A few jobs ago, I ended up shooting a few hundred headshots. I have a decent Canon (7D) and the agency had some L glass, quality lights and a backdrop, but I had never shot indoor strobe portraiture before. Learned a few things:
- give yourself time to set up and bring someone you trust (or an intern) to get your settings dialed in.
- shoot tethered, if possible, and have an external monitor so that your coworkers can decide for themselves if something looks good or not.
- take it easy, stay relaxed, make it fun. lots of folks hate this sort of idea when dictated by an employer; if you’re relaxed, cracking jokes, offering suggestions, you can make them relax - and you might get them to actually decide they liked a photo of themselves.
There are still a couple of my former coworkers using my headshots on their LinkedIn profiles, and I have always felt some pride at that.
A few jobs ago, I ended up shooting a few hundred headshots. I have a decent Canon (7D) and the agency had some L glass, quality lights and a backdrop, but I had never shot indoor strobe portraiture before. Learned a few things:
- give yourself time to set up and bring someone you trust (or an intern) to get your settings dialed in.
- shoot tethered, if possible, and have an external monitor so that your coworkers can decide for themselves if something looks good or not.
- take it easy, stay relaxed, make it fun. lots of folks hate this sort of idea when dictated by an employer; if you’re relaxed, cracking jokes, offering suggestions, you can make them relax - and you might get them to actually decide they liked a photo of themselves.
There are still a couple of my former coworkers using my headshots on their LinkedIn profiles, and I have always felt some pride at that.