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Video Tips - How to select your headshot

Working your way through a bunch of headshot proofs after your session can be tricky without some guidance. This week’s video covers the basics of how to select the right image for your audience from a bunch of proofs.

Unless you’re a professional photo editor, picking the ‘best’ image is tough. And even photo editors may struggle a bit when it comes to picking out their own image. Working your way through a bunch of headshot proofs after your session can be tricky without some guidance. This week’s video covers the basics of how to select the right image for your audience from a bunch of proofs.


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Video Tips - How to pose in a headshot

Posing for a portrait is tough. Looking natural without looking posed is one of the most challenging aspects to portrait photography.

Posing for a portrait is tough. Looking natural without looking posed is one of the most challenging aspects to portrait photography. Most of my clients are Detroit area business owners, executives and attorneys — not models. So I made a video with some essential posing tips. Let me know what you think!

Clients ask “What should I do with my hands?” all the time. So I recently added a video specifically on posing hands.


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I work with clients from my studio in Troy, MI, which is easily accessible from anywhere in the Detroit metro area. But I’m happy to travel to you as well!

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Video Tips - How to smile in your headshot

Seems easy enough, right? But getting an authentic smile or expression can be tricky. If you’re not a model and have an upcoming professional photoshoot coming up, this video will help.

Seems easy enough, right? But getting an authentic smile or expression can be tricky. If you’re not a model and have an upcoming professional photoshoot coming up, this video will help.

You’ll also get a few key posing tips. Yes, there’s a lot of posing involved with a headshot!


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Video Tips - How to look like you in your headshot

Think of your professional headshot as a visual business card. Its job is to get you noticed and recognized.

As a portrait photographer, this a fascinating question. In this video, the question purely functional. Think of your professional headshot as a visual business card. Its job is to get you noticed and recognized.

So if it’s not an honest representation of you, you’ll only be adding doubt in the minds of anyone who eventually meets you in person.




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Video Tips - What's the best background for your headshot?

Your headshot session is coming up, but you've noticed a huge variety of backgrounds out there. What background is best for your professional headshot? This video will cover pros and cons to each background option and help you make an informed decision when working with your photographer.

Your headshot session is coming up, but you've noticed a huge variety of backgrounds out there. What background is best for your professional headshot?

This video will cover pros and cons to each background option and help you make an informed decision when working with your portrait photographer.


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