Good Evening,

Well we are in 2017 already where did 2016 go?

2017 is a new year for us all and what a great start to the year it has been, with family shoots, head shots sessions, event cover and some 121 training/workshop bookings.

In this evenings blog post we will be looking at some images from a head shots session with Ian Mackintosh from Inteta UK. Ian is a business & school/academy improvement specialist and came to me with a brief to provide new head shots to fit a re-brand and new website.

We all know how important it is to have a good presence online when in business, the site, the logo, the brand. But we also as business owners need to show a personal side with not only what we write and post online but also with images and head shots so that people can get an idea about the real you before they call/enquire.

Portraits and Head Shots need to be done right not only to fit your brand but to show the real you.

Ian booked a 1 hour session at my studio which gave time to shoot a couple of outfit changes and also a few different background looks that gave Ian and his web designers some options.

I always setup the day before for portrait/head shot clients and pre-light the set with a meter, this saves time on the day and allows me to work more efficiently and get the brief fulfilled as quickly as possible from capture through to delivery.

I had already looked at Ian’s site to get an idea of the layout, theme and feel of the site. The impression I got was clean, simple and easy to navigate. The head shots had to show the person behind the brand but also fit the brand and site.

You can see the results from the head shot session below.

Copyright RJ Bradbury Photography www.rjbradbury.com

It was a pleasure working with Ian and I wish him and his business all the best in 2017.

Are you looking for updated business heads shots? You can find out more about my head shots services here.

Thank You

Rick

Before I travelled to the United States I shot head shots and office at work images for Tecmark in Manchester. Tecmark is a Multi-Screen marketing company who specialise in creating digital assets and driving traffic to them.

The job was to photograph head shots of the key members of staff including the Managing Director and photograph images of the office at work.

Before we take a look at the images below I would like to say thank you to everyone at Tecmark for booking me and for an enjoyable mornings work was great to meet everyone.

For the photographers that read my blog the set-up for the head shots was pretty simple but I had to change the original plan. I was going to use the Westcott 60" shoot through umbrella as its a larger and softer source but the ceiling height had other ideas, the light would of been too low so I switched to a smaller modifier the Westcott 43" convertible in shoot through configuration so I could get the key light higher to drop a shadow under the chin.

The background (a white wall) was lit with another speedlite on a lower stand behind the subjects.

BTS Shot... (Simplicity Rules)

You can see in the set-up shot with the 2 lights and the white wall. The blinds were closed to cut the natural light coming through the windows giving an all flash exposure with out having to drive the small flash too hard. Also you can see the set-up was metered and tested before the subjects walk in but a light meter is not a 100% guarantee, sometimes you need to adjust on the fly for lighter clothes or skin tones.

Now on to the head shots of Richard Heyes (Managing Director), Kevin Jones (Digital Director) & Stacey MacNaught (Search Director)