your
personal
Branding
In today’s world the headshot became our first business impression. According to the science – the most impactful one. A potential employer, business partner or perspective client, each will form their judgement based on an image in your LinkedIn profile, company’s website, social media, zoom avatar, business card.
Your brand look.
Your best look.
Contact us for pricing options for individuals and large organizations.
Personalities
Research shows, it takes just 1/10 of a second to judge someone's personality and professionalism.
gallery of
Personalities
Discover the details of the real-life photoshoots, its personal and professional goals, its results.
The leader
Bryan, managing partner
Professional Images Goal: a variety of images, custom tailored for the consistency on company’s website and presentations in printed brochures.
Personal Images Goal: Bryan has lost a significant amount of weight and we wanted to document the incredible results of this transformation.
You are your brand
If eyes are the windows of the soul, your headshot is the inner soul of your brand!
You are your brand
If eyes are the windows of the soul, your headshot is the inner soul of your brand!
The guide
olga, Real Estate Broker
Professional Images Goal: A selection of headshots that project friendliness to potential clients, gain their confidence and trust, express high ethical standard.
Personal Images Goal: Preserve Olga’s beauty and impeccable sense of style in as a memorable home portrait gallery.
Confident,
approachable,
attractive.
I’ll give you a headshot to prove it.
expert and innovator
Yuri, solutions architect
Professional Images Goal: Authority on a subject, deep understanding of the topic and innovative solutions. Images used in blogs, video conference materials, informational posters and brochures.
Personal Images Goal: For this level of executive, every encounter has significant implications. Both professional and personal portraits needed to provide a powerful impression..
Professional,
knowledgeable,
artistic.
Have a say in what your portrait will be conveying!
Child care specialist
Alena, children academy director
Professional Images Goal: Convey knowledgeable authority, yet child-and parent-friendly impression. Reflect personality: creative, inventive, organized and deeply understanding of the daily motherhood struggles in their lives with the little ones.
Personal Images Goal: Still in the process of regaining former looks after pregnancy, capture this beautifully feminine stage of Alena’s life and motherhood.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
the science behind
the first impression
is it really true?!
If 7 seconds sounds ostentatiously inaccurate for you – you are correct!
According to Psychology Today, the research about 7 seconds has been conducted on in-person encounters. I was fascinated to learn, that we’ve got to thank our prehistorical ancestors for this “speedy introduction practice”. Mark Schaller, a leading social psychologist at the University of British Columbia, states that “during the critical first 7 seconds of contact we subconsciously decide whether a threat might be present and if we want to engage with someone. In seven seconds we sum up a new person well enough to try to figure out if we are interacting with a criminal or a sociopath that might steal from us or do us harm, or a nice person we want to do business with, buy a product from, or even date.“
Except… we don’t live in a prehistoric world. And it doesn’t mean that we got wise enough to access someone we meet with a longer and deeper thought process.
Whether it is a professional relationship or a personal, in a today’s world we usually start with an image. Linked In, Facebook, other social media, snapshot on a website, portrait in a conference brochure, photo in a dating app, zoom profile picture – far too often take the burden of a first impression on its shoulders.
So, do same 7 seconds still apply? Nope. (you thought so!)
Latest scientific research by Jennifer K. South Palomares, published in Social Psychological and Personality Science, examined impressions based on reaction to images: it takes about 1/10 of a second to judge someone’s personality and professionalism. A tiny fraction of a second!!!!
An article “First Impressions” in a July issue of Psychological Science shared the shocking findings from a series of experiments by Princeton psychologists Janine Wills and Alexander Todorov: in one tenth of a second look on an image of a face, an impression is formed, set, and wouldn’t significantly get altered even after longer observations.
Professionalism.
power.
beauty.
We strive to provide you with the best experience you ever head, and the best image of yourself that you’ve ever seen!
dream
headshot experience
We begin with the end in mind
Are you one of those people who cringes and gets terrified every time you step in front of the camera? You are not alone. Some even say, they dread taking pictures more then going to the dentist.
We offer a different photo-experience.
pre-consultation
We determine both professional and personal image goals based on end products that will display your images. Facebook, LinkedIn, website and publications – all need different images, with different dimensions/crop/message. We deeply analyze what qualities you wish to reflect, what’s speaks the language of your brand the best. Through survey and a detailed interview, we discover your preferences, define the particular look of your brand, your values, what sets it apart. We identify your favorite colors/style/looks. We define what outfits and backdrops would convey this message, entice your audience and would suit your skin tones, body type and personality the best.
Photosession
This is the most fun and empowering part of the process!
We bring you the best the industry has to offer for makeup, hair, technology, and photo retouching. With a team of professionals that is dedicated to your success, you’ll be surprised what a difference it makes for the final result!
Stepping in front of a lens still scares you? No worries: we are here to coach you, direct you, share the science of a body language and human psychology to achieve the desired result. Prepare to look better today… and every day you take pictures from this point onward!
We review the images throughout the session, to help you identify what works best in front of the camera, and us – learn what look speaks to you the most.
No cheesy smiles, no patronizing: through relaxed and fun conversations we will find your naturally-warm and confident fascial expression. We will create a collection of special images that capture the essence of your brand, that reflect your goals, that will help you advance your career… and just capture you looking your absolute best!
Viewing and Ordering appointment
2-3 weeks after the session we get together to go over the special images that we created. You get to review each of the fully retouched portraits on a professionally calibrated screen, customize each of them to the final medium where you will get to utilize it, discuss how they could fit into materials that meet your business and personal goals… and the best part:
Take home all the images you love the same day!
long term plan
Our collaboration doesn’t end here! The professional headshots need to be updated on a regular basis and we certainly are looking forward to a life-time collaboration, meeting your visual material needs year after year!
