Why Not Hiring A Professional Headshot Photographer Is A Mistake?

You need headshot photos for your personal or business profile of your team. But why do you need to hire a professional headshot photographer? It might not be worth the money, the time or the effort. There could be simpler ways to find your best profile photo. Wouldn’t it be just as good to use the photos that your friends took?

At a glance, you’ve probably noticed that the profile photos of your LinkedIn contacts might have a ‘homemade’ look to them. This may apply to other social media contacts, too. But I’m going to show you why not hiring a professional headshot photographer is a mistake. Your profile photo on social media will determine their first impression of you, whether they are your business prospect or a social media follower. A professional portrait photographer has a range of ways to ensure that first impression is positive and lasting.

Your Headshot Should Stand Above the Crowd

To make the most of your first impression, your portrait should shine through other headshots. A professional photographer can show you a range of options to make your portrait noticeable. It must still be an attractive portrait in which your friends, colleagues and social media contacts can recognise you. This may be through simply capturing your enticing expressions predominantly through your profile photo. Even a simple prop or background location could be utilised by the photographer as a hook to introduce your story. These simple, yet high-quality methods will be useful in attracting recognition and eyes from your social media followers.

Project Your Style

The question of style is a complex one. However, capturing that style well is an important matter because it’s what makes you unique. Uniqueness is key to standing above the crowd. Capturing your style will include how you present yourself personally, your attire, as well as the way you express yourself. You may not even recognise your own style until you work with a professional photographer. A professional portrait photographer will be able to exhibit your style in your portrait session. Having your style presented will ultimately boost your own morale, as well as helping you attract the public eye on social media.

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Your Headshots Should Be Replicable

Just as you might need a personal profile photo, you may need a series of business photographs of your team. All features — the style, backdrop, lighting, angles and other components — all need to be consistent between the photographs. If let’s say, each person provides their own photograph, what might this say about your business as a whole? The images are then an erratic jumble of varying quality without consistent features. If there is a common high quality and consistency, this will brighten your business’s reputation. The images also need to be replicable in order to ensure future members of your team can easily be photographed in a similar way.

Professionals Know Their Stuff

Your professional headshot photographer is your friend and will give advice along the way to attract an audience & make sure your friends recognise your true self in the photos. As a professional, your photographer can assist you in your headshot’s location, expressions, attire and even your stance. Simply asking for help will ensure your brand is captured in the most effective way possible. This may include the angles, additional props or the lighting to express your business properly. After all, an old, pixelated snapshot from your phone is a far cry from a photographer’s high-quality photos.

At Pitch Visuals, we ensure your every headshot photographs leave the impression from both business prospect and social media followers. Remember us for professional photography service including corporate, industrial, event, editorial, public relation and commercial photography. For any queries, contact us on 0419 354 162 or email us on info@pitchvisuals.com.au.