Still photography & videography & social media & …
Doing it all simultaneously When I was a teenager, maybe relaxing and reading a book on a weekend morning, my dad would often say, “While you’re resting, go mow the lawn.” The phrase “While you’re
Category: Corporate photography
Photography for startups. Part 1 of 3
Branding Starting or growing a business? Marketing strategist Daniel DiGriz at Madpipe suggests that your photography should have three purposes. Wait a minute! Was that “three purposes?” Not “three types of photos?” Yes, purposes: a
Producing and shooting an editorial assignment
I often get asked about how I work, so here’s a look at how I produced and shot a low budget editorial assignment. The approach is similar to one I’ve used for some corporate assignments.
Highlights from 2014’s photo assignments
I sometimes lose track of the range of assignments I get, and 2014 included a range I hadn’t paid much attention to until I looked through my shoot catalog for the year. Advertising Corporate
Headshot and executive portrait mistakes you don’t want to make
Everybody needs headshots, and most people hate to have them taken, myself included. (Really!) You need a headshot—or a few—for your company website, for social media, and for promotional distribution. To do it right is
Five-minute headshots
As a people photographer, my ideal is to spend some time with the people I’m shooting, even for something as basic as a headshot. Why bother? My take is that a headshot is often the
The professional headshot conundrum
A couple of recent incidents: I was called in to a local real estate brokerage a year or so ago. They were revamping their web marketing, and asked me to present some options for updated