{"id":3999,"date":"2020-12-04T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/?p=3999"},"modified":"2020-12-04T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T14:51:11","slug":"business-headshot-and-portrait-photos-needed-for-a-local-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonday.com\/news\/business-headshot-and-portrait-photos-needed-for-a-local-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Business headshot and portrait photos needed for a local teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was contacted by a lovely lady, Sophie, who needed some new portrait and headshots<\/a> for her work and social media. Another photographer had recently let Sophie down with unflattering photos so she was understandably nervous. Here’s how I go about reassuring the people I photograph and take photos that they love…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

When we first meet on outdoor shoots I will set-up and ask for you to walk a few steps towards me while I photograph you walking. I’ll ask you to repeat that 2 or 3 times. I do this because it helps relax the mood and is a lovely way to start a portrait or headshot session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most people have nerves about how well the photos will come out. In this case, I knew Sophie had extra doubts because of a recent negative experience with a different photographer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I needed to build that trust so I positioned her by a nice scene and I took two photos. The first was straight on, no positioning, no posing, nothing from me, a basic snapshot photo. The second shot I turned her and posed her in a way I knew would flatter her features. I’m not going to show the first unflattering snap-shot photo, no-one would like that, but here is the second photo…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The example photo to show a more pleasing pose and position.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When Sophie saw the difference between the before and after, she instantly loved my second photo and in turn, she visibly relaxed which makes a big difference to the photos. She had regained her trust in photographers, which meant she wasn’t as tensed up and her expressions were now much more relaxed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During a headshot photoshoot<\/a>, I will show you some of the photos in the back of the camera as we go along. Some of these are to keep the trust going, some to highlight how a slight tweak to the last pose will really help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this photoshoot, we used two locations; Rock Walk<\/a> and Princess Pier<\/a> in Torquay. At this time of year, it is very easy parking and easy to avoid people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some of the photos from our portrait session:<\/p>\n\n\n