What makes a great headshot? | Houston Headshot Photographer

Tara Flannery is a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP)  and Craftsman based in Houston, TX.  Tara Flannery Photography specializes in corporate head shots.  See more headshots in the gallery.  Contact me to book your professional headshot today!

What makes a great headshot?

A successful session takes just a little bit of planning.  Before meeting a client for the first time, I like to discuss a few things in preparation for the session.

1. Location: do you want a studio session, environmental, or outdoor location?  Take a look at some headshot examples and consider your company, role, and brand.  The studio headshot can be formal or casual, traditional or modern.  Environmental headshots give a sense of place and ground you in your space.  Outdoor headshots are more casual and friendly.
2. Wardrobe: do you want a more formal look with a suit jacket or more casual yet still professional.  Talk to your photographer about options.  Always stick to the general rules of solid colors, well-fitting items, and no bold statement pieces.
3. Variety: consider all of the places and uses for your new headshots.  Perhaps your website pages (about, products/services, contact), flyers, publications, business cards, proposals, and internal communications.  Think about the different types of images that you might need.  Talk to your photographer about these images so that you have a variety of poses and looks.  Your photographer can vary backgrounds, lighting, posing, and location to create a portfolio of images to satisfy those needs.

In summary, plan for all aspects of the headshot session.  From there, execution on the plan leads to a success and a great headshot!

Examples

Here are some recent headshot examples from my studio.  Most of my headshot session are business or corporate sessions.  Sometimes, the company already has a certain look and a new employee needs to have a headshot that matches that look.  Other times, we can create an entirely new look for the headshots or several looks so that you have a variety of images to pull from for websites and social media.  Either way, we can accomplish your goals in the headshot session.

Tara Flannery is a Certified Professional Photographer (CPP)  and Craftsman based in Houston, TX.  Tara Flannery Photography specializes in corporate headshots.  See more headshots in the gallery.  Contact me to book your professional headshot today!