Actor
Julia, took me from CONCEPT...TO PERFECTION...
Julia is MORE than a "Click" she is there! Julia is with you, she feels and listens to your every need, and goes WAY BEYOND what a "Hired Pic Taker." Goes...
I can not express enough, how joyful this experience has been.
Kirk, Actor and Music Producer
Thanks to Julia Nance Portraits. Finally someone took a great headshot and I can say that Julia has done a fantastic job !!
John Perthuis, Photographer & Videographer of Krysalyd Films
Thank you so much for the photos and the shooting. It was super nice and easy to work with you and the photos are amazing! I don’t think I have ever had that good pictures of myself!
Tiina
Julia is an expert at her craft - it has been an absolute pleasure to work together with Julia Nance on a jewellery photoshoot. She is professional, has great knowledge and skill with photography and post production, and is very warm and welcoming. I would highly recommend her both for her art photography and her portraiture. Wishing you all the best Julia!
Aurelia - Business owner at Aurelia Yeomans Jewellery
Had the privilege of having my portrait taken by Julia. She has a fantastic studio that's recently been done up in Lilydale which was a great space to get creative in - I love bright colours, and enjoyed playing around with her various backdrops. Julia was a pleasure to work with and I'm looking forward to my next session!
Michelle Box
I thoroughly enjoyed this photoshoot. Very relaxed environment. Julia was quick & easy to take directions from. Im thrilled my final prints which have pulled in more work.
Veronika Larson,
Actress
Julia was terrific to work with. As someone who hates getting photographed, Julia made me feel relaxed and comfortable and I never felt rushed. Weeks later, after the shoot, when I was trying to choose my final photos I had a fair few questions and Julia was always quick to get back to me with her very helpful answers. My biggest problem was that I had too many good photos to choose from thanks to Julia's skill as a photographer.
Julie - Actor
Would 100% recommend Julia! She was highly professional, flexible and fun to shoot with. She offered a huge range of background options and has created an amazing environment in her studio. I am so pleased with the result of my new acting headshots, and the whole experience was worth every cent.
If you’re looking for somewhere to get headshots / photos done - go straight to Julia!
Georgia, Actress
Thanks Julia for your great work. I was really happy with the process, photo taking on the day and final product. I would highly recommend for anyone no matter what is required, from a business photo through to something more personnel.
Gavin
I visited Julia's studio a few weeks ago for some headshots. Straight away she made me feel relaxed and comfortable in front of the camera. She understood the style I was going for, and I am wrapped with the photos! Julia is a very creative and talented photographer, and just a lovely person all together, I 100% recommend her!
Maddison Falls,
Maddison Falls Photography
Julia is very professional and has the ability to capture great photos.
Anne Vogt,
Arbonne Representative
Julia Nance Portraits was the single best experience I have had infront of a camera. I have avoided getting my headshots taken for years, often taking my own or using stock photos on my website. However Julia set me up with some amazing shots which have already generated more work!
Vince Massara, Owner of The Content Friends
Super friendly and professional! Had a really great experience having headshots done by Julia
Daragh, actor.
From the initial booking to the final photos produced, Julia Nance was a true professional. Her bright personality, attention to my daughter's needs and "no time constraints" policy made the whole experience enjoyable. I can't speak highly enough of Julia! She's absolutely awesome.
Sue
Julia takes amazing photos! She’s patient and creative, taking beautiful head shots! Would 100% recommend her! She won't rush you and her little studio is adorable!
Mady C,
Actress
Julia has a brilliant eye and perhaps more importantly, a passion for truly getting to know and understand her client and their needs - this enables her to deliver a product that reflects each individuals essence. She captures energy and spirit in her photographs - which is of the utmost importance for actors. I wholly recommend her for anyone in need of a head shot or professional portraiture. She's an absolute delight to work with!
Ben P,
Actor
Julia is such a cool person to work with, while simultaneously producing beautifully executed photographic work. I felt calm and really taken care of in her workspace. Her shots will be used by my business for a long time to come!
Tracy Hambly,
Founder & Teacher at Looking Inwards Meditation
It was really nice to get professional headshots taken by Julia, her studio set up is amazing and i am delighted with the final result! totally recommend her if anyone is looking to get amazing headshots taken.
Gerardo
Julia is so responsive and easy to deal with. I felt self-conscious having my photograph taken but she was relaxed and made me feel very comfortable. The location of her studio is beautiful and there were some lovely spots for photos. I did not feel rushed at all and I left feeling very pleased with how it all went. I ended up with some beautiful shots as well and turnaround was very quick! I highly recommend Julia!
Chloe
Loved the experience, the location and the relaxed atmosphere. And most of all, love the photos that were taken. So hard to choose.
Kathie Thomas
Owner of VA Directory
I highly recommend Julia Nance Photography. Julia really takes the time to find out what you want from your session.
Sharee, Owner at Wellness & Co
