Corporate Headshots

Your Headshot is Your Avatar

Consider the classic, universally-recognized headshot.   Let’s make a simple analogy:  your headshot is your avatar.  That’s avatar, as in your digital proxy in an on-line game.  And that’s headshot, as in your portrait used in digital environments, like business websites.  If done well, a headshot can project an image of the business professional you want to be:  strong, smart, sincere, approachable, likeable.  All those qualities can- and should- come through in a good headshot.  Like your animated character in a video game (your avatar), your headshot becomes the characterization of what is uniquely you in the work space. 

The classic, time-tested headshot should deliver your best look, your best side and your best game to your increasingly virtual, on-line presence. Take a look at the headshot you’re using now.  Does it deliver a positive, memorable image of who you want others to believe you are, and who you really are?   It should.   

Executive Portraits

Direct, trustworthy, engaging, confident– all are key elements in a strong executive portrait.  These elements can be beautifully portrayed against a classic neutral or colored backdrop.  But executive portrait sessions are often created on-location, in environments that tell a story about the executive, their vision and their business culture.  A great example is this unique portrait of Jim Russell, co-owner and operator of the largest blueberry and timber farm on Oregon’s lower McKenzie River.  Faced with the impact of damaging wildfires, Jim, his wife Jane and a trusted crew slowly and steadily reclaimed their land from devastation.  

What would your executive portrait look like?

Corporate Events

Trade show, Gala, Auction, Product Announcement, Team Building Offsite:  corporate events are as varied as the businesses that rely on them but all have one thing in common:  the energy that participants bring.  Capturing that energy is the goal of an event shoot.  Successful event photography will combine speaker photos, candids of networking participants, product and display photography, group shots and even- with advance planning- executive portraits. 

Event photography is booked in half day, whole day and multiple day rates, and often requires two photographers to cover the combination of activities packed into the allotted time.  

Lifestyle Photography

 The Portland restaurant scene, made famous in the sitcom Portlandia, is a visual playground for some of the most exciting lifestyle photography imaginable. Lifestyle photography includes menu portfolios, featured food, wine and spirit presentation, venue ambience and candids of customers enjoying a dining experience.  

Lifestyle photography is done in close cooperation with an establishment’s food stylist and head chef, on-location, often with models and volunteers playing the parts of guests.   Careful advance planning is a must.  Lifestyle photography is booked in half days or whole days.