Blog Posts - Headshots

Brand new Actress Headshot session! I had a ton of fun working with this lovely mom of two. She decided to update her headshots so she can start going to castings while her boys are in school. These final pics are the selections from her agent.  ...

I always shoot natural light and sometimes, living in Chicago, it can get cold.  Luckily we both braved the cold and captured these amazing shots for this Chicago-area businessman’s Linkedin page.

Joan works as a journalist and wanted headshots for her website so she consulted with me and we came up  with a plan! Her session went great. I shoot most headshots natural light, so being January it is a little cold outside, but it all worked out.

This young man just signed with a Chicago Agency. He has a great look!

if you’re a seasoned actor, you’ve already had (many) headshots. if you went to drama school also, you certainly must have enough info about the requirements and even recommendations for photographers in your area who specialize in actors’ hea...

if you’re a seasoned actor, you’ve already had (many) headshots. if you went to drama school also, you certainly must have enough info about the requirements and even recommendations for photographers in your area who specialize in actors’ hea...

kisha allure is a theatre actress in washington dc who wanted to take actor’s headshots. she contacted me on a wednesday telling me she needed to submit the pictures to a casting call in new york the coming weekend. we had to book the photo...

one afternoon this past summer, a guy called me who said he wanted casual business headshots in an outdoors setting. he had bought a voucher from a promo that I was running with living social. it was thursday so I told him we could schedule somethi...

woman calls me asking if I do headshots for casting. she told me that she was looking for a photographer for an upcoming audition. one of the questions she asked me was how long I had been doing headshots. clients check a few photographers and at the...

  after over a week in the doldrums I was pleasantly surprised to receive payment notification from paypal. it was a deposit payment for a shoot. when someone pays a deposit before contacting you, it means that they’ve already decided that you...

On the off chance that you ever take photographs of individuals, then you've truly got the opportunity to watch a professional’s presentation.

jeff can be considered the first male model paying for my services. before that most male models think that they’re doing you a favor by posing for your photography. an aspiring model has to set their priorities. if being a model in Washington dc i...

jeff can be considered the first male model paying for my services. before that most male models think that they’re doing you a favor by posing for your photography. an aspiring model has to set their priorities. if being a model in Washington dc i...

see more examples of executive headshots chris is a client who needed business casual headshots rather than corporate and formal. the goal was to capture the image of a young professional who looks friendly, energetic and really someone you can buil...

  see more sample headshots of this dancer here I was expecting a client who had booked a shoot for headshots. as I was heading to the elevator a young lady passed me by, I got the feeling that it was her. we had exchanged emails just to confirm th...

if you’re contemplating having some actor’s headshots for castings, you may have wondered whether you should have them taken in a studio or on location. in my many years of experience as a photographer, I cannot remember when I was ever aske...

When someone is overly controlling about every aspect of the shoot from the largest detail to the smallest of details, it tends to stifle creativity. The post Want a Successful Headshot Session? Here’s What Your Photographer Needs From You...

Seriously y’all!  Check out this handsome man and his new book about surviving cancer! SOOOOO excited for Matt and I can’t wait to read the preview of his new book “From Fear to Faith .A Survivor’s Story”   He’s...

Seriously y’all!  Check out this handsome man and his new book about surviving cancer! SOOOOO excited for Matt and I can’t wait to read the preview of his new book “From Fear to Faith .A Survivor’s Story”   He’s...

One of the things I love best about being a photographer is meeting interesting and new people.  I just loved spending the morning with this husband and wife lawyer team in uptown Charlotte.  They needed a variety of images for their … Conti...

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