How to Choose Where to Do Your Headshots Around Seattle

Your business headshots are what you put out into the world to represent yourself.  When thinking about where to do your professional headshots in the Seattle area, there are a few things to consider.  How do you want to represent yourself and your business.  What is the best way to connect with your clients?  How do you get the most bang for your buck with your individual shots or shots for your team?  What environment best accomplishes those goals? I want to offer a few options for you to consider. Studio headshots, branding type headshots, outdoor headshots or recurring locations.

Studio Headshots

Studio headshots offer a clean, modern look for your headshots. They are classic and timeless, and they put the focus on YOU with no “distracting” elements.  This is a great option for people who want photos that are really portable & that can apply to numerous professions. These can be more formal or informal shots depending on your wardrobe.

Studio headshots are also perfect for LinkedIn.  Because your LinkedIn photo is allotted such little real estate, your picture needs to have maximum impact and be highly readable.  You can stick with a classic white or black background or you can often opt for a background that coordinates with your brand colors.  I have access to great studios throughout the Seattle area.

Branding or BTS type of headshots

These types of headshots are a great option for small business owners and entrepreneurs who want to infuse a specific brand identity into their photos. These types of headshots can serve a couple of purposes. They can help your clients to visualize you in your environment lending you authority and expertise.  They can also show elements of your brand directly in the photo, like marketing materials, logos or place reference.  These photos can take place in a wide variety of spots, think: your office setting or your home office, a coffee shop where you work all the time, or we can recreate something simple to hint at a workspace.  If these are the types of headshots you are looking for, we will work together to make sure the location does some heavy lifting for you and your business.

Outdoor Headshots

Outdoor headshots are a good way to ground you in a specific place without calling out any particular business.  They are a good way to give your customers some clues to your personality while still keeping it somewhat generic. These types of headshots are colorful and dynamic while still being professional.  Great examples of outdoor shots could be at a beautiful park with trees, or flowers. An urban environment with lots of dynamic textures and colors.  And of course here in the PNW we have waterfront and beach options that are always gorgeous.

Recurring Place Headshots

If you are a small business that wants a visually cohesive “about us” or “our team” page but you also have employees coming and going often, choosing a spot we can return to over time is a great option.  We’ll discuss a location that feels like your brand that can be used over and over so new team members images seamlessly merge with your current teams images. Choosing locations that are seasonless and stay pretty similar through time to make sure that you have visual consistency for the future is important.  Of course, studio shots on seamless paper are a really good option for this type of need for your business. 

This option gives you a lot of bang for your buck so you can keep your website looking polished and harmonious without having to update the whole team page constantly.

You have a lot of options when figuring out where to do your headshots in Seattle and the Eastside.  You really can’t go wrong when making these choices. It’s a matter of knowing how you want to represent yourself and your brand.  I have worked with lots and lots of small business owners and solopreneurs so I come to the table with a lot of ideas to help you hone in on your vision.  Whether you want to do a studio shoot, a more branded look or outdoor headshots, you want your images to represent you well so you can connect with your clients and your business booms.  I am here to help you make that vision a reality!