Information and tips to help you prepare, feel great and look your best during your headshot and brand photography shoot day.
Have fun and blow your wellington headshot photographer ‘s socks off.
THE SECRET IS IN WORKING YOUR JAWLINE AND 'THE SQUINCH'.
"What the heck is a squinch?", I hear you say.
I’m a big fan of Peter Hurley. He’s a headshot photographer from New York City. I love and totally subscribe to his techniques. He seems to be able to relax and evoke emotions from his clients like no other photographer…
Make-up - Natural is best for professional portraits. You’ll want to achieve a natural even skin tone. Unless your look is crazy and out there.
Hands - Fingers / toes should be clean and groomed…
Do you have a particular image style that you’re consistently using? A style conveying feelings that you want people to have when thinking about your brand?
What does that look like? Are your photos dramatic, moody, dark, happy, light, airy, colour, black & white, saturated, faded…
Brand is an interesting beast. So often it’s thought of as a logo and colours. But, brand is so much more and we have so much less control over it as you would think.
Essentially you brand is how others perceive you. So, the only way you can influence your brand is by using consistency in the way that you show up in the world…
As the saying goes, ‘location, location, location’.
This is mainly true in photography. You need the location that will tell your story correctly. But you also need some great light for your photos to turn out awesome. So, maybe the saying should be ‘light, light, location, location’.
A great location with rubbish light will not help us create photos of the highest standard.…
Lifestyle branding photoshoots are great to build images to share more about yourself and what you do. But you must remember that our session goal is to capture a slice in time of your best self…
Why are you having a photoshoot in the first place?
Do you need photos for your website?
To feed the social media monster?
Are you building a library of branded imagery?
What is your desired outcome by having these new photos and what will they do for your business?
One of the most asked questions for a photographer during a shoot is “What do I do with my hands?” And it’s very valid.
Being photographed is, lets face it, a tiny bit uncomfortable. A lot of the time all that tension can be seen in your hands. Fists balled so tight that your knuckles turn white or hands so straight that with your fingers rigidly standing to attention like 10 little soldiers.
So, how should you hands be?…
My clients always joke that being a model is such hard work.
Thats because I’m always asking you to channel your inner yogi and work that core!! We don’t want any slouching photos here, thank you very much :)
Being mindful of your posture is very important…
Here are a few energy management tips for your next photoshoot.
1.) Plenty of sleep helps you look your best and keeps you functioning at a high level.
The last thing you need for your shoot is to have huge bags under your eyes. Not a great look for your photos. So go to bed early and try to get 8 hours of sleep. For me, being tired means low energy. Being low and grumpy for your photoshoot will always show through in your photos.…
You know how some days just seem to flow?
Everything is easy. Your mood is high and you’re ticking tasks off your todo list at top speed! Wouldn’t it be great to have your photoshoot on one of those days? You, feeling great and looking amazing. This is how I aim to turn up your shoot, with a spring in my step. That way I can nail all the shots, help you feel relaxed and make your experience enjoyable and painless.
Here’s a few tips that I use to up my energy and get ‘in state’ for the task in hand:
Nervous about your shoot? Try out Nick Ortner’s Tapping Technique to Calm Anxiety & Stress in 3 Minutes
Behind the scenes: a typical headshot session
Here’s a time-lapse video of quick headshot session for Mel from Curious Hare. A timson.co headshot session in a nutshell and the photos delivered…
