Category Archives: Portraits & Headshots

Professional Portraits and Headshots

For many of us today, our first contact with future clieIMG_9704nts or colleagues is not face-to-face, but on our websites, marketing materials, and through social networks. Just as you put attention to the details of your professional appearance and demeanor when meeting with clients in person, so should your portrait speak an accurate and positive story of you online and in print.

My style and method of portraiture is especially suited to professionals whose time is valuable: I come to you, create portraits on location at your office, and deliver your images quickly and in the format you need. All the studio portraits you see below were created in a simple studio setup that I create on-location.

In some cases, portraits can be created, retouched, and delivered while I am still on-site in the event you have a need for a portrait that day.

A portrait has the ability to tell a short story about you, and surroundings you choose for your portrait will influence your story. The young architects you will find in this post wanted to tell the story about their edgy design, casual office, and their approachable. Other clients have wanted to communicate reliability and stability, so we chose a traditional background and formal attire, exactly what his potential clients would expect to see.

Whether you need a formal portrait, or would like to explore different looks in a longer outdoor portrait session, I would love to hear your vision, and begin creating your portraits today. 303-731-2061

Recent Clients Include: Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates, Syntrinsic Investment Counsel, Rocky Mountain Urgent Care , Get in The Zone, Peter Cooper, Principal Oboist, Colorado Symphony, the Red Rocks Community College PA Program, and IQ Giant Colorado Outerwear.

Headshots: Reid on Colfax

Sometimes, when I’m creating portraits of professionals and creatives, I get to tell a story, and I love that opportunity use the environment as part of the portrait. In Reid’s case, he’s an outerwear designer working and living in Denver, just off Colfax. To compliment an application for a loan from the City of Denver targeted at creative industries, we decided to include a bit of the city in his portraits. All of these portraits were created in the 30 minutes before and after sunset a few nights ago, in the space of about 10 feet of sidewalk. We got plenty of whistles from the cars going by, and I’ll be willing to bet that the portrait Reid includes with his application will help his proposal be remembered just that much better when it comes time to make decisions. That’s what it’s all about: if your name and face is your brand, your portrait is yet another way to put your story and skills in front of clients.

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Fashion and Glamour

For me, working with models is an opportunity to define and refine a vision, to create and recreate a look. I had a recent opportunity to shoot with several very professional models here in Denver, and we had a spectacular with colors and textures that embraced the day and models. If you are a senior, or someone considering hiring me, use these images not as examples of what your portraits will look like, but as a eye into my artistic angle.

I was shooting alongside anywhere from 5-10 other photographers, and quickly got tired of trying to weasel my way into a spot near other photographers. So I stopped. I shot from locations others weren’t using. I climbed up scaffolding left there by a stucco crew, I found an old ladder, I shot directly into the sun (something lots of photographers try and avoid, see the pic of the guy and the gal…I think it’s perfect). And I found myself really enjoying being a bit different, and I really the body of work I ended the day with.

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Portraits of Creatives and Professionals (aka headshots)