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FedShot

Professional headshots for federal employees

A federal-ready headshot from one photo.

Choose your outfit and setting, then preview six polished headshots before you decide. Full-resolution downloads are $9.99.

Start with a photo

Preview six professional headshots free.

Drag or paste works here too

Photo → outfit → sign in → six free previews

No card for previews. Photos auto-delete after 30 days. Never used for training or shared.

Real example

One phone photo, ready for a profile

Leadership profile
Before: an everyday phone photoBefore
After: a professional FedShot headshotAfter

A genuine FedShot result with the full portrait kept in frame.

Why FedShot exists

Many federal employees are using headshots that are years out of date. Studio sessions are expensive, schedules are tight, and asking a coworker to take a portrait is awkward. But a current photo still matters for LinkedIn, agency bios, speaker pages, and professional profiles.

FedShot helps federal employees and contractors create a professional headshot from a photo on their phone. Pick your attire, choose between neutral studio, home-office, or American flag backgrounds, and add a lapel pin if you want one.

Built by FedTools, the team behind the GS Pay Calculator and other free tools used by federal employees nationwide.

Try it with your own photo

Start with a free preview.

Choose a photo and outfit, then sign in for six free previews. No card required.

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Unlock the ones you want to keep

Preview first, then buy full-resolution downloads only if you like the results.

Each set uses 1 credit. Unlocking your existing previews uses one set; refinements create a new set. Paid downloads have no watermarks.

Not happy with your headshots?

Reply to your receipt within 30 days and we will refund your purchase.

Government headshot guides

Federal employee headshot requirements: where a photo actually matters

Three places a professional photo genuinely affects your federal career: your LinkedIn profile (where hiring managers and contractors informally vet candidates), your agency directory and official bio pages, and conference or speaker pages. Two places it does not belong: PIV card enrollment, which uses agency-captured photos under FIPS 201 and cannot be substituted, and USAJOBS resumes, which should not include photos at all.

For the surfaces you actually control, a government headshot from FedShot takes about 60 seconds from any clear phone photo.

Military and uniformed service headshots for the civilian transition

Separating and retiring service members hit a specific gap: the only professional photos on hand are in uniform, and a civilian job search needs a civilian image. Your CAC photo belongs to the agency; your LinkedIn photo is yours. Base portrait studios book out weeks; terminal leave does not wait.

FedShot generates a civilian professional headshot, flag or neutral studio background, from a phone photo before your terminal leave ends. If you are mapping the rest of the transition, start with the Military-to-GS Salary Translator.

Headshots for government job applications and agency directories

The moments that call for a current photo: you accepted a GS offer and want LinkedIn updated before day one; a promotion left your agency directory showing a years-old picture; a leadership detail needs an executive bio; a contracting proposal requires headshots for its key-personnel section.

USAJOBS deliberately excludes photos from resumes — but recruiters and contracting officers who look you up afterward land on LinkedIn first. That photo is the one doing the work.