Do you own your own business, or work in a small business office? If so, do you have professional quality photos and head shots? Business photos are an ideal addition to any small business office. What a great way to introduce the staff and help customers to feel at home. It’s also critical for advertising, business cards or even social media. Studies have shown that professional quality photos even increase your effectiveness on dating sites.
If you’re thinking about business portraits, be sure to understand what you’re getting for you time and money. Make sure the photographer can work quickly with a minimum of disruption to the workplace. Also, be sure to understand exactly what services the photographer can offer. Do you want prints, or simply digital files. If you’re getting prints, do you also want the photographer to supply professional framing? If you get digital files, be sure to get a variety of image sizes for each file so that you don’t have to deal with resizing them yourself. Lastly, ask about retouching, building composites or simply adding text and logos to the images.
The photo above was part of a set done for the Dirk Madison Agency in Pekin, Illinois. Since Dirk just recently took over this office, the sign on the front still has the previous agents name, so I updated it digitally. A little minor retouching to the background was about all that this image needed to make an inviting and professional portrait.
