Headshot Posing

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...


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How many of you go to your headshot photographer and say, "I want my photograph to look unposed"? We hear this a great deal, though less with professional headshots than with other types of headshots and portraits. Can you guess why? Those hiring a professional photographer for professional headshots fall into several categories of course. Three categories of those looking for professional business headshots Those who are regularly update their professional headshot every couple or few years Those who are getting their first professional headshot for a new job or business Those...


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