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In the everyday hustle and bustle, something is bound to slip the mind. Do I have milk at home? When is the oil in the car due to be changed? Did I give my kid lunch money this morning? It happens! But one of the most common things that we overlook in the professional world is our digital handshake. Our headshot!
A headshot is just as important as anything else in the professional world. It’s the one thing that speaks for you long before someone has a chance to meet you and can convey so much. Are your approachable? Are you confident? Likable? So much can be said with this critical business tool yet we forget that as we grow and change our headshot needs to do the same.
One thing I’ve always prided myself on in my headshot sessions is that we have fun! It’s absolutely essential. Your headshot has to present you as you are outside of my studio or in front of my camera. Simply put, we can’t fake this! But how do we achieve this? How do we get the most authentic you into the image? Conversation.
Most people don’t take a headshot regularly enough to feel 100 percent comfortable in front of the camera during their session. So what’s the secret Daryl? Well, we remove the camera. Not physically of course. The goal is to make it the smallest thing in the room. And how do we do that? Right back to conversation. A good conversation is way that people connect, how they open up and are themselves. It’s a base at all my sessions that we start with conversation before you step in front of my camera. A genuine connection puts you at ease and also helps me know how I can bring out the best in you. Love dad joke? I’ll find out and have a whole book full of them! Love living in Chicago? Let’s talk about it. There are many points of connection in conversation and it’s honestly the core piece of the client experience…and the secret sauce!
More Than A Photograph
Isaiah | 2021
One thing that I love about photography is the ability to freeze time. A great image is a mile marker in life. It can be looked back on and seen as a celebration of a moment or an opportunity to enjoy the journey of life.
This image is so special to me because it is my amazing son, Isaiah. Isaiah is full of personality! He loves living life to the fullest and there is never a dull moment with this guy. Even through quarantine he has found so many ways to find the joy in an otherwise boring situation. The number of forts we have built and dinosaur adventures we have gone on are endless.
We took this headshot because he is wanted to possibly get into modeling. He was so excited to get in front of the camera! I asked him to show me his personality so that the people we were sending the images to would know all about him. And what can I say, he absolutely nailed it!