Cam Harle, London headshot photographer
About — London Headshot Photographer

About Cam.

I’m Cam Harle — a headshot photographer based in Belsize Park, north London. I photograph actors, professionals, founders and whole teams, and I’ve been doing it for over ten years.

Most people don’t love being photographed. The session is built around that: calm, guided and genuinely easy. You don’t need to know how to pose — that part’s on me.

300+ five-star Google reviews  ·  Belsize Park studio

In short

An honest photograph,
calmly made.

My job is simple to describe and harder to do: make a photograph that looks like you — the real you, on a good day — and make the hour it takes to get there feel easy. No fixed smiles, no held poses, nothing forced. Just a portrait you’re glad to put your name to.

The approach

Calm, guided, collaborative.

A session with me is unhurried, and mostly conversation. I’ll give you clear direction the whole way through — where to look, what to do with your hands, when to let a held expression go — so you’re never left wondering whether you’re doing it right.

If the camera makes you self-conscious, you’re in good company; that’s most people who walk in, working actors included. The direction is there precisely for that. You bring yourself and a few options to wear — the rest is my job.

  • Clear, friendly direction from start to finish
  • An unhurried pace — no production-line feeling
  • You don’t need to know how to pose
  • Honest, natural results that look like you
A calm, guided headshot session in the Belsize Park studio
A bit of background

Ten years, a few hundred
faces a year.

I’ve photographed first headshots for drama students, refreshed looks for working actors, and run headshot days for companies across London — the same calm session, whoever’s in front of the camera. Over that time the work has earned more than 300 five-star Google reviews, and I sit on the board of the APHP, the UK body for headshot photographers, which mostly means I care a fair bit about the craft holding a standard.

10+Years behind the camera
500+Faces a year
300+Five-star reviews
The studio

The Belsize Park Studio.

A private space in north-west London — easy to get to, and a comfortable room to spend an hour in.

The Belsize Park studio, London NW3
Rothko, resident cat at Cam Harle’s Belsize Park studio

The studio sits in Belsize Park, NW3 — a couple of minutes’ walk from Belsize Park Tube, and an easy reach from across London. For the time you’ve booked, the room is yours: no rush, no audience, no one waiting on the door.

It’s a proper photographic studio — controlled, consistent light, so your photographs don’t depend on the weather outside — but it’s a relaxed room, not a clinical one. There’s space to change, hang up a few options, make a cup of tea and take a minute before we start.

The pace here is different to a busy commercial studio — no one coming in behind you, no sense of the clock. Most people find they settle in fairly quickly.

Rothko the cat, Cam Harle’s studio companion
A quick note

There’s also a resident cat called Rothko who may make an appearance — he occasionally likes to get involved.

34 Belsize Park  ·  London NW3  ·  Northern line

01

Private & unhurried

The session is just you and me. The room is yours for the time you’ve booked — no one looking over your shoulder.

02

Consistent light

A proper studio set-up means your photographs look right whatever the day outside happens to be doing.

03

Easy to get to

Two minutes from Belsize Park Tube, with on-street parking nearby. Full directions come with your booking.

Behind the camera

A Look Inside the Studio.

A quiet behind-the-scenes glimpse of a headshot session in the Belsize Park studio — calm, guided and unhurried, with space to settle in before we begin.

Who I work with

Actors, professionals and teams.

Different people, different reasons — the same calm, guided session.

Actors

On screen & stage

From a first professional headshot to working actors refreshing a look between jobs.

Professionals & founders

One strong portrait

Individuals who need a current, credible photo for LinkedIn, the company site and press.

Teams & companies

Everyone, consistent

On-location headshot days that bring a whole team into one style, in a single visit.

Drama schools

First headshots

Regular sessions with students at London drama schools, when a first headshot really counts.

Where to next

Find the right session.

Two main ways to work together — both calm, both unforced.

Corporate headshots, London

Corporate Headshots

Individual studio sessions and on-location team headshot days for founders, professionals and companies.

View corporate headshots
Actor headshots, London

Actor Headshots

Two-hour studio sessions for actors — truthful portraits that look like the real you, made for casting.

View actor headshots

Ready to book, or want to talk it through first? Either works.

Belsize Park, London NW3  ·  info@camharle.com  ·  07921 122 824
Good to know

Before you visit.

Where exactly is the studio?

In Belsize Park, London NW3 — a couple of minutes’ walk from Belsize Park Underground station (Northern line). The full address and door details are sent with your booking confirmation.

How do I get there, and is there parking?

Belsize Park Tube is the easiest route, and several bus routes run nearby. If you’re driving, there’s pay-and-display and on-street parking close by — allow a few extra minutes to find a space at busier times.

What should I bring?

A few options to wear — whatever you’d genuinely wear for the situations these photos are for. Solid colours work best. There’s space at the studio to change and hang things up, so bring more than you think you’ll need.

I’m not photogenic and don’t know how to pose. Is that a problem?

Not at all — it’s how most people feel walking in. You don’t need to know what to do in front of the camera; the session is closely guided from start to finish. That part really is my job, not yours.