Editorial headshots in Berlin
Send one to three phone snaps from anywhere in Berlin — from Mitte to the suburbs along the U-Bahn U6 line. Walk away with polished, tech and creative agencies-ready frames in minutes — no studio booking, no commute.
A studio in Berlin: €250–€500 a sitting — plus the booking and a one-to-two-week wait. Keva.studio: €9.99 for ten headshots, in about a minute. See full pricing →
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One photo, two Berlin hiring cultures
Berlin runs on two hiring cultures at once. The startup and agency world — Mitte, Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain — hires in English, reads your LinkedIn before it opens your CV, and expects a portrait that looks current and approachable rather than formal.
The other Berlin — public administration, institutions, and the established Mittelstand out in Charlottenburg, Spandau and Tempelhof — still expects the composed, classic German application photo in the file. One Keva.studio shoot covers both registers: the Application style delivers the classic frame, the Profile style the LinkedIn-ready one, from the same upload.
From Spandau to Köpenick, without crossing town
Berlin is vast — twelve boroughs across nearly 900 square kilometres. From Spandau or Köpenick, a studio appointment in Mitte is easily three hours door to door, before the photographer has picked up a camera.
Keva.studio runs in your browser instead. Daylight from a window, one to three phone photos, and ten finished headshots come back in about a minute — the application can go out the same afternoon.
What a photographer in Berlin charges
A professional headshot sitting in Berlin generally runs €250–500 once retouching is included, and the studios people recommend tend to be booked out one to two weeks ahead.
Keva.studio is €9.99 for ten finished portraits. The honest exception still applies here: for an editorial cover, a moving subject, or a hand-built set, book the Berlin photographer — that's their craft. For the clean CV and LinkedIn frame, you no longer need the appointment.
Headshots in Berlin: questions we hear
Why use Keva.studio instead of a photographer in Berlin?
Two reasons: time and cost. A traditional studio sitting in Berlin is a half-day commitment for €250–€500, plus a one-to-two-week wait for a slot. Keva.studio runs in your browser, costs a single fixed fee, and turns around in about a minute. The output is built on the same lighting craft a working photographer uses — soft 85mm key, neutral grey backdrop, sharp focus on the eyes — synthesised in real time from your phone snaps.
What does a Keva.studio portrait shoot actually cost compared to a Berlin studio?
A working photographer in Berlin typically charges €250–€500 per sitting, sometimes more once retouching, agency licensing, or a half-day rate is added. Keva.studio is one fixed fee, billed once via Stripe, and you walk away with ten finished photos.
What if the first shoot isn't quite what I wanted?
Run it again at no extra cost. Pick a different style or send a new photo, and you'll get ten new headshots. With a Berlin photographer, a re-shoot usually means paying for a second session.
When is it still worth booking a local Berlin photographer?
When the brief is genuinely studio work: a moving subject, a hand-built location set, a portrait that has to be the exact light from the exact day, or an editorial cover. Keva.studio is the right tool for clean LinkedIn, About-page, prospectus, and team-page headshots — the photos a studio would shoot against neutral grey anyway. Anything more complicated, hire a person.
What happens to my photos?
The phone photos you send aren't stored by Keva.studio — they're used only for the few seconds it takes to create your headshots, then they leave our systems. Your finished headshots stay in your gallery for thirty days so you can download them, then we delete those too. Full details on our Privacy page.
Do employers in Germany still expect a photo on the CV?
Legally, no — since the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG), no employer may require one. In practice, a Lebenslauf with a good photo is still the norm in most German industries, and its absence is conspicuous in conservative ones. Berlin's startups rarely care about the CV photo itself — but they will look you up on LinkedIn, so the portrait decides the first impression either way.
Can I use these photos for my residence permit or ID card?
No. Official documents — Aufenthaltstitel, Personalausweis, passport — require certified biometric photos taken to federal specifications, and AI-generated images are not permitted for them. Keva.studio photos are for your CV, LinkedIn, and company page: everywhere the photo is about how you come across, not an identity document.