Tips For Making A Good Impression From A Los Angeles Business Portrait Photographer

By Gary Morgan


You can only make one first impression. If potential clients are going to be checking out your company's website, the first things they learn about you will be on your management page. You have to be as professional looking and appealing as possible. A Los Angeles business portrait photographer has some great tips for creating a lasting, and great, first impression.

You should consider your attire carefully when you are posing for photographs. The type of business you're in will determine your dress choices to a certain extent. There are some clothing choices you don't want to make no matter which business you're in though.

Thin stripes and busy patterns won't photograph well. They can look great in person, but when they are photographed, a moire effect can show up. This becomes much more apparent once a photo is reduced to fit a web page or corporate brochure. Solid colors and simple designs are often your best choices.

You should think about how the photo will eventually be used. Many times corporate photos are changed to black and white images or reduced to be used as thumbnails. These uses will eliminate any subtle variation in color tones in the clothing you're wearing. Your pale pink tie, that looks great against your snowy white shirt in the mirror, will all but disappear in this kind of photo.

If you're in some kind of creative field, where casual clothing is appropriate, be careful about wearing a tee shirt with a logo or image of any kind. If the company photo is a head and upper chest shot, the logo will be probably be cut off anyway. Wildly patterned ties or shirts may not translate well when the picture is reduced.

Professional photographers use heavy duty, high intensity lights when they take formal photos. That can make the posing experience pretty hot. If you start sweating, you will have a shiny face in your photographs, especially along your brow and upper lip. To avoid that, women should consider using a foundation on their faces. Wiping your face with a damp washcloth right before you sit down in front of the camera will help too.

Photographers say they are always surprised when clients come to their studios for portrait sessions with their hair flying in all directions. Women are generally more guilty of this than men, because most men have less to work with. Dropping a hairbrush and some gel or hairspray into your purse is a good idea. You never know when a wind gust will catch you unawares. You should pay as much attention to your hair as you do to your clothing.

People always want to know if they should be photographed in their glasses. Photographers say that if glasses are something clients are used to seeing you in, wear them. If not, there is no reason to put them on. If you do decide to wear them, be sure they are clean.




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