A new style for corporate headshots

Its time for a new style for corporate headshots!

Gone are the days of,

"Right then, sit at 45 degrees to the camera. Don't smile, you're a business man.  Head up. Look in the lens.  I only want your head and shoulders.  Here, lets put a nice mottled background behind you, that'll look lovely.  1 2 3..." Bang!  "Job's a good 'un...you can pay on your way out!"

Business isn't run like this these days and your images should reflect that fact.  You can be professional and business-like and still smile at the same time, in fact you're likely to appeal to potential customers more if you do.

These are some images from a recent shoot I did for Aquarius Equity in Manchester...

Castlefield Fashion Shoot

Here's a really interesting post for you, its got video and everything!!

A couple of weeks ago I did a collaboration shoot in Manchester, with the biggest team I have yet to work with.  The shoot was to be based upon an idea one of the models had come across, a little bit quirky, with the man constantly trying to impress the gorgeous young woman.

We shot it around the Castlefield area, which has stacks of character.  It is by the Manchester canal, and you will also see the very impressive Hilton hotel in the background.  This was perfect as we were trying to mix the old with the new, bringing in classic style with a punch!

This is a short video of the behind-the-scenes photographs, put together by our brilliant Make-Up Artist, Deborah Lawson:

Everybody was working for free and for their portfolio's, so here's a heads up of the team:

Photographer: Christopher Perkins

Models: CrZ and Martina Goodman-Withers

Make-Up: Deborah Lawson

Hair: Lee Nash

Wardrobe: Rachael Emma Sadler

So if you want to hire us, don't be shy!!

And here then are some more final images....

Click on them if you want to see them bigger and enter a gallery of close-ups.

Comments will be greatly appreciated.  Oh, and if you want to see the original inspiration to let us know how we did, have a look at the Celine website.

Retouching

Yesterday I posted some photos from a recent shoot, and included was the one you see below:

Today I decided to do some work on this image, retouching, airbrushing, colour changes and levels, etc. and so I thought it would be good to show the difference between the versions all side by side.

I'm very pleased with the results.  Feedback is appreciated though if you have a view on this kind of thing...

Lydia Shoot

The results of another photo shoot.

This time, Lydia Holbrow.

Make-Up: Deborah Lawson.

Comments welcome as always!!