The 3 Essential Sizes for Your Headshot

As a Dallas headshot photographer, my standard corporate-style headshot photo package delivers your business portrait back to you in 3 specific sizes. Each of these 3 is for a specific purpose. This will focus on how I deliver my LinkedIn profile photo back to you.

As I mentioned, everything I do is for a purpose, and that includes the specifics of your LinkedIn profile photo. As a leading professional Dallas headshot photographer, I’ve got this down to a science — efficient results that are strong, positive and don’t cut corners!

1. Your High Resolution photo. This is when your headshot needs to appear in print. Be that for winning an award, a press release by your company, editorial articles,

2. Your Web Resolution photo. Use this size when posting your photo online — for viewing on a screen, whether a mobile device or computer screen. This makes it ideal for social media and email,

3. Your LinkedIn profile photo. This is a square crop. Like everything else I provide in my corporate photo services, precise pose, precise lighting, my croping for your LinkedIn photo is precise as well.



If your linkedIn profile photo is not to their specifications, then LinkedIn will automatically resize it for you. But the result is a degraded image from what you uploaded — fuzzy and murky. Our studio includes your LinkedIn-ready profile photos in your business headshot photo package for this exact reason, and it is clearly labeled so you know which file to use on LinkedIn. This keeps you looking nice and crisp on LinkedIn.



We can photograph you with a different crop if you like, to better dovetail with your associates or for advertising reasons. At this point it is no longer technically a headshot, so if this is what you need, simply let your photographer know.

Get value for your career and invest in your own success with truly professional business headshots and corporate portraits at www.DallasBusinessHeadshots.com, booking at 877–858–0071.

When Dallas Headshots Have Significant Retouching

Photo retouching is the most subjective part of a Dallas business headshot. As a headshots photographer in Dallas and Plano, TX, I photography all kinds of business people (college graduates, headshots for internships, senior executives, middle management, doctors, lawyers, and much more). 

And from time to time they request a heavy amount of retouching, Now, they still need to look like themselves... just younger or slimmer or other requested retouching. Sometimes people have a sunburn and need the skin tones significantly changed as well. Sometimes it is changes to the teeth — teeth straightening, fill in gaps or fill in missing teeth, and of course, teeth whitening or when the one tooth is a different shade than the others.

Dallas headshots with slenderization and hair volumizing.

This applies to both women and men who want to look their best. My clients appreciate how they look younger and more vibrant, but still very much you. Some headshot clients want this and a few people do not want this degree of retouching. It is up to you to direct your headshot photographer for the level and amount of retouching you want for yourself. As your Dallas headshot photographer, I show your headshot to you on the back of the camera, where we can zoom in and discuss the specifics of what you do or don't want - teeth, neck, eyes, etc..

I've chosen the more extreme examples to show for this post, so the difference is obvious in even a small-size image. These clients wanted this much alteration and retouching. You may or may not want that much change, and that is OK – just communicate for your own happiness. For truly custom headshots in Dallas with professional attention to details, enjoy the right image for you at www.DallasBusinessHeadshots.com of call to book your photoshoot at 877-858-0071. 

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 leading 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 and www.HeadShotPros.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.

Simple Wardrobe Solution For Your Corporate Photos & Headshots

As a professional headshot photographer in Dallas, TX, I wanted to share a few recent examples in 2025 of business headshots that show how this simple wardrobe strategy works well in so many cases.

This wardrobe solution for professional business Headshots wardrobe is popular for a good reason.

This wardrobe solution for professional business Headshots wardrobe is popular for a good reason.

Sometimes, because of your profession, your professional portrait does need certain colors (blue works well for medical, warm colors for a therapist, brighter colors for a real estate agent), but this fairly monochromatic combination of dark blazer + white blouse (as long as the neckline is not complicated) works great for so many industries. It indicates you are reliable, and this combination puts all the focus on the most colorful part of the photo — your face.

For a wide range of skin colors, ages, ethnicities and hair colors, the wardrobe strategy you see in this photo will deliver great results for your career. The way I do an open and plain background, without being a stark white, combined with non-colorful clothing selections, means that your headshot can appear on a wide range of website pages and their respective color schemes, without any conflict.

This kind of professional headshot also works for many strata of the workplace:
• your first serious job out of college
• pursuing a company change or promotion
• management photos

Now for business owners, CEO’s and the like, yes a little more “spiff” is called for — carefully chosen jewelry, classy earrings, etc.. But this white blouse and dark-or-black blazer will serve you well AND keep your headshot very contemporary in the workplace for many years to come!

In the Dallas, TX area, to book professional headshots for you and your employees, simply call the studio line at 877–858–0071. Ask about our photo retouching too! We welcome the opportunity to serve you with headshot results that look reliably great. www.HeadShotPros.com

{HeadShotPros is a Professional Headshot Photographer in Dallas for business headshots, corporate portraits, Actor and Model headshots as well as commercial photography}

Dallas Photographer Near Me - Actor Headshots

Actors and actress in Dallas need truly professional headshot photography to compete for roles and captivate the attention of casting directors. An effective headshot puts all the focus on the face and makes the subject seem close, a person you can connect with. Headshots the audience can find engaging to look at make the best actors for movies, theater, commercials and more. 

Best Dallas Headshot Photographer For Actors & Models

A headshot that captures the attention of casing directors has the (1) right head angle to be most complimentary to the actor / model / subject, as well as emotional content and a (2) meaningful gaze. You feel the actor is looking at you and inviting you to engage with them. 

Of course to all that, the photography technique as to be on-point. That means the right lighting, a non-distracting background, and a vibrant feel.  Actors appreciate how my experience as a professional photographer puts them in the best light for the kinds of roles they are seeking. Get cast in more roles for more success. http://headshotpros.com/Actor_Headshots.html and call the studio to book yours at 877-858-0771.

Look your best with processional portraits and headshots

Look your best with processional portraits and headshots. There are several key elements to a successful headshot. This is true whether you want a Dallas business headshot, or acting headshots, modeling portfolio headshots, athlete headshots, entertainer headshots or even beauty/glamour headshots.

High Key Vs Low Key Headshot Lighting

Key 1: lighting. The lighting has to be right. Without proper lighing, nothing else will look good. For beauty headshots, you minimize shadows. For gritty or sports photos you might make use of shadows for mystery and tension. There's too much to mastering lighting to cover here. But simply to say that overall, usually the headshot is either well-lit (called high key bright look) or low-key which is a darker ambient light on the face. 

When it comes to your business headshot, you want a high-key look (nothing mysterious or dramatic hiding in the shadows), but for an acting headshot, you might want more drama. It all depends and the artistry is the photographer having the right sense of the lighting that best serves the specific purposes of the headshot. This sample musician headshot is a very simple example to illustrate the difference between high and low key lighting setups. 

Key 2: the Pose. The pose is another art in and of itself. Face shape, jawline, length of neck, the way you wear your hair, and all these aspects that appear in the camera frame, all determine the right pose. Are you trying to look more slender? That indicates some key distinctions in the pose. Again, too much to say about posing in one short blog pose, but your pose must compliment your goals, and I see too many so-called professional photographers that are sloppy or downright wrong on the best pose for a person. 

The right pose can emphasize or deempasize an aspect of your face, such as law or nose or forehead. Each photo is customized to your physical shape and your goals.

All faces are not created equal. Is your's long and narrow? Flat and wide? How is your nose, your chin? The length of your neck? And is your neck thin or thick? I take all this into account in determining the most flattering pose of your shoulders and head. And to be honest, I don't know of anyone more precise and methodical in achieving great results, than my posing techniques. I first started studying posing for models at age 17.

The headshot pose has to do with the physical features of the subject, but also with the purpose of the headshot. Which value are you trying to visually communicate primarily? Competence? Confidence? Approchability? FIerce or welcoming? Reassuring or bold? Do you want to look intimidating and powerful, open and honest, helpful or demanding respect? All these factors of the visual communication will inform the pose. I tailor your headshots, not for just your look, but for your audience, and this is yet another way in which my headshot photography regularly achieves such strong, positive results for my clients.

Key 3: the Retouching. Headshot retouching is another art in and of itself. Retouching is the most subjective aspect of your headshot. There can be too much or too little. Clearly, a polished beauty pageant headshot has a different expectation of finished result, than a more raw acting headshot. 

Expert, magazine-quality photo retouching for your Dallas headshots

 

This example shows a lot of retouching. My retouching can be subtle or more significant, as in this sample. Photo editing is done to your taste for the best results, given your headshot's audience. It is time intensive and detailed. And some prefer barely any retouching, or to look years younger - the choice is up to you. But my clients call it the $20,000 digital facelift! 

Retouching can whiten teeth, slenderize the neck, reduce the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines, and so much more. Let's talk about any retouching specifics you desire when you book your headshot photo session in Dallas, TX.  Contact www.HeadShotPros.com at 877-858-0071 and book your photoshoot.

The danger of going cheap on your headshots

Today's example shows what happens when you try to go "cheap" on your headshots or portraits. He needed a quick business headshot, so he called up the "professional" photographer that took the photos for his highschool senior. Well it turns out photographing kids out in a field does not translate well to giving the professional studio look. 

Professional Dallas Headshots done RIGHT - call 877-858-0071.

You need an experienced photographer to pose you... based on YOU - your neck, jawline, hair, etc.. This example needed lighting that integrated with other employees. Also, you can see that the glasses 

As a professional Dallas photographer, I look carefully at what I'm photographing. The details. You'd think this would go without saying, but when you look at other, so-called "professional" photographer, you can see the distinctions in a poor looking jawline that blends too much into the neck, which also looks unnecessarily thick. The pose, the lighting, the background, etc - it all has to come together to present a contemporary image for success. 

For individuals or groups, see the quality at www.DallasBusinessHeadshots.com and book your photoshoot with confidence.

Consider a Monochromatic Wardrobe For Business Headshots in Certain Industries

For "High Trust" Industries, women can benefit from a monochromatic wardrobe in their portraits and headshots. Consider when is the right time to wear just black and white.

 

Serious-styled business headshots for those in high trust industries.

See some samples of monochromatic outfit for business headshots. This is not the right clothing or background for everyone, but... it can be a great look for certain industries. Let me explain...

This is a more "serious" look for executive headshots and business portraits. The lack of color in the clothes means that the only color in the photo is in the face. So this style has the advantage of putting all the focus, right where you want it most - on the face.

But it is too heavy and serious for some industries (for real estate or for a therapist, for example). The monochromatic (black or white) clothing means you are serious about your work. This is great for certain industries where you need to show a high degree of competency - financial, legal, and medical industries. 

 These are what we call "high-trust" industries and you want your surgeon, lawyer, security,  banker or investment advisor to be "serious" about what they provide and serious about reliable results. This is when wearing black and white in your business head-shots or corporate portraits is perfect - because it visually communicates

Contrast that to more "friendly" industries where even more than competency, your photo needs to show you as accessible, welcoming, and approachable.  More color in your wardrobe is ideal for real estate agents, mental health counselors, and so forth. 

I have over 25 years taking headshots and portrait photgoraphy in Dallas that gets great results for all kinds of business-people, so let's schedule your photo session and discuss the best wardrobe to get strong, positive results from your specific audience. www.HeadshotPros.com studio booking line is 1-877-858-0071.

 

Choose the right professional headshot photographer in Dallas near you

Professional Headshots in Dallas For Business and Corporate Executives

Your image matters - when it comes to making that first impression, when it comes to new business prospects, and when it comes to getting the lion's share of new business opportunities. 

My job is to deliver a portrait or headshot that you love — one that delivers strong, positive results. So invest in headshots done right (right lighting, right pose, right attitude) to present yourself as confident and welcoming. 

My studio's convenient location let you get in front of them camera, where I pose you very carefully and precisely for the angle of your head and shoulders that looks best for you, but I do this quickly so you get on with your day, making the most of your valuable time.

Call the photo studio at 877-858-0071for pricing and availability.  Quantity discounts are available for 4 or more people. www.HeadShotPros.com