Category Archives: Business Portraits
Student Headshots
This week I met a very nice young man named Kenneth. I got the call from him inquiring about the price for a professional headshot and upon my inquiry it turns out Kenneth is a student of UTD (University of Texas at Dallas.) For his present and future use, he felt he would need a nice looking, professional business portrait to go with printed materials, web page, social media etc. I really admire a person his age (he is nineteen) being ambitious and was happy to speak with him. Turns out that Kenneth, like most students was on a bit of a budget, and I could hear some disappointment when we discussed pricing for headshot photography services. Luckily he came to the right place as I am a big believer in “paying forward” and / or “giving back” and I made suitable arrangements with Kenneth to work out something reasonable for him. I will always do the same for those seeking employment in this crazy job market we are in, as well. I have done this these last few years and it is a “win-win” any way you look at it. My feeling is Kenneth will probably either be the head of, or owning his own company eventually! I’ll be looking forward to a call from his executive assistant to set up a location shoot for an office full of headshots sometime soon.
Sal Sessa /Dallas Headshots
Shooting Headshots on White Backgrounds
Headshots On White Backgrounds
Hi folks. We had the opportunity this past week to shoot headshot-portraits of local Realtor Lydia Player of Virginia Cook Realtors. Lydia is (as well as being a top-producing Realtor) a marketing whiz, and knows her “brand” better than anyone. She has turned her signature “SOLD” sign photo into multiple marketing pieces including print and electronic. She knew exactly what she wanted which made our (creative) job a bit easier, but (to do it right) our technical approach a bit different. Lydia wanted to update her “sold-shot” photo with a newer, fresher version and approached us to assist her in this assignment. Of course we were happy to, and after a few technical adjustments (she cut the legs off her sign) we were ready to begin. The thing about shooting these white background shots is you have to light the white background. Even if that sounds redundant (well, isn’t white, uh, white?) It really is not. The trick is to match or better the subject exposure on the white background itself so as to produce a pure white. We use 45 inch Photogenic Umbrellas to do this, as they have black backing to them and are good at avoiding flare. Having said this, even after-the-fact we did a nice cut out of her shot and pasted it onto a Photoshop white canvas of the same size just to make it “super-clean.” After post-production Lydia decided she liked the “body” of one photo, and the “head” of another so at her request we combined the two (see if you can pick it out!) A bit tricky in Photoshop (to do it right) and ended up looking great to both of us. So, if your client requests a white background these are a few things to consider.
Sal Sessa /Dallas Headshots
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Business Headshots On Location
Business Headshots / Rush Job
Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting the folks at TPN (The Production Network) who contacted us Friday about a super rush job they had the need to accomplish, and were seeking the services of a professional headshot photographer. This shoot had to take place on a late Sunday afternoon, with the final files done before the end of the evening. The idea was that TPN needed these headshots for a presentation to take place, and would be used in print form. SO, there was a lot to be done. We showed up at their offices around 2 p.m. and scouted a nice spot to set up. By 3 p.m. we were “moving them in and moving them out.” Shooting for professional art directors at a big ad agency is always “a lot of fun” (ha!) But, when the pressure is on in that regard it always makes it more interesting. These folks know what they want as they have labored through thousands of shoots as art directors and it was fun to work with them. They gave _and_took direction quite easily. Done by 4, and out the door by 4:30. Up the highway to my place where I did my editing and uploaded their proof files by 6 p.m. Since both of us are on deadline they were quick to pick and within an hour I had their six headshots choices and the work in front of me. What they were looking for was a consistent look. Be that black and white, grain, crop or all three they just wanted the photos to look good together. I ended up giving them both (color and black and white as well as cropped and un-cropped versions for their own future use.) By 10 p.m. (their actual deadline was noon the next day) I uploaded their files and busted their deadline! My feeling is that if “you are on time you are already late.” So we both were able to tuck this one away successfully. Always a good thing. We love this type of shoot as it encourages us to step up our game a bit which are toes to be kept on! So if you (dear client) ever have an “emergency headshot situation” feel free to let us know!
Sal Sessa /Dallas Headshots
Photographer Reviews
Dallas Headshot Reviews
Hello clients, fellow photographers, bloggers, spammers and bots. In this discussion I would like to touch on one thing that is really making me crazy. And that is photographers who use fake reviews on their Google Map pages. This makes me totally nuts as there are those of us professional photographers and (in my case) headshot photography specialists that work hard to receive honest reviews. This trend is not just for photographers of course, but all types of businesses. The theory is you see “x-amount of reviews / all 5 star” and don’t really read them. If you do take the time to read them they will seem a bit suspicious maybe, but it becomes more clear when you click on the number of reviews the reviewer has given. This usually numbers 5-25 or so and you will see reviews for every type of company under the sun, and many multiples of same types of companies from all over the country. This is a well-known gimmick and part of a package that is sold to photographers and other types of companies to upgrade their position on the Google Maps page. You can rest assured our reviews are real, and we back them up with a page on our website where we match the people featured on our website, and in addition folks to the Google Maps page and LinkedIn pages (ours and theirs.) So, I’m saying? Please. Fellow photographers. You are supposed to be creative types. So how about doing just that. Provide work good enough to get you real reviews from real people and don’t stoop this low. It just brings us all down.
Sal Sessa /Dallas Headshots
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