Professional headshots

 Professional headshots:

Another fairly important part of a creative's journey is getting a headshot taken, this will always get put on a portfolio and be used wherever else it may need to be used.

It would appear as though headshots often have a few main things in common, the first is that the subject's head is in clear view of the cameraa, and the most prominent part of the shot. The second is that it would appear as though many people choose a basic backdrop and make sure they stand up as straight as possible, often times smiling into the camera (sometimes not)

a few examples include:

This first image is of a gentleman smartly dressed with his body facing to the side, head looking at the camera and features a black background. The black background is a very heavy background, and gives a sort of "in charge" feeling.

the second image is of another gentleman with a basic shirt on leaning on some sort of table. Another black background.

For my headshot I wanted something that screamed me while also being fairly professional, so we shot a couple of photos outside, I ended up choosing a photo of me standing with my arms crossed with a slight smile, I then cropped it so that it was just my face. This is the end result: