It still astounds me how many professional people are using home-made, low resolution profile pictures on their websites and social media sites. What shocks me even more is that this is a common theme amongst barristers! An extremely sought after and traditional profession yet they aren’t willing to invest in their image. It was just
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For those of you who missed it, The Digital Marketing Show was a huge success. It ran from Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th November 2013 and each theatre was jam packed with fantastic speakers. I was exhibiting at the show and was pleasantly surprised by how busy I was, doing over 60 headshots every day! By
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“A Woman’s Skin is like her Business Card. It shows up in the world first.” ~ Dr Terry I believe good photography is capturing the beauty of moments. Capturing the beauty of emotions in a blink of an eye, extended into the space of time. To create beautiful pictures, it is important to feel beautiful in the
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As a photographer I always have to consider image. The Oxford Dictionary defines image as ‘a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art’. When the time is approaching for their headshot to be taken, clients often ask me about their image. How should they dress, what colours should they wear,
A great headshot is no longer just required for formal business publications, as most people have a social media profile, and there are two key ingredients to this – a great photographer, and YOU. The ‘you’ bit requires you to be well groomed, wear a nice smile, and the right colour and style of ‘top’.
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I’ve spent a lot of time recently thinking about images in the media. Which images work best with which articles? What is the best way to capture people’s attention? It led me to a number of different Google searches and when looking at the related images it was hard not to look away. It seems
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My Experience with The Headshot Guy I’m a little bit of a hypocrite, I tell my friends they’re being silly when they point out their flaws and imperfections but secretly I’m obsessing over mine! So it’s no wonder that when the time came to have my professional headshot taken I was pretty much bricking it!
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Do you see your headshot as a cost or an investment? The mentality of most businesses today seem to be to cut costs wherever possible. By cutting expenses, profit will be maximised. This includes hiring a photographer to do their headshots, they see it as a cost that needs to be kept to a minimum.
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Shooting Beauty is a business consultancy for fashion creatives. Every month we host tutorial events for our members on various topics. Networking is a very hot topic and something that our consultants gets a lot of questions about. We met John through a business partner and thought he would fit the event perfectly. And it
It’s a subject debated time and time again. Photoshop! Now don’t get me wrong it’s a great piece of software when used in the correct manner. As a headshot photographer, I myself use Photoshop but (here’s the key phrase) in moderation, I use it to hide small blemishes that always magically appear the morning of
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