A headshot is the first thing most people see of your business, and a page of portraits shot four different ways says something you did not mean to say. Everyone is lit and framed to the same standard, so the wall of faces reads as one organisation.
Professional, warm, or deliberately a little moody, the brief is set before the day and held to it. Shot on site for teams and boards across Victoria, and built to sit on the website, the deck, LinkedIn and print without being reshot.
A portable setup that works in a meeting room, a foyer or a warehouse. No studio booking, no half the team missing because they could not get across town.
People are booked in short slots and are back at their desk quickly. Most of the work happens before anyone sits down, which is why the day runs to time.
Colour and skin handled with a light hand, so it still looks like the person. Delivered by cloud in web and print sizes, ready to drop straight into the site and the deck.
Ask for advice specific to the job, because the technicalities change what helps. Beyond that, enough rest and looking after yourself goes a long way, and it shows in the frame.
All around Victoria. The metro and south east suburbs are the preference, and travel further is arranged as part of the brief.
Via cloud, with an estimate given at the end of the session. That ranges from next day to about four weeks, depending on the schedule at the time.
Bank transfer against the invoice number is the best method. PayID and cash are accepted where that is easier.
About ten minutes once the lighting is set. A team of fifteen is a morning with a schedule rather than a lost day, and people come down in small groups so nobody is standing around.
The first two or three take slightly longer while everyone works out that it is not as bad as they expected.
Yes, and that is the main reason to shoot them as a system rather than a one-off. The lighting setup, background treatment and crop are all recorded at the first session.
A new starter shot twelve months later drops into the same team page without looking like it came from somewhere else.
Almost always. A portable setup goes up in any room with about three metres of clear space, which most offices have somewhere.
It saves the whole team travelling and it means people can go back to their desk between takes.
Solid colours, mid to dark tones, and whatever they would actually wear to meet a client. Fine stripes and busy patterns are the two things that cause trouble on screen.
I send a short note you can forward to the team before the day. It is three lines, and it makes a visible difference.
Most people say that, and it is usually about not knowing what to do with their hands. Direction handles it: you get told where to stand, where to look and what to do, rather than being left to perform.
I show people a frame early so they can see it is fine. That single thing settles almost everyone.
One or two finished frames each as standard, retouched and graded, which is what a team page and a LinkedIn profile actually need.
A larger selection per person can be included where the headshots are also being used for press or speaker profiles. Say so at booking and the shoot is paced for it.
Tell me the headcount, the site and the date. You get a fixed price, a running order for the day, and a delivery date before anyone books a slot.
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