Headshot Guides
FOR PROFESSIONALS
Guide to Individual Headshot Sessions
The goal of an individual business headshot session is to develop an image that projects confidence, intelligence, and approachability.
Our experience ranges from work with CEO executives, lawyers, authors, doctors, speakers, architects, and start up companies to established firms looking to update their corporate headshot.
COMPANY TEAMS
Guide to Company Team Headshots
Group headshot sessions are available for companies seeking new or updated headshots of their employees and teams.
We can photograph at our studio, at your office or private space to easy coordinating for your company.
Scheduling Information
Booking FAQ
Learn about and how to book us and how our photography service process works.
We cover from how to prepare for your session to what you’ll receive as your final downloads.
GETTING READY
How To Prepare
You’ve booked your session, now what? Read our tips for preparing for a headshot session, what to expect during your session, and examples of outfits most commonly worn to our headshot sessions!
CLIENT BACKGROUND OPTIONS
Best Backgrounds
The best backgrounds for headshots that we feature in this guide are studio, outdoor, and on-site locations and we talk about the importance of creating backgrounds to match existing headshots.
CHOOSING YOUR BACKGROUND
Studio Backgrounds
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.
Lighting Type
About Natural Light Headshots
Natural light headshots is a style of lighting a subject using only available light. For us, we use a studio located in Portland, Oregon to create our style of natural light headshots.
LIGHTING TYPE
Strobe Flash Photography for Headshots
Strobe flash photography is a classic technique that has been used in studios for decades using artificial light. It is very directional which limits the area in which the subject can move around. However, this setup can be great for single image headshot packages, team headshots or matching existing headshots.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Retouching for Headshots
The retouching process designed to polish the image by removing blemishes, under-eye circles, stray hairs, yellow teeth, etc., or even remove or change the background of an image.
staff members and small business teams
Team Group Photo Guide
A guide to team group photos for corporate staff members and small business teams.
Showcase the leaders, team members or work group of your business. Either book a group photo session or add-on to your headshot booking. We’ve got it covered.
CORPORATE ONBOARDING
How to Get New Hire Headshots that Match
When you bring a new employee on board, it is critical that they have a headshot that matches the rest of your team.
QUICK-START GUIDES
Specialty Headshots
Select your headshot type for one of our quick-start guides.
Corporate, Doctor, Residency Student, Linkedin, Realtor, Therapist and Linkedin headshots are the most common types of headshots we make.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Proof Galleries
After your session you are given a proof gallery using Dropbox with unedited images for you to make your selection(s) depending on what session package you paid for.
USING YOUR PHOTOS
Top 3 Digital File Sizes for Photos
In our final delivery of your headshot image you’ll receive Large Web, Website Sized and Print file formats.