The Advantage of using a downtown Dallas Headshot Studio - Urban Headshots

Yes, my headshot studio is in downtown Dallas for a reason. The main reason is being close to the large law firms located downtown, as most of them are my clients. But there is another advantage when it comes to business headshots and corporate portraits.

That advantage is when you want an outdoor headshot, that still says 'business'. Lots of people think greenery, grass and trees when you say outdoor headshot, but you can get a 'corporate' outdoor headshot too. More greenery is what I go for when the client is a residential real estate agent, but for a corporate executive or attorney, we're talking about a headshot that shows office buildings in the background, blurred, but still distinguishable as business buildings.

This says visually that you're not just a person in a suit, but that you are a BUSINESS person. That you are a 'mover and shaker' in your industry. It also gives a dynamic and vibrant look, when done right (as I've learned to do!).

These samples of some of my urban outdoor corporate heacshots all convey a visual message with their background - a certain feel that tells you they are active in corporate business - be it construction, financial industry, corporate accounting, corporate law, etc.. So think these photos this as a style guide. 

Certain industries benefit you with an image of office buildings in the background, such as commercial real estate. If this style of headshot will help you in the minds of your clients and prospective clients, then book your Dallas headshots when you call 1-877-858-0071 and ask for the outdoor look! 

Because I'm already downtown, I know some great urban locations lined up, close to my studio, for our photoshoot, so use this to your advantage!

For an individual business person, this kind of photoshoot is $295 for the first photo, and just $100 per additional photo (that includes sizing and retouching) with handful of photos to choose from. Just ask if you want more locations! www.DallasBusinessHeadshots.com

 

 

Invest in Your Success With Professional Business Headshots

Crisp and contemporary business headshots and corporate portraits in Dallas, TX. Show them that you are poised to deliver strong, positive results! Our Dallas, TX photo studio delivers a variety of styles your your business headshot, and we also offer outdoor headshots for individuals and groups alike.

At every stage of your career, it is smart to present yourself in the best light, to your peers and business prospects. Sometimes, my clients need their background matched to existing employees on the company website - no problem! 

My portraits are known for showing my clients as active, as engaged, as dynamic! This results in a headshot that both employers and prospective clients feel they can CONNECT with. This sense of connection is so important to getting responses, opportunities, invitation, and new business deals.

 

Need to update your headshot? Book your headshots with a quick call to 877-858-0071. At Dallas Headshots we provide great-looking corporate headshots and executive portraits done at our centrally-located downtown photo studio, your office location for groups of people, or your Dallas corporate event. Our professional headshot photography service is value-packed and the results are the best in town!

So connect with our Dallas photo studio for your headshot and portrait needs: www.DallasBusinessHeadshots.com

Getting Business Headshots when Looking for or Starting a New Position

As a Dallas headshot photographer, I help people get headshots - not just any photo headshot, but headshots strategically designed to help them either to get a new job position, or once they have their new job position.

Dallas Best Professional Business Headshots with expert photo retouching

For your business headshot to deliver maximum value, it has to show you in the right light, so to speak. When job seeking and when starting a new corporate job, your headshot may have different considerations. Let's talk about it.

Dallas Business Headshots when Staring a New Position:

Congrats on your new role. Now is a key time where it is important to get an image of yourself (for LinkedIn, for the company website, etc.) to show yourself to your new colleagues and clients alike - one that gets respect, and shows you as competent and ready to make a difference.

Respect is indeed key in a new position. You need respect to get things done, to having your voice be heard. To have any influence and path to positive advancement. A properly-taken, professional headshot shows that you take this position seriously, so your colleagues will take you seriously as a result.

For Help Landing Your First Real Job after College Graduation:

Another very smart time to purchase professional business headshots is upon college graduation. This is the time you are going after that first "real job in the real world" so to speak. Again, being respected is priority and being seen as able to responsibly tackle your job duties - this is what puts you out in front of your competition. 

Dallas business headshot photographer for college graduates

All your schooling work, maintaining a high GPA, it all comes down to the quality of job/career you've positioned yourself for. Now the final key step is your business photo (corporate headshot) to help consummate a desirable job offer. People who present a professionally taken headshot of themselves will be taken much more seriously, regardless of what is written in their resumé.

So give yourself every advantage and invest in your own success. www.DallasBusinessHeadshots.com booking at 877-858-0071.

Contemporary vs Old Style Business Headshots in Dallas, TX

Older Style Dallas Business Headshot 

As a Dallas, TX headshot photographer, I get many kinds of photography requests, for many styles and industries where professionals need to look right to their respective audiences. To keep this short, our first example is common for an older style of headshots. It is subjective, so there is not just one right or wrong choice, but the trend is for a lighter headshot, more open and airy. 

This headshot with the blue background shows an older style. It is more reserved, more formal, more conservative. The headshot with the light grey background is more contemporary. It has a lighter feeling, clean, crisp with nothing to hide. This visually communicates authenticity and signals to the viewer that you are welcoming. It is safe to reach out and do business with you, knowing you straightforward - a person of your work.

Different industries can lean towards one or the other appearance. And we're just talking about studio headshots here, not outdoor or on-location photoshoots. A more serious industry, like litigation attorney or security, might benefit from the heavier and more formal look. While a public-facing professional businessperson might want to emphasize being welcoming and approachable.

Contemporary Style Headshot

If you are in sales, for example, you want a headshot that people feel they can connect with and agree with. A photo that makes them feel like saying YES to you. Likewise, with real estate (commercial or residential), as an agent, you want to emphasize how approachable you are.

In either style of headshot, I deliver the pose needs to be just right, being careful to not make the next look too thick. You want the jawline to be distinct as well. 

Call the Dallas headshot photography studio near you at 877-858-0071 for pricing and availability. Quantities of 4 people and larger, qualify for a quantity discount. Location photoshoots, outdoor portraits and group headshots also available. www.DallasBusinessHeadshots.com

Why Dallas Business Headshots are Better with Retouching

 When you have an experienced photographer like myself, I include magazine-quality photo retouching in your business headshot photoshoot. Tasteful retouching is detailed and it takes time. It also takes a good eye to know what to change, and HOW MUCH to change it - without overdoing it.

Here's a good example. This photo I retouched has multiple changes: (in no specific order)

• skin tone improved
• hairline lowered and more curved (less blocky)
• jaw line slenderized (more feminine)
• neck wrinkles reduced
• under eye bags reduces
• dark areas in hair brightened
• top of hair simplified/smoothed

Some of these changes you may have noticed, but usually you don't consciously register most of them. What your brain does see, however, is a more attractive person overall - someone you feel better about connecting with and doing business with. This is the key and this is the strategic value for smart businesspeople. Getting more business deals and opportunities is necessary for more profits.

Here's another example of Dallas headshot photo retouching done right. This one shows teeth, so teeth whitening has been included, tracing around each and every tooth. No automatic filters used as they are never precise enough or tasteful enough. 

His main concern was thinning hair due to age. He wanted more volume to his hair. You can now spot how both the hair has more volume, and the hairline is lowered a bit. You see the revitalizing lessening of eye bags and around eye wrinkles (including crows feet). His suit jacket already has more straightening. Lastly, and this is important with middle-aged men, the slenderization done to his neck.

The other thing I do is apply the unfair psychological advantage to your photos. In this second example, it is in the background. The background color is desatuated to make it completely neutral. That is a plus becuae your photo will not clash with any website it appear on. Second, that neutral background color also helps your face/skin stand out in the headshot as warm. Third, by adding in some vignetting (darkening around the edges), it gives your face and head the appearance of a glow - so a subtle halo effect.

It is important to remember that this retouching is done on the foundation of a great photo to begin with - a headshot properly posed with professional lighting. There is a lot that goes into the raw photo being taken right, but that is a topic of its own. It is deceptively simple looking, like an ice skater looking so effortless doing their graceful movements, in reality it takes discipline, attention to detail, and training to achieve such effortless-seeming results. Likewise with my Dallas photography, I put all 25 years experience into your photo, but I have it down to a science and can light and pose quickly to be efficient with your timing.

I remove those flyaway hairs for a more crisp corporate image.

I use three softwares in this process and it is tedious to get tasteful results.It is not as important to know the details of what I'm doing to your photo after I take your photo. What matters to you is that you are shown at your best for a strong, positive results. It is this optimal response that makes your professional headshot an investment in your own success!

The end result is more likeability and trust. You feel you are dealing with someone energetic, vibrant, and poised to serve your needs. That is the extra value packed into my headshots - a value that translates into an average of $10,000 more income. It is a subjective service that most people do wrong -- with cheesy or less than magazine-quality results. It takes a very trained eye to be very specific.

At my Dallas photography studio, most business headshot sessions are $295, with quantity discounts available. Call 877-858-0071 for specifics. www.HeadShotPros.com

Dallas Dating Photos Done Right (Profile Portraits)

Online dating is more pervasive than ever. This is your chance to make a great first impression. Don't waste that opportunity and bore a potential match.

Are your social profile photos making viewers bored?

Get vibrant and engaging photos - social media profile photography that show you as interesting, as active and dynamic. I take your social portraits outside my photo studio, and show you out and about - in action. 

As a professional Dallas photographer, I also apply, not only all the truly professional aspects of lighting, posing and photo technicalities, but what other photographers don't know to do - that is, the psychological aspects to social profile photos that are unique to men and women, that helps you get more views, more interest and more responses.

Use the ways she is evaluating you to your advantage.

A woman is evaluating the photos you provide to get a sense of how seriously she should take you. So USE that truth to your advantage and visually communicate VALUE to her.

Let's make is simple for your dating prospects to say YES and bring more relationship opportunities your way. My dating profile photoshoots use visual psychology to your advantage, along with good lighting and posing. Enjoy better results for yourself when you book your photos at www.PortraitPhotographerDallas.com and call 877-858-0071 to schedule.