Importance of Quality Headshots

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Whether you’re a; model, actor, business owner, realtor, doctor, lawyer… or just trying to create a Personal Brand Awareness – a quality headshot is paramount.

You’re headshot should speak to your brand, the image you want to portray and the message you want to convey – your mission.

With the increased use of online marketing, social networking and  website presence, it really makes sense to present yourself

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professionally on the Web. This includes a strong website and logo paired with a quality, polished headshot. All three components represent your business’ image.  It used to be headshots were used mostly for; business cards, poster, flyers and banners

But today we live in a digital world. Headshots are used on your website, LinkedIn page, social media and so much more. So its extremely important to portray the image you want to project. A blurry, fuzzy image conveys the appearance that you are sloppy with details and don’t care about how you or your organization are perceived. People want to know who they are going to deal with.  They want to know who YOU are. A headshot helps to brand you. If you’re a business owner looking to add photos of you and/or your staff to your website’s About page then you need consistency between all the images. You don’t want one outdoors, another dimly lit indoors, and yet another that was obviously either a selfie or one that a friend took up against a wall with a cell phone. Think about it. What does that say about your organization?

At Created Portraits we help you put your best foot (face) forward whether it’s; a popular environmental shot or a more traditional ‘studio’ one with a solid backdrop.

So if you’re convinced that you need a professional headshot then contact us and let us know how we can help you.

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