Blog Archives

What not to wear is as important as what you do wear for your headshot.   Do Nots: No Pure Whites … opposite problem of blacks and can draw the eyes. Avoid pure whites if you can, sometimes men will wear pure white dress shirts, they are better if they are a bit off white. But it can be okay for men to have a pure white dress shirt. No Tight Repeating Patterns … these can create Moire. These are wavy lines that can look really awful when you overlay one repeating pattern (on your clothing) with another (the camera sensor or display screens).  Many men’s shirts,...


Continue Reading »

A great part of the photographic art, when photographing people, is getting the person on the lens side of the camera to loosen up. Ability to loosen someone up and show us something that looks alive, and not so stiff, as many posed shots will look, is high art. While we believe we see people in photos, truth is: there are no people in photographs.  In photographs, we often believe we see people and other recognizable items and forms.  This seeing is entirely an optical illusion. There are no people in our Zoom screens, or drawers, shoe boxes and hard drives full of photos. We...


Continue Reading »

Hate having your pictures taken? You’re not alone.  Most people, unless they are professional models, feel shy or a bit uneasy in front of cameras. This anxiety may feel heightened when there is an urgency to have professional photographs taken for some direct purpose, as may be the case with professional headshots for work or career, or perhaps for dating photos, boudoir portraits, etc. Your main trick is to work with the right professional photographer.   At a minimum, your photographer should be someone who understand shadows and light.  Someone who is committed to capturing...


Continue Reading »

To edit or not to edit your headshot? In our Phoenix headshot photography studios, we are often asked about the need and or desirability of editing headshots. Much passion and opinion surrounds this topic of editing photographs, portraits and headshots. Also referred to as enhancing, post processing, editing, Photoshop and other similar terms, there is a great deal of conjecture and misunderstanding surrounding this topic. Perhaps this stems from the power of images in the form of photographs.  We have all heard for example that 'a picture is worth a 1000 words.'  This suggests...


Continue Reading »

Before a client every enters out studios or shows up on location for a headshot, a great deal goes into the planning for their headshot portrait sitting. What exactly goes into the planning for a professionally photographed headshot portrait sitting? Usually, a client will have called or emailed after having been referred or found our headshot photography website.  That is, no one just walks in for a headshot.  We communicate and prepare accordingly.  Both the client is prepared for the session, and the studio, time and resources are prepared for the client on our side. The first question...


Continue Reading »