Headshots for the Business Professional

If you are just starting out in the business world, you will need a professional looking photo to represent yourself online, in print, and in advertising. You want to show the world that you are professional, and a respectable businessman. This is not the time to skimp on your budget either. A snapshot of you at your desk under fluorescent lights is not the way to prove your professionalism. You need to take the time to schedule a professional photo session to get you a variety of head shots you can use for promoting your business.

The gentleman I photographed during this session, is just starting his own accounting business, and was in need of a variety of different photos he could use for promoting his business. I instructed him to bring a variety of wardrobe options so we could achieve a wider range of options that didn't all look like they were cookie cutter shots from a discount store studio. When he arrived, he had a half dozen options to change into through the course of our session. A variety of colored shirts and ties, and two suits: a black suit and a lighter earth-tone suit.




To give each wardrobe choice its own attention, I altered my lighting on him as well as the background, and changed the background completely to compliment the colors he was wearing. You may notice in some of the images below, that I used warming or cooling colors on the background to help emphasize his wardrobe. And for some of the shots of him in his bright blue shirt, I turned out all but one of the lights to create an even more dramatic image using shadows, while altering the angle of his body to change the amount of light on his face.

 

Our session only lasted approximately thirty minutes and even with all the wardrobe changes we still shot a hundred images within that time. To achieve all the looks he wanted, I had preset my lighting for closeup head shots that could include closeup face shots, head & shoulders and head to waist length. When we were ready for full length body shots, I had to reset my lighting again to accommodate the change in composition. The trick to getting so much done in such a short time, is that I was ready to shoot the moment he walked in with a predetermined basic light setup, and made alterations as our session progressed.

Thank you for taking the time to view and appreciate my photography.

I am always looking for new models to collaborate on new ideas.

I am currently located in Aztec, New Mexico, USA

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