How to DIY Your Headshots (If You Have To)
Let me be candid for a moment—you should not take your headshot yourself. Even professional photographers, unless it’s part of some art project, usually get a colleague to make their headshot. The purpose of a headshot is to help you make connections you need, help...
Four Ways to Network Your Business Badly
Are you a ‘good networker’? Do you go to local groups and meetings diligently? Do you try to make sure to talk to everyone? Do you do all the follow ups, and phone calls and coffee dates? Do you have enough business cards in your car to throw your back out? If you’re...
So You Got Some Headshots, Now What?
As a society, we’re well past the discussions of what kind of professionals need a headshot; gone are the days of just real estate agents and actors. The answer, today, is almost all of them. If you’re running a business (of just about any kind), if you’re trying to...
Three Questions You Should Ask Yourself Before Getting a New Headshot
As I mentioned in a recent photoblog, for anyone who needs to be noticed, a headshot is basically a necessity these days. The ubiquity of the social media ‘profile photo’ has trained us to put a sense of importance on the photo a person uses to represent themselves....