We’ve pretty much reached the point where, regardless of your job, you need a corporate headshot for work. Whether it’s for Linkedin or your corporate website, your headshot will largely shape how others perceive you in the corporate world. Projecting a vision of confidence and approachability is critical. You might think a simple selfie and some fancy filters will suffice, but I assure you, the results from a professional photographer more than justify the cost. A professional photographer will use his/her skills with lighting, background choice, retouching and most importantly, posing, to create an image of you that will set you apart from the crowd.

Knowing this, forward looking companies are now looking for opportunities to give not only their own employees, but also their industry associates, corporate headshots as a gift. Last week I was photographing a corporate conference at Estancia La Jolla, called Impact AD for the Keck School of Medicine at USC where they brought in researchers from around the country to discuss how to improve the quality of their research projects by diversifying their research subjects. It was actually quite fascinating to watch. The conference organizers hired me to come in and shoot business headshots for any/all attendees who wanted one. By consolidating many headshots into one short session (in this case I shot roughly 40 headshots in less than an hour and a half), they could bring the cost per person WAY down compared to shooting each individually. The attendees LOVED this perk and came away with a corporate headshot that they can use for years to come. Enjoy a few of the images I captured.