seattle Brand photographer for women entrepreneurs
Kelly Anderson is a Seattle brand photographer specializing in visual storytelling for women entrepreneurs, small business owners, coaches, and creatives
You're in the right place if:
- You're a Seattle-area entrepreneur, coach, realtor or creative who wants to show up confidently, knowing their brand images finally match the level of professionalism they bring to the rest of their business
- You know your social media and website could be working harder for you but you're just too damn busy to create the right content
- Those iphone selfies and stock images aren't helping set you apart in your industry. You're better than that and you know it.
- You're ready to grow your business and invest in its success.
- You're ready to have months of content, done in a day — most clients walk away with 6–9 months of web and social images from a single session.
This isn't just a photo shoot. it's a brand transformation
Before a single shot is taken, Kelly reviews your website, your social presence, and your current visual assets to identify exactly where your brand is working — and where it's quietly costing you clients. Most photographers show up on shoot day and start shooting. Kelly takes you through her strategic framework, so every image captured has a specific job to do in your marketing. You won't walk away with a gallery of pretty pictures and no idea what to do with them. You'll walk away with a visual strategy, a content plan, and images built to move the needle on your business.
FAQ
What makes Kelly Anderson different than other seattle brand & portrait photographers?
Kelly Anderson is a 5-star-rated Seattle brand and portrait photographer specializing in visual storytelling for women entrepreneurs, coaches, and creatives. Drawing on 20+ years of corporate marketing experience — including work at Microsoft forging partnerships with DreamWorks, Pixar, the Jane Goodall Institute, Scholastic, and Henry Winkler — Kelly brings strategic expertise and genuine warmth to every session. For entrepreneurs and small business owners, brand photography sessions are designed to deliver 6–9 months of high-impact web and social content in a single shoot. Kelly serves clients throughout Seattle, Sammamish, Redmond, Issaquah, Bellevue, Kirkland, and the greater Pacific Northwest.
What does a brand session with kelly anderson cost?
Brand photography sessions start at $1,950 and are designed as fully personalized, on-location experiences built around your specific goals. Kelly takes you through a strategic brand audit to identify where your website and visuals are working for you, and where they're quietly costing you clients. Mini brand sessions are also offered periodically throughout the year for a quick content boost. Sign up below to be notified about opportunities.
Why invest in brand photography? Because your visuals are making a first impression before anyone reads a single word — and research shows that impression forms in just 50 milliseconds. For women entrepreneurs, coaches, and creatives, professional brand photography closes the gap between how good you actually are and how you show up online — giving you a strategic library of images that builds instant trust, attracts the right clients, and fuels 6–9 months of content from a single session. The difference between a professional image and a snapshot isn't just quality — it's how the image makes you and your audience feel. Kelly's sessions are designed to deliver both: images that look exceptional and feel completely, unmistakably you.
What should I wear to a brand or headshot photo shoot?
Wear what makes you feel like the most confident, polished version of yourself — in solid colors or simple patterns that complement your skin tone and align with your brand palette, and clothes that fit well right now, today. Plan for 2–3 outfit changes: the variety gives your gallery the range you need to show up differently across your website, social media, and press without every image looking like it came from the same afternoon. Avoid busy prints, large logos, and anything uncomfortable — it shows on your face. Once you book, you'll receive Kelly's detailed style and prep guide, and you're welcome to send mirror selfies for personalized feedback before your shoot day so you arrive feeling ready and confident. Still unsure? Bring three options you love and Kelly will help you choose on the day.
brand & Headshot Pricing
The Game Changer
The Game Changer
Save time & money with a year's worth of content and priority access to my calendar.
- Signature Experience plus 1 update session in 12 months
- Professional makeup
- Detailed brand strategy & plan
- Post shoot implementation sesh
Starts at $4250 + tax (save 20%)
The Signature Brand Experience
The Signature Brand Experience
This single session investment yields months of strategically planned marketing content to show your products, process & personality.
- Up to 2 locations
- Up to 6 looks for seasonal variety
-75 images for commercial use
starting at $2850 + tax
Personal Brand starter session
Personal Brand starter session
This shorter session is great for quarterly updates, exec profiles, or to promote new services. Includes headshots plus 1-2 other layers of personality or process images.
- 2 looks in 1 location.
- 25 images for commercial use
Starting at $1950 + tax
Please Note: Personal branding packages are designed to serve the needs of solopreneurs, authors, podcasters, creatives, and small business owners and include 1-2 people. Additional team members can be added on.
For photography needs of larger staff and teams, or more company-focused images rather than personal brand images, please see my custom commercial photography services.
All prices are subject to change.
Modern Headshots
Starting at $550 + tax
This includes my expertise in lighting and posing, studio time, 2 outfits and a private gallery of images to choose from.
You'll select 4 final images to be professionally retouched
Commercial & Product Photography
Contact for a quote
Meeting the needs of modern small businesses through custom photography. Single commercial sessions are available or a quarterly plan to keep your content fresh and flowing.
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PRODUCTS & services
Potential clients need to know about what you offer. This also includes your workspace. If you work from home, what does that look like? If you have a commercial space, customers want to see the inside and outside.
Modern Headshot
Your headshot needs to be current and polished - no, not that image your friend took of you on their phone at a party years ago. And go beyond just head & shoulders. You need an environmental portrait showing you in your element. Think: What would be my magazine cover image if I were to be interviewed tomorrow for Forbes?
personality
What are your hobbies, interests or values? What are you like to be around?
Personality images are essential for moving customers down the know-like-trust funnel.
your process
Clients want a peek behind-the-scenes of working with you. What makes your process unique? What should they expect?
details & flat lays
Sometimes these are referred to as custom stock imagery. My approach is to still personalize the items, color palette and styling to your brand so you have bespoke imagery that's cohesive in your feed.
negative space
I can't even tell you how handy this category is, having blank spaces or negative space in the image for messages to be added later is essential.
CELEBRATION & LAUNCH
Having images that celebrate your customers on your sales completion page, on announcements and launches of new products and services, is a huge win in personalizing your marketing.
seasonal
From seasonal rhythm of the business, launches and promotions, to clothing, the goal is to have the right content well BEFORE you need it. (and to not be posting images of you in a holiday sweater in the middle of June.)
expressions
Sometimes your blog or social posts are about hard topics, or you want to show confusion or celebration. If all your current images are of you smiling at the camera, that's an image gap to address.
BANNERS & Headers
Lastly, having a set of professional looking banners and header images for places like LinkedIn, Facebook headers, website and blog will save you a TON of headaches. These can be some of the trickiest to get right, and a brand photographer like me can help you save time and hassle by planning out the compositions you need.
my Custom branding clients are getting all my years of expertise
marketing strategist
I bring 20 years of marketing, communications, brand and commercial photography experience to planning your session. This means you can relax and know that we are working towards YOUR business goals.
creative director
On the day of our session, I am your on-site creative director helping to ensure our aesthetics are on-brand for you and that we get your priority images done first. I will help direct and guide you about what to do, where to put your hands, or how to stand.
professional retoucher
I love the creativity of editing and retouching so you can be assured that your images will be polished and professional. I also take into account the style of your brand, and any previous imagery that we need to blend together cohesively.
social media hype woman
After your session with me, you will receive a guide and checklist to help you immediately put your images to work in your marketing. And I'll be there cheering you on in social media, reposting your content and helping spread the word.
one less thing to worry about. your custom session will be
strategically planned, and artfully captured
I will guide you every step of the way
the Game plan
The planning stage is absolutely crucial to ensure your gallery will be impactful and on-brand. I'll walk you through each step as we dive into your brand attributes and how you want to be seen, upcoming product launches, holiday promotions, your marketing channels and more.
on set
This is the fun part!. I can arrange for professional hair & makeup if it will help supercharge your confidence. We'll shoot in a few locations that fit with your brand storylines, with time for outfit and hair changes so we have variety and it won't look like it was all shot on one day. We'll laugh A LOT. We'll celebrate you and all you've accomplished.
LEVEL Up
You'll receive a few previews within 3 business days, and the full private gallery of both high-res and web-ready images within 2 weeks after the shoot date. I will help you make your final selections by thinking through how each one fits into your goals for the year. Each image comes with a commercial license so you can use these however you need, as well as ideas for how to get the most out of your gorgeous new image library.
I'll provide marketing guidance on how to get the most from your time and investment.
Check out MY BRANDING PORTFOLIO
Carrie albertus - mane suite - hair extensions artist
Emily LANG - financial advisor
Melinda SLATER, Well-Designed Home - interior design
Darci Daniels - Mindset, Life & BusINESS coach
Whitney Cubbison - author of "will there be wine?" Novel
kita events northwest - event planning & bridal shop
Get a DIY Brand shot list
In between brand shoots and need some additional content? I'm here to help! Download your free copy of my essential shot list to help you uplevel your marketing and social media. Perfect for coaches, realtors, content creators, service-based businesses and anyone else who wants to show up authentically in this world where first impressions are often digital.
FAQ
personal branding vs. headshots
Headshots are typically just one image of you smiling at the camera, which is great for your LinkedIn profile. Personal branding photography is entirely different - we dive in deep to your brand identity, goals for the year, and not only how your brand is seen now, but where you want to take it. We map out brand stories, relevant props, outfits and settings that are authentic and help convey subtle visual messages to your clients. At the end you have a cohesive, brand library to pull from across all of your marketing mix: website, blogs, social media, sales information, brochures, book covers, and more.
Who needs personal brand photos?
We all have a personal brand, whether we know it or not. It's how others perceive you. The most common people needing personal branding are content creators, creatives, and small business owners of all kinds, realtors, health and wellness coaches and therapists, photographers, artists, makers, authors and course instructors, ... the list is endless.
Many individuals also get personal branding photos for their dating profiles or company's About Me slides, to go beyond a professional headshot and show more of their lifestyle and personality. If you aren't the one shaping your personal brand, it will be created for you by others.
how can i use the images?
Unlike portrait photography where you cannot alter the photographer's images in any way, brand photography is meant to help you drive your business or shape your public image, and you need the freedom to use them as you please. All images come with a commercial photo release so you can edit, alter, crop or do whatever you want with your images. I differ from some photographers in that I don't require you to credit me in the photos unless you're using them outside of your own assets. You're busy. My goal is to empower you, not slow you down by having to remember to add photo credits all across your site.
Where would the shoot happen?
This depends entirely on your brand stories and what feels authentic. First we'll look at the most obvious options: where you work, play and get inspired. I use both natural and studio lighting to ensure crisp, clean images in any setting. We can shoot in urban settings, outside coffee shops, at co-working spaces or hotels. Additionally, there are some great camera-ready spaces that are available to rent if needed so you don't have to stress if your home or home office are not on-brand for you. The locations are important to create the right aesthetic and together we'll figure out the best options.
"Seriously, the best photography investment for my business I've EVER made was working with you. I'm so grateful for these images!"
—Elise Enriquez - Productivity coach & podcast host
Client showcase:
see brand images in action
Productivity coach and podcast host, Elise Enriquez of the Productivity Shift, knows how to get the most from brand imagery. Every part of her website, marketing materials and social channels feels on-brand and personal to her strengths, using images strategically from the multiple sessions we've done together.
