London and Area Business Portraits
A while back we had a special on business portraits. It went well and we were busy for a week photographing lots of Real Estate Agents, Mortgage Brokers and other professionals. Professionals who understand that poeple make split decision on whether or not they are going to work with you depending on the picture they see in the paper or on your business card and in advertisements. During that week clients would show us the work they had received in the past that was on their business cards. One story stood out because I hear it all the time. ”It’s just a head shot for my business card, I’ll just go to Wallmart. I don’t need to invest much in that.” WRONG and when they see their collegues and competitors with professional portraits on their cards they realize they made a big mistake. Here is one for instance. Sheryl had hers photographed at W*ll***t. ( I have a hard time saying that word with regards to photography) I have also included our portrait. Can you tell which ones ours? Lighting is so important. Unfortunately at a big box store they are not going to custom light your portrait to be flattering. They believe that hard, flat lighting is right for every situation. The result? …A passport photo for a business portrait. Is that what you want your business portrait to say about your business? Probably not. You consider yourself to be a professional so you should have a professional portrait that represents a professional business.
Below are others from that week and a couple favourites from the little while.
Guess what Will (above) does for a living? Green, Growth? He’s a financial planner. We do get out of the studio to do a concept shot if that is what you want.
Pretty obvious what Jonathan (above) does. He has been the chef for the Prime Minister of Canada, has cooked for President Obama, the President of Mexico and the
personal chef to the Westons ( You know the guy on TV for Presidents Choice). Of course we had to photograph him in a kitchen.
Lastly is Heather.. She has a Ph.D. in Water or something like that. She is going to save the world. And I’m not kidding.
Do you know how many diseases are related to the quality of the water we drink in Ontario?
Talk to her, she’ll tell you.
