Yes, I do offer a corporate and a contemporary head shot service.
Yes, you do need to represent yourself with a professional image.

It never seemed appropriate to list this service on my website, where the focus is so heavily on families, but recently it has reached a tipping point. The number of moms and dads who pull me aside at their family sessions asking how to get professional shots exploded last year. I have been providing corporate head shots / actors head shots for quite a while and I’ve honed the service into a convenient, easy package. With the growing importance of LinkedIn and Facebook it is truly necessary to have a properly lit, decent, relaxed, professional portrait.

Here are the details:

• Head shot appointments are available on weekday mornings only, in the studio.
• Sessions typically last less than fifteen minutes.
• Clients have the choice of a crisp grey background or natural light, or a combination of both.
• Images are quickly reviewed by the photographer and client and three best shots are agreed.
• Disc containing three best shots, in color and black and white versions, available within 24-48 hours.
• Set fee: $95

Below is an example of a final image set using both formal and contemporary lighting – ideal for a variety of situations. Please email for more information or availability.

Over the summer I worked on an assignment to photograph members of the West Suburban Symphony Orchestra. The photographs were going to be used in their print publications and needed to give a sense of the orchestra’s personality amidst all the necessary printed information about tickets, times, locations, programs and special events.

The designer, Renee (who is also a member of the orchestra), wanted the portraits to be traditional but friendly. They needed to say “Hey look everybody, we are bunch of talented, committed musicians that come together out of pure joy to perform in a symphony orchestra. We know what we are doing, many of us are full-time musicians outside of the orchestra, but we don’t get all uptight about it. We think you will like hearing us.”

To start, I photographed the conductor, Peter Lipari, in the studio. I shot about 5 different light setups and let Renee tell me which worked best for her design. She chose a classic split light set up.

The question remained — how to get a dozen portraits taken of other orchestra members under a tight deadline? If the mountain won’t go to Mohammed… We decided the easiest thing would be to bring my studio to the symphony. So a few weeks later I loaded up my lights and set up in the rehearsal room during the warmup time before a performance.

It was a special challenge to incorporate each musician’s instrument. There was only a 6-7 minute time slot for each portrait. Some instruments were huge (the sousaphone!). Some were dinky. Some were reflective. Some were mostly black. I found that I used most of the 6-7 minutes just to figure out the instrument positioning and thankfully once we nailed that, the expressions came naturally to the orchestra members.

Thanks to all the musicians for letting me into your world, behind the scenes before a performance. And here’s how the season brochure looks with the new images:

Would you guess from her stunning appearance that this client swings a hammer renovating historic, luxury houses for a living? Slated to appear in the trade press as a noteworthy female renovator, it was important to capture print-ready portraits which embody both leadership and femininity. We purposely chose to shoot against the brick walls in order to reinforce her links to the building trade.

Click here to get in touch with the studio to schedule corporate headshots for your business.

There are two details of his portrait I particularly like: the stains on his shirt from handling berries just a few minutes before, and the way he removed his sunglasses, just letting them hang loosely by his side.

I’m not a huge blueberry connoisseur, but these surely were tasty.

Why is Totally Rad a link above? Because they make great Photoshop actions which help me translate everyday photography into something with meaning and emotion for the viewer. Totally Rad Rocks!!!

1. Beautiful. And I mean genuinely. Real deal.
2. So so kind.
3. Difused sunlight.

BTW, if you are looking for fresh and easy-to-wear girls clothes, I would definitely check out these dresses and skirts. They are pretty and comfy (good for kids) and machine washable (good for moms!). All of our girl models popped the clothes on very happily.

As a follow up to my previous post, Jennifer Freeman’s Jnotes website is now online. Congratulations, Jenn!

Also, I want everyone to know that Jenn herself has created most of the images on her website. We worked together to find a style that she could repeat with her own camera. Now, she can consistently document her own work when she develops new pieces for her clients. Cool.

She does and great job and I did not want undeserved credit!