Why Portraits Are Important
I hear sometimes people saying to me: "Why would I have portraits of me? Isn't that vain?" Far from it. I am 55 now and 3 decades have gone in which I had great changes in my life and I don't have professional photos of me done. It's so typical (Doctor, cure yourself)...
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Is Your Profile Photo Working Against You?
Are you on LinkedIn? Do you love your headshot? When is the last time that you looked at your headshot or you updated it? It's a fact that most people who are on LinkedIn have a poor headshot, and that can work against you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The power of...
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Build a treasure of portraits today
Look at this picture of Cameron Diaz by photographer Jeff Dunas: Copyright by Jeff Dunas. I can't imagine a better way of showing why portraits are important. This is what Cameron Diaz said about it: "What a privilege to have this image that my dear friend @jeffdunas...
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Headshots With Impact
If you look at my headshots, they are all shot in landscape mode, or with the camera horizontal, instead of vertically oriented. If you read the guidelines of casting agencies for actors and models, they always suggest using vertical, or portrait mode, framing. So,...
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Is Your Headshot A Good Reflection Of Your Brand?
The #1 failure with most LinkedIn profiles is a poor headshot. And that can reflect poorly on your brand. If you are a solo entrepreneur then your face is your brand. Think about it. You are doing business on a personal level. You meet clients, suppliers,...
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What is a Contemporary Glamour Portrait?
Why would you have a glamour portrait of yourself? What if I told you that this could be the experience of a lifetime? Denise, who you can see in the photos below, booked her photoshoot to celebrate her new image. You see, Denise worked hard in the past months to lose...
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Glamour Portraits Redefined
Gorgeous Sara is a realtor in Charleston SC. She came to my studio with the idea to have fun trying a couple of great outfits and have her portraits made. She completely rocked her session.
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The most important page of your website
Do you know what page the visitors of your website click right after they find your website? The "About Me" or "About Us" page. That's right. If you thought that they would check out your catalog of products and services that you would be mistaken. We now have a very...
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How Headshot Photos Can Help You Live a Better Life
You want to succeed in life. You want people to notice you, to call you, hire you, ask for your expertise. We all want these things and that's natural. So, we build a website, get a Facebook business page, create a new Instagram account. All good stuff. And then we...
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When you need to change your headshot
If you are an actor and you have a headshot already, can you just keep printing the same photo and send it to casting directors? Or should you update it after a while? Let's take a look at when you need to change your headshot. If no change in your look happened in...
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