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Studio Pod · StudioGo · for distributed teams

Headshots without a photographer.
Anywhere. Anytime.

StudioGo turns every team member's phone into a studio. Selfie-style capture, guided on-screen flow, human retoucher delivers a studio-quality final to your shared storage. No DSLR ships. No photographer scheduled. No conference room booked. Built for the distributed team that can't all walk into a physical pod.

154K+Headshots delivered through StudioGo
12K+Happy customers
8K+Active users / month
0DSLRs shipped to your team
How it works

Selfie. Retouch. Done.

Three steps from the admin dashboard to a studio-quality team gallery. No hardware ships. No photographer travels. No team member learns a new app.

01 · Invite

Admin dashboard. One link.

Drop your team roster into the admin dashboard, send one branded invitation email. Each team member gets a personal link. Custom fields capture department, title, and any taxonomy you need on the file.

02 · Capture

Selfie · guided on-screen.

Team member taps the link on their phone, follows an on-screen tutorial for framing + lighting, submits. Multiple takes welcomed. Email reminders auto-nudge anyone who hasn't shot yet. No app install required.

03 · Retouch + deliver

Real retouchers. 24-48 hrs.

A human retoucher (not AI-only) processes every submission - background lock to your brand standard, lighting + exposure normalization, teeth + eye brighten, blemish clean-up. Finals land in your shared storage smart-named to the employee record.

What's in the platform

Built for teams. Not for selfies.

Every other phone-capture headshot product treats the team as an afterthought. StudioGo treats the team as the primary unit. Admin tools, brand controls, and a real retouch pool that produces consistent output across the whole org - not "good enough" AI selfies.

  • Custom fields. Capture department, title, location, or any taxonomy your team needs alongside each headshot. Routes to your HRIS or directory cleanly.
  • Active moderation. A real retoucher reviews every submission before it ships. Reject + ask-for-retake is one click. No "good enough" finals slip through.
  • Email notifications. Team members get a friendly reminder until they're done. Admins get a roll-up of who's submitted, who's pending, who's published.
  • Smart file naming. Files land in your storage auto-named to the employee record - first.last.jpg, employee-id.jpg, whatever format your downstream system expects.
  • Brand-locked backdrop. Lock the backdrop color, lighting recipe, and crop ratio to your brand standards once. Every headshot across the org reads as one team.
  • Bulk + single flows. Run a team-wide refresh (50, 500, or 5,000 employees in one cohort) or one-off captures for new hires. Same admin, same retouchers, same standard.
By the row

StudioGo vs "just hire a photographer."

Eight rows. Where StudioGo earns its keep over the traditional shoot-day model that distributed teams have been pretending works since 2020.

Traditional photographer shoot day StudioGo
Capture device DSLR · ring light · in-person photographer Employee phone · guided on-screen flow
Logistics Schedule shoot day · book room · queue subjects Email link · employee shoots from home · done
Retouching Photographer post-process · 1-2 week turnaround Human retoucher · 24-48 hr turnaround
Distributed teams Travel costs + scheduling nightmare Native - team can be in 50 cities at once
Cost per headshot $200-500 + photographer day rate From $29/headshot · $195/mo unlimited
Time to first final 2-4 weeks (schedule + shoot + edit + deliver) 3-5 days (capture + retouch + deliver)
Re-shoots Re-book photographer · pay again One click · employee re-submits
Brand consistency Depends on the photographer that day Locked recipe · every photo reads as one team

StudioGo pricing public on this page · Traditional shoot-day estimates from typical corporate photographer day rates

Pricing

Three tiers. Pick by team size.

Single-person captures, unlimited team plans, or pair StudioGo with a physical Studio Pod for hybrid in-office + remote coverage.

Single person

$29 / headshot

One person. One capture. One human-retouched final. Good for an individual founder, a new hire, or a quick personal-brand refresh. No commitment.

Get a single headshot
Enterprise · most popular

$195 / month

Unlimited team captures. Admin dashboard, brand controls, custom fields, smart file naming, real retouch pool. Yearly commitment. Scales from 25 to 2,500 employees.

Talk to enterprise sales
Hybrid · pod + StudioGo

From $1,750 / month

Physical pod rental ($1,750/mo) or purchase ($33,500 outright) for the in-office team, plus StudioGo for the distributed team. One image standard across the whole org.

See the pod options
FAQ

Common questions, answered.

Do employees need a real camera?

No. StudioGo runs on any modern smartphone. The on-screen flow guides each employee through lighting, framing, and pose - then a human retoucher takes the raw selfie and produces the studio-quality final.

Is it AI-generated headshots?

No. Every StudioGo final is touched by a real retoucher (human-guided, not AI-only). AI handles upscaling and minor enhancements - background lock, teeth/eye whitening, exposure normalization - but the creative judgment that makes a portrait flatter the subject is done by a person.

What backgrounds are available?

Three patterns: (1) keep the employee's environment with controlled exposure, (2) replace with one of our brand-neutral seamless colors (white, charcoal, warm gray, brand-color), (3) brand-lock your own backdrop across the org so every team headshot reads as one set.

How does the makeup question work?

StudioGo doesn't apply makeup. Real retouchers refine skin texture, even out skin tone, brighten eyes, and whiten teeth where it helps. If you want heavier styling, our standard retouch tier includes optional eyebrow shape, hairline clean-up, and blemish removal at no upcharge.

What rights does my company have to the photos?

Full commercial rights. The photos belong to your company - use them on your website, business cards, email signatures, LinkedIn, press, anywhere. StudioGo retains no rights to image data. We can configure auto-purge of photos from our servers after delivery to match your data-retention policy.

Is there a contract / minimum commitment?

No long-term contract for the Online tier - cancel anytime. Enterprise unlimited at $195/mo is a yearly commitment for unlimited captures across your team. Pod rental + purchase tiers (for offices that want a physical pod too) are scoped on a sales call.

How do new hires work?

Add the new employee to your admin dashboard, send the StudioGo link, they shoot from their phone, the retoucher delivers the final to your shared storage auto-named to their employee record. End-to-end in 3-5 days. No scheduling, no photographer.

Can I use StudioGo + a physical pod together?

Yes - and most enterprise customers do. Physical pods cover the in-office team (lobby install, walk-up capture). StudioGo covers the distributed team (remote employees, satellite offices, post-pandemic hybrid). One dashboard, one retoucher pool, one image standard across the entire org.

Next step

Book StudioGo for your next event.

One link to your team. Human-retouched finals back in your shared storage in 3-5 days. The first cohort sets the brand-locked recipe; every refresh after runs identically. Distributed teams stop pretending the photographer shoot day still works.