BASIC HEADSHOT RETOUCHING: WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW IT WORKS
Retouching is the post-process enhancement of a photo after basic editing. That is anything beyond color balance, exposure, and global stylistic choices. My portrait and headshot retouching philosophy Retouching is an essential part in my headshot and portrait photography workflow. Main goal behind it is to give my client a more polished image that they […]
PLANNING YOUR COMPANY’S BUSINESS HEADSHOTS PART 2: PREPARING YOUR TEAM IN 3 EASY STEPS
CONSIDER COMPANY’S BRAND, PLAN PHYSICAL LOCATION, EMAIL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PREPARE BETTER IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS When organizing professional headshots for larger teams, an effective plan keeps small issues from snowballing into big problems. For my process, these are the things that I find to be most helpful to keep the business headshots day […]
PLANNING YOUR COMPANY’S CORPORATE HEADSHOTS PART 1: PICKING RIGHT LOCATION AND BACKGROUND
CORPORATE HEADSHOT LOCATION AND BACKGROUND: SINGLE-COLOR BACKDROP VS OFFICE ENVIRONMENTAL VS OUTDOORS ENVIRONMENTAL My professional corporate headshots are bold and straightforward. They tell the viewer, “Hey, this is what I look like. I am confident, approachable, and professional.” But like anything else, you can refine the message. One way to do that is to determine […]
BUSINESS PORTRAIT OF DEAN AT UW-MADISON
Meet John Karl Scholz. He’s an economist and dean of the college of Letters and Science at University of Wisconsin- Madison. I photographed him in his work office back in the fall of 2019. Business portrait request I was finishing up several editorial photo assignments for UW- Madison Letters and Science magazine. And then, last […]
EXECUTIVE HEADSHOTS OF COMMERCIAL BANKERS
Initial inquiry This article is about my recent photography project, where I photographed business headshots for commercial bankers at State Bank of Cross Plains. Firstly, their marketing team reaching out for me to put a headshot photography bid together for 60+ bank employees. Figuring out the approach for business headshots Secondly, we’ve discussed the feel […]
10 QUICK TIPS ON HOW TO PREPARE AND LOOK BETTER IN BUSINESS HEADSHOTS AND PORTRAITS
PREPARING FOR YOUR BUSINESS HEADSHOT AND PORTRAIT SESSION After nearly a decade of working with people and photographing business headshots and portraits, I’ve found that I need to tell my clients many of the same things to prepare them for their sessions. So here is a quick break down of the topics I feel will […]
CASUAL HEADSHOTS OF AWARD-WINNING FREELANCE WRITER
Photographing casual headhsots of an award-winning writer As an editorial photographer, I get to work and meet some interesting and amazing people. And not just people directly involved during editorial photography session. But also, people who do heavy lifting behind the scenes: art directors, writers, other freelancers, etc. In 2016 and 2017 I had a […]