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I paid for professional headshots to use in professional settings. It was partly about LinkedIn and other social media, and partly about conferences and press.
by lucasgonze 8y ago
I paid for professional headshots to use in professional settings. It was partly about LinkedIn and other social media, and partly about conferences and press.
Why? Because it's an effective way to tell your story better.
It says you're confident, because you know that you're awesome enough to deserve a professional shoot.
The specifics of whatever photos you end up using will carry some message. For example being shot in front of books carries an obvious message.
It's good to have a photo specifically designed for professional contexts, rather than one awkwardly repurposed from a social context.
- netsharc 8y agoI second this, the lady I went to took around 80 different pictures, and she was telling me how to stand (where to place my feet, shoulders, turn my head, smile - even though the photo was chest-up the placement of the feet were important) and was very encouraging with "Smile! Oh wow, that's great!". Later on we reduced it to several photos by sorting out the ones I wouldn't like at all and going "Photo A or photo B?" through the ones we had left. A stiff passport photo would've been boring...