Updating Business Headshots in 2024
Congrats! The time has come to update your company headshots. Let’s make it an opportunity, not a chore.
Ideal for sales teams, executives and board members, real estate agent brokerages, and more. Get a crisp and contemporary look that makes you appear relevant and poised for positive results — to your customers and prospective clients alike.
Where to begin with Professional Headshots for your firm?
We know that this process can be tedious and overwhelming. See below for three tips on how to effectively and efficiently organize your company headshots.
1. GIVE YOUR TEAM PLENTY OF NOTICE
Unless you have no choice, it is ideal to schedule your company headshots at least four weeks in advance. It can be very nerve-wrecking to have a headshot taken, especially a professional one. Providing advanced notice will maximize your team’s prep time and minimize their stress level.
With over 20 years experience as a Dallas headshot photographer, what I’ve found is that, while I can successfully photograph 40–60 plus employees in a day, often times getting all those schedules to sync means that, practically speaking, if you have more than 25 people getting their business headshot taken, have a backup date/time already planned for those that did not make it.
2. QUANTITY IS KEY
The way you approach headshots for 4 people will need to be different than for 30 people. Your headshot photographer may offer quantity discounts, so check with him/her. I know I offer my Dallas, TX area headshot clients different levels of quantity discount based on the total number of people that get photographed. So be sure to ask.
3. CREATE A SCHEDULE
Having specific appointment times for each team member is key. This allows the photographer and the employees dedicated time for their company headshots session, and keeps the process running smoothly.
How I like to do it is this: not just a time for each individual, but a time slot for 5 people in a time (20–30 minute slots, usually).
3. MAINTAIN COMMUNICATION
Keep those phone lines open! Stay in contact with your team, as well as the photographer. Company headshots are an important component of the visual representation and overall message of the team. The goal is for the team members to look professional and polished, while also contributing to the company’s image as a whole. Use those headshots both on the website, and on their LinkedIn profile photos. Clear and direct communication between all parties is core to making the great photos be a seamless process.
BONUS TIP
Have fun with it! Relax and trust your photographer’s eye and expertise. Let them draw out and highlight your features that really make you POP. While it is a professional image, you still want your individual self to shine through! www.DallasBusinessHeadshots.com is booking photoshoots at 877–858–0071.
