NYC headshots, portraits, personal branding, and selected professional photography
Photography that helps people show up clearly.
Gareth Shaw creates portraits, headshots, and brand images for people and teams who need photographs with presence, clarity, and real human character.
Plan a session around the images you need, where they will be used, and the setting that feels right for the project.
NYC photography for real professional use
The site is focused on the work people most often need now: strong headshots, expressive portraits, personal branding images, and photography for small teams or public-facing projects.
Headshots
Modern headshots for actors, creatives, founders, executives, speakers, and professionals who need a current public-facing image.
Personal branding
Image sets for websites, social profiles, press kits, launches, and the places your work needs to be seen.
Portraits
Portrait sessions with direction, patience, and room for images that feel honest, composed, and genuinely useful.
Corporate and teams
Consistent professional portraits for leadership groups, small teams, company pages, and client-facing profiles.
A simple, collaborative process
1. Inquire
Send a short note about what the images are for, where they need to appear, and any timing or location ideas.
2. Plan
Shape the session around goals, setting, wardrobe direction, usage, and the kind of presence the images need.
3. Photograph
Gareth gives direction throughout the session so you are not left guessing what to do in front of the camera.
4. Use the images
After the session, the next step is narrowing the images and preparing files around the agreed use.
About Gareth
Gareth is an experienced NYC-based photographer focused on portraits, headshots, personal branding, and selected professional photography work.
His work is built around clear direction, careful attention to expression, and photographs that feel useful for the way people actually show up in public, professional, and creative spaces.
Gareth Shaw Photography is LGBTQIA+ affirming and welcomes people of every gender, sexuality, race, background, body type, age, and way of being.
Why visitors can trust the work
- Real portfolio images are shown throughout the site.
- The session is planned around actual image use, not a preset formula.
- The process includes direction, collaboration, and room to settle in.
- Pricing is handled by inquiry so the scope can match the goals, location, usage, and deliverables.
Common questions
Where can sessions happen?
Sessions can be planned around the setting that best supports the images: on-location, outdoors, in a workplace, at home, or in another environment that fits the brief.
How is pricing handled?
Sessions are scoped around goals, location, usage, and deliverables. Send an inquiry with what you need and Gareth can respond around the project.
Do I need to know how to pose?
No. Gareth will guide you during the session. The aim is not to force one version of confidence, but to make images that feel natural, useful, and genuinely like you.
Can teams inquire?
Yes. Team and company photography can be discussed through the same inquiry path, with planning around consistency, timing, location, and intended use.
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