Chief Executive Officer Headshot for C-Tran

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New outdoor headshots for CEO of C-Tran, Leann Caver. We photographed Leann at the vew Vancouver Waterfront in downtown Vancouver, Washington. We utitlized the iconic walkways, structures, and river views to provide a unique background to these headshots.

For our headshot lighting set up we used the natural outdoor light with a single flag modifier placed to the side or above the subject.

View the new headshots below, the headshots in a social media crops of the outdoor session!

Multiple Crop Options

Each selection is cropped in to multiple images for easy use in social media, website and marketing platforms. 

Final images are delivered in multiple crops for easy use. The most popular is the square crop for social media profile photos.

View our Headshot Booking Guide for more about delivery details.

“Leann M. Caver became C-TRAN’s Chief Executive Officer in 2024 after joining the agency in 2021. In this role she pushes C-TRAN forward with its 2045 plan, prepares for construction on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program, and actively executes future expansion of services including C-TRAN’s third and fourth BRT lines.” —Website

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Outdoor Headshots for United We Heal

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Team Headshots and Group Photos for United We Heal

New outdoor headshots and group photos for the growing team of United we Heal. We photographed the team near their Portland, Oregon office outdoors in a nearby park.

Our client wanted to update their team’s headshots and create a team group photo so we used the outdoor background landscape facing west towards the iconic convention center our on-site backdrop.

For our headshot lighting set up we used the natural outdoor light with a single flag modifier placed almost like a large baseball cap blocking the overhead light.

View the new headshots below, the headshots in a social media crop and some behind the scenes photos of the outdoor session!

“We’re United We Heal. We’re dedicated to building a community mental
health system that puts healing first.”
Website

The United We Heal Team Headshots!

For the new headshots, we used the outdoor landscape and backdrop of the iconic Portland Convention as our on-site setup.

Using the outdoor background allows us to create a custom backdrop for their new headshots. This can provide consistency to future new hire headshots without having to make new ones for each staff member. View How to Get New Hire Headshots that Match↗

We delivered the headshots of United We Heal to all have consistent lighting and backgrounds to ensure the headshots match. This also allows for future new hires to have matching headshots later on.

Each person was able to send any retouching requests after receiving a proof gallery following the sessions. 

Social Media Icon Examples

Final images are delivered in multiple crops for easy use. The most popular is the square crop for social media profile photos.

View our Headshot Booking Guide for more about delivery details.

Behind the Scenes of our Outdoor Headshot Setup

Behind the scenes to our outdoor lighting set up and background for the new headshot for United We Heal.

We provided our clients with one of our posing stools on location while an assistant would hold the modifier above them to provide ideal lighting for making outdoor headshots. In our example, our assistant Jodhi is holding the black board we call a “flag” in photography above the sitter to remove the overhead light. It is held like a baseball cap, just forward enough, which allows the front of the face to absorb the light.

Team Group Photo

Behind the scenes to our lighting set up and background at the Portland outdoor location near the Portland Convention Center. 

Learn more about booking or adding your Team Group Photo to your headshot sessions.

“We are a community that cares. We are therapists, case managers, peers, support staff and allies, all motivated by a shared mission to help our clients heal.”Website

Have questions about scheduling a headshot session? Visit our Booking FAQ for more information or contact us.

For companies that are growing and hiring staff, consistent looking company headshots is key to a website presentation and the professionalism of your business.

View Company Headshots to view more examples or to learn about booking team sessions.

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Quaterly All Hands Meeting Event for GridStor

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2024 Summer Quaterly All Hands Meeting for GridStor

Event Photography for GridStor’s All Hands Employee Summer Meeting at their office location in Portland, Oregon photographed by our staff photographer, Jodhi.

Chris Taylor, CEO of GridStor, kicking off the two-day “All Hands” quarterly event with an ice breaker exercise for their 50+ person team.

“We strategically site battery storage projects to place electricity from renewable resources, like wind and solar, near where demand is greatest. This helps build a more resilient grid in the face of threats posed by climate change and severe weather.” Website↗

Event Photography Gallery

Event photography by Jodhi-Mather Pike.

Returning Clients

GridStor is one of our returning clients. See our last event photography for GridStor Corporate Event, Holiday Party and new hire headshots.

Returning headshots clients receive an automatic 10% future headshot sessions. Learn More

Professional Event Photography Services

Professional business and corporate event photography services are available for your next gala, leadership summit, conference, networking event, workshop or holiday party.

Use your images to increase your visibility on your website, in upcoming blog posts and social media channels. Grow your community and represent your industry by sharing your next event by hiring one of our professional event photographers.

Looking for professional headshots for your next Tradeshow or Expo event? Visit our Tradeshow Headshot Booth for booking and more.

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Employee Summer Party Event for Blessing Landscapes

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2024 Summer Employee Party for Blessing Landscapes

Event Photography for Blessing Landscapes Employee Summer Event Party at their office location in Portland, Oregon photographed by our staff photographers, Erica and Jodhi.

The summer party event for the employees of Blessing Landscapes had several interactive ourdoor summer games each with prizes and extra raffle tickets to enter for prizes at the end.

The first game of the day was a chair balloon game where each team had to pop all their balloons by sitting on them.

Then was a soft bow and arrow game with a series to determine the winning team!

After the bow and arrow was lunch and then three more games. There was a egg dropping game, blower game and a water balloon fight to finish it off.

Not bad for a hot summer day!

“Blessing Landscapes has been serving the greater Portland area since 1991. We care about our community and want the best for its members, meaning you.

This is part of the reason we are eco-conscious in our designs. With energy-efficient lighting, water-wise irrigation, Backyard Habitat Certification and a myriad of other sustainable efforts, we’re doing our part to keep this area beautiful for years to come.” About Us Blessing Landscapes

Event Photography Gallery

Event photography by Erica J Mitchell and Jodhi-Mather Pike.

Returning Clients

Blessing Landscapes is one of our returning clients. See our last event photography for Blessing Landscapes Holiday Party and new hire headshots.

Returning headshots clients receive an automatic 10% future headshot sessions. Learn More

Professional Event Photography Services

Professional business and corporate event photography services are available for your next gala, leadership summit, conference, networking event, workshop or holiday party.

Use your images to increase your visibility on your website, in upcoming blog posts and social media channels. Grow your community and represent your industry by sharing your next event by hiring one of our professional event photographers.

Looking for professional headshots for your next Tradeshow or Expo event? Visit our Tradeshow Headshot Booth for booking and more.

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New Headshot for Therapist at Pacific Center for Mind & Health

New Therapist Headshot for Tamara Randall with Pacific Center for Mind and Health

Pacific Center for Mind and Health selected our Basic Headshot Session which provides a 20 minute headshot session and one image selection from the proof gallery, to provide the company with a professional therapist headshot. We photographed Emily Padilla, another therpist at Pacific Center for Mind and Health and matched the headshots for consistancy on the website.

View How to Get New Hire Headshots that Match

We photographed our client in our natural light studio, Studio Northwest, located in Portland, Oregon using our south facing window light and light modifiers.

Headshot photography by staff photographer Jodhi Mather-Pike.

Lighting Setup

We used window light from the large windows and V-flat light modifier to create shadow on both sides of Tamara’s face.

When using natural light the diffused light acts as a very large wide band of light like a 7 ft umbrella modifier for strobe photography. A trick we use when on site and natural light is not available.

Below is an example of our studio set up . The studio setup is using the large windows and v-flat modifier. An additional modifier is used during the session.

Tamara’s Image Selection

8×10 Crop Options

Social Media Square Options

Final Delivery

After Tamara made her image selection from the proof gallery and the final selection went through post production (retouching, cropping and formatting) an email with a download link will be sent.

Clients will receive Large Web and Print file formats in multiple cropping options delivered through Dropbox.

Three file sizes included in delivery

  • Print 12 inch long, 300dpi 5 MB
  • Large Web 2,000 pixels long, 72 dpi 1.5 MB
  • Website Sized 1,080 pixels long, 72 dpi 100 KB

Image Delivery Cropping of a Selection

An example of multiple crop options for each selection made from the proof gallery. Most images are in an 8×10 vertical and square crop. A horizontal crop is usually by request.

    About Pacific Center for Mind and Health

    At Pacific Center for Mind & Health, we are building a team of highly trained therapists to meet the diverse mental health needs of the Portland community. It is our goal to make the process of beginning your mental heath journey as seamless as possible by providing a welcoming and inclusive environment that is designed to allow judgement free introspection. Reach out today for a free initial assessment to see how we can help you.Psychology Today

    For individuals, professional headshots are key to a website presentation and the professionalism of your business.

    View Individual Headshots to view more examples and our visit our Resources for our Headshot Guides, Booking FAQ and more!

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    New Headshot Portraits for Author and Creative Director Brittney Herrera

    Headshot session for author and Founder/Creative Director of
    Thunder Egg Collaborative

    Our team photographs using natural light and strobe flash to create a soft environmental look for each of our clients.

    For our client Brittney’s new headshots, we used our Natural Light Studio that has large south facing windows to allow the sunlight to illuminate the space providing diffused light for a soft flattering glow. We used a neutral background, simple style set up and posing furniture for Brittney’s headshot portrait session. 

    Brittney is the Founder and Creative Director of Thunder Egg Collaborative, an architectural design service. Her goals were to have new images to use for her upcoming book and to update her social media profiles.

    To schedule your headshot photography session fill out the form at Book Now, or contact us directly by email.

    Our studio lighting set up.

    Behind the scenes to our light set up at the beautifully naturally lit studio located in northwest Portland, Oregon.

    The open space, with a wall of windows and high ceilings, provides lush and ample natural light as the light source for these headshots.

    We specialize in natural light headshot photography. Learn more by visiting our Natural Light Headshots Gallery.

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    Morgan Corporation Headshots and Group Photo

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    Team Group Photo and Headshots for Morgan Corporation

    We photographed the team of Morgan Truck Body, the premier producer of truck and van bodies in North America for 72 years, at their Portland, Oregon office.

    Our client wanted to update their team’s headshots and create a team group photo so we used the new logo wall of their front office space as our on-site backdrop.

    “Morgan Corporation, the industry leader in the innovative design and production of quality truck bodies for more than 60 years, announces the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Portland, Oregon, expanding the company’s number of manufacturing, parts and service centers to 12 nationwide.” —Website

    Headquartered in Portland, OR, Morgan Truck body manufacture Class 3 to Class 7 (GVW) box truck and straight truck bodies to serve dry freight and refrigerated product markets, as well as a wide range of specialty bodies to serve farmers, ranchers, contractors, landscapers and more.

    For our headshot lighting set up we used a 5ft umbrella with a diffuser on a b10 strobe flash head. For the group photo we added a second light with a 3 ft modifier. The reflective logo wall and low ceiling height was solved by placing two lights 6 feet from the ground and apart. Using the same equipment will allow for future headshot and group sessions to blend seamlessly with the photos already made.

    View the new headshots below, the headshots in a social media crop and some behind the scenes photos of the on-site session!

    Reviewers and Participants

    The Morgan Corps Team Headshots!

    For the new headshots, we used a wide white painted hallway as our on-site setup. Using the white wall as the background allows us to create a custom back drop for their new headshots. This can provide consistency to future new hire headshots without having to make new ones for each staff member. 

    View How to Get New Hire Headshots that Match↗

    We delivered the headshots of Morgan Corporation to all have consistent lighting and backgrounds to ensure the headshots match. This also allows for future new hires to have matching headshots later on.

    Each person was able to send any retouching requests after receveing a proof gallery following the sessions.

    Have questions about getting a headshot?

    Visit our Booking FAQ for more information or contact us.

    Social Media Icon Examples

    Final images are delivered in multiple crops for easy use. The most popular is the square crop for social media profile photos.

    View our Headshot Booking Guide for more about delivery details.

    Team Group Photo

    Behind the scenes to our lighting set up and background at the Portland office of Morgan Truck Body (Corporation). The space is designed with a custom logo wall which provided a custom backdrop for the group photo.

    Learn more about booking or adding your Team Group Photo to your headshot sessions.

    For companies that are growing and hiring staff, consistent looking company headshots is key to a website presentation and the professionalism of your business.

    View Company Headshots to view more examples or to learn about booking team sessions.

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    AAPA Musculoskeletal Galaxy Conference Event

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    2024 Musculoskeletal Galaxy by American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)

    Event Photography for AAPA’s Musculoskeletal Galaxy Conference Event held at the Portland Marriott Waterfront in downtown Portland, Oregon photographed by our staff photographer, Jodhi.

    Photograph of the Hands-On MSK Focus POCUS Pre-Course led by Chuck Dowell, PA-C, ATC.

    Course Directors

    • Christopher V. Bensen, MD
    • Travis L. Randolph, PA-C, ATC
    • Chuck Dowell, PA-C, ATC
    “What Is the Musculoskeletal Galaxy? Designed to provide PAs and NPs with a well-rounded foundation on orthopaedics, this conference is ideal if you are new to the specialty or if you are a family medicine, emergency medicine, or urgent care provider who sees musculoskeletal conditions in your daily practice. Expert faculty discuss topics across orthopaedic specialties, including the most common conditions of the spine, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle, and foot. Take part in engaging, hands-on instruction with Wednesday’s optional workshops on musculoskeletal injections; ultrasound; and splinting and casting. In the small group breakout sessions, learn physical exam techniques, discuss common radiology cases, and participate in a hands-on surgical skills lab for fracture fixation.” AAPA Event Page

    Event Photography Gallery

    Event photography by Jodhi-Mather Pike during the 2nd day of the 3.5 day conference.

    “About AAPA

    Founded in 1968, the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) is the national professional society for PAs (physician associates/physician assistants). It represents a profession of more than 178,700 PAs across all medical and surgical specialties in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and the uniformed services.

    AAPA advocates and educates on behalf of the profession and the patients PAs serve. We work to ensure the professional growth, personal excellence and recognition of PAs. We also enhance their ability to improve the quality, accessibility and cost-effectiveness of patient-centered healthcare.” About AAPA

    Professional Event Photography Services

    Professional business and corporate event photography services are available for your next gala, leadership summit, conference, networking event, workshop or holiday party.

    Use your images to increase your visibility on your website, in upcoming blog posts and social media channels. Grow your community and represent your industry by sharing your next event by hiring one of our professional event photographers.

    Looking for professional headshots for your next Tradeshow or Expo event? Visit our Tradeshow Headshot Booth for booking and more.

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    Iron Bridge Lending Office Headshots and Group Photo

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    Team Group Photo and Headshots for Iron Bridge Lending

    We photographed the team of Iron Bridge Lending on site at their office in Portland, Oregon.

    Our client wanted to update their team’s headshots and create a team group photo. We used the colorful office space as our on-site studio.

    “Iron Bridge is committed to the belief that to be successful as a lender, they must be genuinely interested in the success of their borrowers.” —Website

    Headquartered in Portland, OR, Iron Bridge Lending is a private money lender offering funding in 10 states across the country.

    For our set up we used a 7ft umbrella with a diffuser on a b10 strobe flash head for the headshots and a second light to light the background for the group photo. Using the same equipment will allow for future sessions to blend seamlessly with the photos already made.

    View the new headshots below, the headshots in a social media crop and some behind the scenes photos of the on-site session!

    Our on-site lighting set up and backdrop for the headshots.

    For the new headshots, we used an available conference room with an accent wall painted in their brand color. Using the colorful background of Iron Bridge’s brand created a custom back drop for their new headshots. By using the already created space this can provide consistency to future new hire headshots without having to make new ones for each staff member. 

    View How to Get New Hire Headshots that Match↗

    The Iron Bridge Lending Headshots!

    We delivered the headshots of Iron Bridge Lending to all have consistent lighting and background colors to ensure the headshots match. This also allows for future new hires to have matching headshots later on.

    Each person was able to send any retouching requests after receveing a proof gallery following the sessions.

    Have questions about getting a headshot?

    Visit our Booking FAQ for more information or contact us.

    Social Media Icon Examples

    Final images are delivered in multiple crops for easy use. The most popular is the square crop for social media profile photos.

    View our Headshot Booking Guide for more about delivery details.

    Banner Image for Website

    Our client requested a 2000x700px sized crop for their web team to upload to each team memebers bio page on the website. Crops in specific sizes are available upon request.

    Team Group Photo

    Behind the scenes to our lighting set up and background at the Portland office of Iron Bridge Lending. The space is well designed and painted to be on brand which provided a custom backdrop for the headshots and group photo.

    Learn more about booking or adding your Team Group Photo to your headshot sessions.

    For companies that are growing and hiring staff, consistent looking company headshots is key to a website presentation and the professionalism of your business.

    View Company Headshots to view more examples or to learn about booking team sessions.

    Interested in Working Together?

    Best Studio Backgrounds for Professional Headshots

    Best Studio Backgrounds for Professional Headshots

    What are the best tips for choosing a background for a headshot at a studio?

    In this guide we will show some of our studio background options.

    Our Studio Background Headshot Guide

    Studio backgrounds can have a big impact on the overall look and feel of the photo. It’s important to choose a background that will make you stand out and look professional. In this guide we will show some of our studio background options.

    Let’s explore some of the best backgrounds to consider in the studio for your professional headshot.

    Examples of our studio backgrounds in this guide

    1. White or Gray Background
    2. Black Textured Wall
    3. Burnt Orange Wall
    4. Light Green Wall
    5. “Office” Setup Background
    6. “Greenery” Setup Background
    7.  Any Color Background Option (made post production)

    Below we show examples of each of our most popular studio backgrounds for some of our clients. Depending on their needs we customized their background to match either their exsisting headshots or to make new ones.

    Pro Tip: Background colors can be endless. We can change the color in the post production process to your desired brand color.

    What are the best studio backgrounds for professional headshots?

    In our Natural Light Studio located in NW Portland, Oregon, we photograph with a white background for most of our headshots. Depending on the client’s needs, we can desaturate the background, add a gradient, or change the color completely.

    Studio backgrounds can provide a solid-color for your professional headshots. For corporate photos the most commonly used color are shades of gray. Shades of gray are clean, classic and suitable for most industries and work great with social media and website layouts.

    Questions to consider when deciding on a studio background:

    • What background set up or color works with my business?
    • If I don’t know can my photographer suggest a background color?
    • What background colors or textures does my industry use?
    • Does my company already have an existing background color?
    • What colors am I wearing? Will the background wash me out or contrast with the colors I’ve chosen?

    Pro tip: Know what your headshot will be used for before you decide on the look you want.

    1. Classic White and Gray Wall Option

    Client Background: Studio light gray

    Our client, TCA, Tyee Carr Advisory were photographed in our studio with natural light as our light source. We used the classic white wall backdrop for these headshots in our Natural Light Studio located in northwest Portland, Oregon.

    Client Background: Studio light gray and dark gray backdrop

    Client Background: Studio light gray wall 

    Client Background: Studio light gray wall without desaturation in post production 

    2. Black Textured Wall Option

    Client Background: Studio black textured wall

    Our client, Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center headshots were photographed in our studio with strobe flash as our light source to match exsisiting headshots already made for the team. We used the black textured rolling backdrop for these headshots in our Natural Light Studio located in northwest Portland, Oregon.

    Client Background: Studio black textured wall, added blue hue in post production

    Lawyer Attorney at Law Headshot

    3. Burnt Orange Wall Option

    4. Light Green Wall Option

    5. Office Studio Setup Option

    6. Greenery Studio Setup Option

    7. Any Color Background Option (made post production)

    Want to see more examples of our studio headshots? Visit our Studio Headshots Gallery

    For additional questions about headshots and photography sessions, visit our FAQ or view our guide to preparing for your headshot session.

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