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About Louis Torres

By Louis Torres, headshot photographer · Last updated November 2026

Louis Torres is a professional headshot photographer with 30 years of experience who photographs individuals and teams in Schenectady, NY. He travels to your office or a favorite location around the Capital Region, coaches a relaxed session with live image review, and delivers retouched finals, typically within 48 hours.

Headshots for Schenectady teams and individuals

One job, done well: professional headshots. Louis photographs individuals updating a LinkedIn profile or a firm bio, and whole teams who need everyone on the staff page to look current and consistent. If you handle HR or marketing for a Schenectady organization — a practice on State Street, an office near Mohawk Harbor, a department at Union College, a crew anywhere in the Capital Region — you already know the problem. Half your people have pictures from three different years, three different crop styles and three different backgrounds, and the page looks like nobody is in charge of it.

Thirty years behind the camera shows up in small ways. He knows which expressions hold up when a portrait is cropped small on a directory page, which colors read well under office lighting, and how to keep a session moving so a busy person is back at their desk in half an hour. Nothing about the work is theoretical; it is what the camera has proven, over three decades of portraits, actually works.

How sessions work

Every booking starts with a short consult call to plan the look, wardrobe and how you plan to use the images — one profile photo, a full set for a website refresh, or matching portraits for an entire team. Most people don't love having their picture taken, so sessions are coached, quick and relaxed. Shooting is guided, with live image review on screen so you can see results as you go and adjust before anything is final. The goal is a final expression that looks like you on a good day.

There is no studio to visit. Louis comes to your office or a favorite location — a quiet conference room, a corner of the lobby, a spot downtown you like — and sets up there. On team days, everyone is photographed under identical lighting and framing against painted-canvas backdrops, so your staff page finally looks like one team instead of a collage.

What you receive

You receive professionally retouched finals in web and print sizes, with typical delivery in 48 hours. Clients own their image rights, so the photos can go on your website, LinkedIn, email signatures, press releases and printed materials without restrictions or extra licensing.

Who Louis works with

• Financial advisors and insurance agencies
• Law firms
• Banks, credit unions and mortgage teams
• Real estate
• Healthcare and senior living
• Construction, engineering and architecture
• Staffing firms
• Marketing and consulting firms

Most of that work is booked by the people responsible for the photos actually getting made: HR managers onboarding new staff, marketing leads refreshing a website, office managers coordinating a team day. If that is you, the consult call is where you sort out how many people need portraits, what each set is for, and how the schedule fits around your workday.

Where he works

Sessions happen on location in Schenectady and across the Capital Region — your office, a favorite spot, or wherever your team already gathers. Louis also serves clients in New York, Vermont and Massachusetts, and is part of SaratogaSprings.io.

Pricing

Individual sessions are $145 for 30 minutes with 3 retouched images. Teams of 9 or fewer are $125 per person and teams of 10 or more are $95 per person, with a $100 on-location setup fee within 25 miles and a $395 on-location minimum (setup included). Team packages include 6 months of free headshots for new hires, and headshots are free for nonprofits.