Professional Headshots in Portland, Oregon
How you display yourself online is crucial. Professional headshots from the team at Erica J Mitchell Photographer are a great way to communicate your style and personality.
Your first impression in telling that tale is your headshot! Everyone professional needs a headshot, and everyone deserves one that conveys individuality and highlights who they are.
Book your professional headshot session today!
What are professional headshots?
The goal of an individual business headshot session is to develop an image that projects confidence, intelligence, and approachability.
We use industry standard photography gear and editing software to provide a high quality product for easy use for print and web.
Our team photographs using natural light and strobe flash to create a soft environmental look for each of our clients.
These sessions are designed to provide professional headshots while using classic photographic techniques that utilizes or mimics sunlight to enhance the light quality for each individual.
Why are professional headshots important?
Most people form their “first impressions” of others in less than a few seconds. These early impressions have a big influence on who they hire, buy from, and listen to.
And in today’s digital world, most first impressions occur online.
LinkedIn is used by hiring managers to screen job applicants. Employees’ web profiles are checked by potential clients to discover if they are trustworthy. The company’s About Us page is where investors and donors may learn more about the company’s executives.
Making a solid first impression with these people requires a stunning professional headshot, which has a significant impact on how people form their first impression of you and sets you apart from the competition.
What makes a professional headshot?
Professional headshots are used to inspire others that you are trustworthy, friendly, and capable. A professional photographer may use the background or environment, your pose, the clothing you’re wearing, and overall lighting in a variety of ways to help you visually portray those things.
Business Professionals using Headshots
We serve a wide range of individual business professionals new headshots across various industries (Client’s We’ve Worked With).
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. Visit Specialty Headshots for our quick start guides.
A list of business professionals using our headshots:
- Corporate Executives
- Individual Business Owners and Entrepreneurs
- Authors and Speakers
- Artists and Actors
- Real Estate Agents
- Tech and Creative Freelancers
- Health Practitioners, Doctors and Therapists
- Residency Programs and Fellowships (ERAS option)
What are the best backdrops for professional headshots?
Sometimes a neutral backdrop in white, gray, or black is best for professional services like law and finance.
If you work in the creative industries, non-profits, or tech, sometimes a more colorful studio backdrop or an outdoor session will liven up your professional headshots.
In-office sessions are a great way to give a viewer a peek inside your company. These photographs usually have a little more personality about them and help people see more into your professional culture.
Having a variety of professional headshots is great to keep this fresh and you utilize your headshots across platforms, especially if you’re a top executive, entrepreneur, or thought leader. To compliment your studio headshots, having some outdoor or in-office headshots will definitely add more variation and allow people to see many sides of you.
How much do professional headshots cost?
Professional headshot pricing starts at $325, depending on factors like location and number of photos needed.
All packages include
• Session time
• Studio rental
• Number of high resolution fully edited photos delivered to you in an easy online gallery
Pricing is based on the amount of time used to photograph in a session, which determines how many images you will have to view and select from in the proof gallery. The amount of final retouched photos received in the package. You will receive final high-resolution retouched images in multiple crops and file formats for easy use.
Great for Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Corporate Executives and Directors, Doctors, Residency Students, Lawyers, Therapists, Authors, Real Estate Agents/Realtors, Artists, and for those looking to updating your professional Linkedin profile photo.
Get started by selecting from our 3 individual headshot sessions.
Our Basic, Classic, and Lifestyle sessions are custom made to provide the right amount of photography time and final image selections for your new Linkedin Profile and your website.
Basic
- 20 Minute Session
- 1 Final Retouched Photo
- Includes Studio Rental
- A quick 20 minute headshot session usually gives enough time for one outfit, one location or set up and a couple of lighting options.
- This is great for executives, real estate agents, speakers, lawyers and other business professionals looking for a new headshot for their website and LinkedIn profiles.
Classic
- 45 Minute Session
- 3 Final Retouched Photos
- Includes Studio Rental
- The Classic Headshot Session is the most popular package with up to 45 minutes of a photography session and 3 final retouched photos included.
- The Classic Package allows for your proof gallery to have more outfit changes and expressions with multiple background and lighting options. This is a great option if you are building your online brand.
Lifestyle
- 1 Hour 30 Minutes
- 5 Final Retouched Photos
- Includes Studio Rental
- If you are looking for more, a 1 hour and 30 minute session with 5 selections for $575 is great for those strategically interspersing styles of portraits to use across all touch points in their business.
- You’ll have a range of locations or sets, outfits and poses to choose from in your proof gallery.
What are my location options for my headshot session?
All of our individual and team headshot sessions include the use of the Natural Light Studio, located in northwest Portland, Oregon.
Other locations options are outdoor or on site at the client’s office.
At our studio the large windows allow the south facing light to illuminate the space providing diffused light for a soft flattering glow. You can choose from a handful of background colors, style set ups and posing furniture as options for your portrait.
The studio has a beauty station for touch ups or for your professional hair and makeup stylist. There is also a wardrobe space which is great for selecting outfits.
No charge for on-site or outdoor sessions. Some charges may apply.
Best Times for Headshots
When using our 7ft umbrella and strobe flash, we can photograph during anytime of the day in almost any lighting condition.
The strobe flash set up can be used in the studio, outdoors and on site at the client’s office.
For natural light indoor studio sessions, morning and early afternoon to an hour before sunset works best. Same rule apples for indoor on location sessions.
For outdoor sessions the best time to photograph is in the late afternoon when the sun is low in the sky, early mornings are an option also. With the time of year in mind, the best shooting time is 1-2 hours before sunset, depending on the length of your session. If large window light is available on location early booking times are possible.
Choosing the Right Headshot Background
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 business professional 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 your website and social medial channels.
For brands, we can customize the background color to match.
View our Studio Background Guide
How do I prepare for my headshot session?
Once we are on set I’ll take it from there, I’ll guide you through some simple poses, postures and techniques that can get us ready for your new headshot.
Visit How To Prepare For A Headshot Session for more details.
What happens after the headshot session?
A proof gallery is emailed for you to review and choose your selections.
Once selections are made they get professional retouching by our team and then are prepared for delivery. This can take 3-7 business days depending on quantity and scheduling.
Each image ordered outside the images in the package are $55 each, retouching, formatting for print and web use and copyright included.
View our Proof Gallery Guide
Crop, Image Size and Resolution
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. The horizontal crop is usually by request.
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
What are the delivery details?
Each photograph selected from the proof gallery is retouched then formatted in three file formats for print and web.
Download delivery is provided through Dropbox for easy and quick use.
For more about what files sizes are commonly used, when to use the file sizes, and why clients use different file sizes view the Top 3 Digital File Sizes for Photos.
View our Headshot Retouching Guide
Other Session Details
Hair and make up as a service is not included, however, it is highly recommended depending on the desired presentation.
View How to Prepare for a Headshot Session in our FAQ.
In poor lighting conditions, studio strobe lighting may be used as a way to mimic the natural lighting or any other desired style upon request for an additional costs.
Learn more about the photographer’s style and story by visiting About Erica.
Visit our Headshot Guides for more information.
Don’t just take our word for it.
Read what our clients have to say about working with us.
“Erica and her team were so great to work with! Thank you for handling our session in such a fun and professional way.”
“My company needed headshots and group photos for our website and Erica did not disappoint! She was a pleasure to work with and the photos look great!! Definitely will work with her again!”
“Erica is not only professional and friendly but also an exceptional photographer! The experience from start to finish was smooth and easy mainly because of Erica’s strong communication and genuine approach. The final headshots for me and my colleagues were of the highest quality and came out great. I highly recommend Erica and can’t wait for the next opportunity to work together!”
“Erica did beautiful work capturing the personality of each member of our team. What a great experience!“
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