One of our fundamental core values at Headshots Matter is helping portrait photographers be their best creative selves. We're dedicated to helping talented professional photographers share their work and connect better with clients searching for exceptional headshot photographers in their cities. 

In pursuit of this goal, we are curating a creative and global network of talented photographers who love photographing people. Specifically, we're looking for portrait and headshot photographers committed to helping individuals tell their personal, creative, and professional brand stories.

If you're a compassionate portrait photographer passionate about photographing people, we'd LOVE to talk!


imagery is a hybrid collection of Associate and Creative Members


Memberships + Investment

Associate Membership $180USD annually (auto renewal)

Our Associate Membership will elevate your professional brand, expand your marketing reach, and increase your SEO reach. This membership includes a strategic and SEO-focused gallery page linked to each photographer's website. Each photographer will also be listed on our Associate photographer's directory page. All photographers with Associate status will also have access to a growing collection of social and digital marketing resources

Community is essential to us, so we're always looking for new ways to connect our membership. We've recently created a Headshots Matter chat group on WhatsApp, where Associate Members can share ideas and ask other members questions in a peer-to-peer group environment.

In most cases, Associate Membership also includes a city-exclusive arrangement on our website, which can dramatically help with SEO ranking. (If your city has already been spoken for, then our Creative Membership can be an excellent way to join Headshots Matter)

Each photographer with an Associate Membership will have their dedicated and Google-indexed gallery portfolio page linked to their website, social media and email. Each photographer's 'lead generation' page will display approximately 12 images and a small bio describing their work. We will also highlight each photographer on our city search page and social media channels to help drive traffic to each photographer's page and social media accounts. When searching for 'LinkedIn, corporate or actors headshots or portraits in the specific city, 'we've experienced excellent results for photographers in major cities like Tokyo, Madrid, London, Manchester, Istanbul, Berlin, Vancouver, Kansas City, Chicago, Miami, Stockholm and Johannesburg

All Associate Members will be eligible for a free listing / gallery page on our new Student Headshots website.

To become an Associate Member, please fill our our ‘next steps’ form on this page.


Creative Membership $50USD annually (auto renewal)

This membership is an excellent choice for photographers of all experience levels, as it provides an inspiring platform to showcase your work and foster connections within a talented global creative community.

Our Creative Membership is an affordable and great way to share your work with other creative peers, which will elevate your professional brand and complement your existing social marketing efforts. This membership includes your imagery being re-posted on the Headshots Matter social media platforms, including Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook. 

Creative Members will be listed on a dedicated website directory - including your name, city, and Instagram account. All Creative members will be invited to participate with our WhatsApp Creative Channel - a space dedicated to sharing ideas, tackling business challenges, and fostering collaborations.

All Creative Members will be eligible for a free listing / gallery page on our new Student Headshots website.


The Next Steps

If you'd like to join our network of photographers, please fill out our membership inquiry form below so we can learn more about you and see some of your work. Once we've determined that we're a good fit and to confirm which level of membership makes the best sense, we'll then email you our photographer's agreement and the details on how to move forward. We'll also send you a link to our secure payments page to process your membership fee.


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"Headshots Matter has been the best photography resource and investment I've made in my time shooting by far. Very happy to be part of it!"

Philip Kingswood / Cambridge, Ontario


“I'm proud to be part of Headshots Matter, an organization of photographers who are passionate about headshots and portraits.”

Beth Madison Headshots / Stamford, Connecticut


“You have put me on page one for Google for the Kansas City area...something I haven't been able to do myself organically as of yet.”

Brian Gayley Photography / Overland Park, Kansas City


“Lots of support and ideas within this group, wished I had joined HSM earlier than I did!”

Sean Lewthwaite / Stockholm, Sweden