Tara Flannery is a Houston headshot photographer based in The Woodlands and Conroe, TX. See more headshots in the gallery. Contact me to book an individual headshot session or a corporate session for the entire company.
The Perfect Profile Picture?
An article by Photofeeler on social media profile pictures analyzed certain attributes of a profile image. Pictures are rated on competence, likability, and influence. The findings may surprise you! To see the full article, click here. By the way, you can upload your profile photo to this website and get feedback on it.
A profile photo is your representative in the digital world.
“We look to it every time we interact with you online, and even imagine it speaking the words you type. Profile photos are so essential to modern communication that a good one’s become a basic necessity. And that couldn’t be truer than for those of us whose professional lives are tied to social media profiles. That’s why we at Photofeeler decided to set our first major study on the goal of targeting just a few, over-arching guidelines. That is, we asked ourselves— if we set aside characteristics like gender, age, and physical traits, to focus only on what we can easily control— what elements reliably produce a better professional headshot photo (for use on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)?”
The results are as follows:
- eyes: squinching (as in a smile) increases competency, likability, and influence
- face: smiling with teeth increases competency, likability, and influence
- body: formal dress increases competency and influence
- setting: the background has essentially no effect on competency, likability, or influence
- editing: over-processing an image (high saturation or dark photos) has a negative effect on the image while a black and white image has no effect
This analysis shows the importance of certain elements in your profile image. Hiring a professional photographer will ensure that you get the best image for your website, social media, and marketing materials.
Motiva
This is my third corporate session for Motiva at its downtown Houston offices. Different groups within the company have hired me for their professional headshots. This time the legal group needed headshots. This was a super efficient group!
Motiva strives to become the safest and most profitable downstream business in the United States. Reaching our goal depends on 2,300 dedicated US employees working together across our operating territory, bringing the country the energy it needs and giving back to the communities where we operate. Our legacy of delivering quality products dates back over 100 years with our Port Arthur refinery. Now, it’s North America’s largest, with a crude capacity of 600,000 barrels a day. And today, our network of 24 distribution terminals has extended our reach, supplying gasoline and diesel to thousands of retail outlets under the iconic Shell and 76® brands.
Tara Flannery is a Houston headshot photographer based in The Woodlands and Conroe, TX. See more headshots in the gallery. Contact me to book an individual headshot session or a corporate session for the entire company.
