St Louis Headshots

Why You Need Professional Business Headshots and What to Expect

A bad headshot can make you look unprofessional, not trustworthy, or downright boring. A good headshot, on the other hand, can help you stand out from (literally) thousands of other professionals in your industry. With a great photo, you can let your prospective clients know what you’re all about, which can lead to more bookings.

Because your headshot is the first thing that people see, it’s important to choose a photographer who understands the industry. A pro will help you pose in a way that makes you look your best while also fitting your brand.

With the rise of social media and the gig economy, professionals are now seen as brands. In other words, you need to be a person that stands for something. With professional headshots, your brand can be easily recognized and understood by your target market. Preparing for a job interview? Starting a side business? Creating a LinkedIn profile? These are just some of the many reasons why you may want to get professional photos taken.

What to Expect When Getting Professional Headshots

When you’re getting professional headshots, you’ll likely have two shots taken: one close-up and one full-length. Your photographer will let you know which one they plan to take beforehand.

Close-up shots are great for LinkedIn or websites where you want to showcase your face. Full-length shots pair well with articles where you want to show off your outfit.

For your close-up, you can allow for an outfit change if you like and you may also have makeup applied to your face. A full-length shot will happen in one outfit and one pose, which means you can expect to be done around 30-45 minutes after you arrive to the studio.

Things to know before your shoot

A few things pop into your head when you think about a headshot: Big hair, lots of makeup, big glasses, and a swiveling stool. While this may have been standard practice years ago, it’s not what professionals are going for in today. Here are a few things to keep in mind before your appointment:

Be mindful of your hair and makeup – No matter what, you’ll likely have makeup applied to your face. While this may seem standard, it can vary from person to person. If you’re not comfortable with the idea of full makeup, let your photographer know beforehand.
Bring a few outfits – You may want to bring a couple different outfits to your shoot. Your photographer will let you know if they prefer you wear a blazer or not, how many buttons you should button, and if you should wear jeans or slacks.
Bring business casual outfits – Regardless of your industry, business casual is always a safe bet. If you want to make a statement, bring a bold tie or shirt.

Mike Haller
314-913-5626
4501 Mattis Road
St Louis, Missouri
stlouisheadshots@gmail.com

Headshots and Business Portraits for Personal and Corporate Image Branding.

We specialize in corporate headshots and business portraits. Great for your company website, Linked-In profile or social media image. Since 1982, our team has the experience to do it right and make certain you are happy with the results.

A great headshot is your first impression to getting you closer to success. A photo of your most natural self, looking relaxed, confident and in control of your career. Our small, yet efficient crew offers you professional quality using expert level camera and lighting at a fair price without compromising quality.

We will never just set someone in front of a camera without directing and suggesting to them actions to take. Each person is helped with achieving different poses and angles to get the most flattering look. Our experienced photographers are trained to provide cues, tips, and easy and fun instructions for getting different types of natural-looking smiles and facial expressions.

Mike Haller
314-913-5626
4501 Mattis Road
St Louis, Missouri
stlouisheadshots@gmail.com

StL Headshot and Event Photography

Hiring managers use many types of websites such as LinkedIn to screen applicants. Potential clients use LinkedIn to research vendors. Investors use the company About Us page to learn about company executives.

A great business headshot is critical for making a good first impression with these people – and so can have a major impact on your career or company.

How To Prepare for Your Business Headshot?

There are three keys to preparing for your headshot ahead of time.

First, get some sleep, exercise, and sunshine in the weeks before your session. Your pre-preparation will help ensure that the photos look as natural as possible.

Second, make sure to briefly try on your desired clothing a couple days before your session. You want to make sure that your outfits still fits properly and doesn’t need dry cleaning.

Third, take a look at some prior photos of yourself and see if there are any that you particularly like. When you arrive at the studio, share these with us, it will help us find an angle that works best for you.

With multiple photographers, we’re prepared to shoot one to hundreds of headshots for your company.

Make a major difference at your next corporate event.

Hosting corporate events can be a fun way to treat your employees and do something special for business partners and clients.

We can jump right into your event and capture its best moments. From the keynote speakers and major highlights to the candid, funny memories, we can capture it all with photography and also video if you like.

You’ll have confidence in our trusted and experienced service.
We’ve have spent years building our portfolio, expanding our range of equipment, and getting certifications. We get it right, every time.

Mike Haller
314-913-5626
4501 Mattis Road
St Louis, Missouri
stlouisheadshots@gmail.com

A professional headshot for everybody.

Business & Corporate

Business headshots are typically used for LinkedIn profiles, internal business tools, press releases, company websites, advertisements, business cards, and presentations. These are perfect for executives, salespeople, entrepreneurs, startups, or anyone else in a corporate environment.

General Professional

General professional headshots are used successfully for LinkedIn, all types of websites, and speaker presentations. Often used for professionals like academics, journalists, therapists, doctors, lawyers, scientists, non-profits, and government officials.

Artistic Creative

Stylized creative headshots for websites, social media profiles, press releases, and book covers. These types are best for artists, designers, musicians, comedians, creative writers, and opinion leaders.

Book fast, easy, and fun professional headshot sessions at our studio or your location.

Mike Haller
314-913-5626
4501 Mattis Road
St Louis, Missouri
stlouisheadshots@gmail.com

Professional Headshot Studio.

Your website, conference biography photo, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media accounts form your online image. It is crucial to have your portrait exerting professionalism, confidence, and integrity. We work with individuals and teams to create the most professional look for personal branding. Inspire other professionals to meet and work with you.

Posing for an executive headshot should look natural and comfortable, but most people need a little coaching in order to look positive and natural from the camera’s angle. Just a slight turn of the head in the right direction can make a huge difference.

Expression is the most important thing in a business portrait, which is why we keep our subjects engaged in conversation while coaxing them into flattering positions and moving my lights into the ideal positions. Some executives “love the camera” naturally, but most don’t.

We employ large lights that cast soft, natural shadows and minimize shine, and we position them according to each person’s unique features. Used judiciously, shadows can make a wide face look narrower, a crooked nose straighter, and can emphasize or minimize many other features. Lighting should be tailored for everyone’s business portrait.

Mike Haller
314-913-5626
4501 Mattis Road
St Louis, Missouri
stlouisheadshots@gmail.com

Business Portraits and Headshots

Executive, corporate or business headshots or corporate portraits are photos made of staff members, usually head and shoulders but sometimes half-body or three-quarter-body shots, generally made for company websites, internal newsletters, trade publications, public relations, marketing and sometimes advertising. Our photography is created at our studio or at your location.

For multiples and groups of headshots, we can bring our studio strobes and backdrops to your place of business. This way we can be on your employee’s schedule instead of the other way around. It is all done at your location usually in a conference room or like space.

We enjoy being a medical, biotech and science photographers. We can shoot wherever a client might need science photography made for their research, lab, pharmaceutical, educational, diagnostic equipment manufacturing or other medical type of company.

Mike Haller
314-913-5626
4501 Mattis Road
St Louis, Missouri
stlouisheadshots@gmail.com

Executive Portraits – St Louis Corporate Photography and Video

If you are looking for corporate portraiture, we create clean, well-lit studio and environmental portraits for your company’s media and web sites; in office, studio and outdoor settings. Corporate head shots should distinguish the corporate leadership, so their portraits don’t look like your competitor’s portraits. There is a range of options that we can draw from to distinguish your leadership. We can also shoot groups at your location.

Each headshot photography session is an individual experience in creating the best possible photo for your needs: we will help you choose the right clothing and look for your head shots based on who you are, what you do, and what you need the photos for.

Often we are hired as a St Louis event photographer. That is where I am hired to photograph a special corporate or business occurrence like an awards dinner, annual company party, annual conference, ground breakings and more. I work as a photojournalist would, documenting what happens in an unobtrusive style with group shots and detail pictures/signage images mixed in. It is very important to me to not distract from your company’s event as I work to photograph it. We also have all the experience and equipment to shoot video of your event or media communications.

Mike Haller
314-913-5626
4501 Mattis Road
St Louis, Missouri

stlouisheadshots@gmail.com

Headshots in Saint Louis

In today’s corporate world, much of the networking we do is online. That’s why personal branding is more important than ever and why a high-quality photo is your first meeting with the public. St Louis Headshots has helped hundreds of CEOs and senior executives present the professional image they need to be successful. You can find our portraits on many corporate website pages. We’ve shot for many top St Louis companies, book covers of famous writers, and startups of some young, successful entrepreneurs. We know what you need and are more than capable of delivering it in a most professional form. Invest in yourself, as it could be the most profitable investment you’ve ever made.

Medical and Corporate Pharma Headshots

We photograph people for their professional portraits or actor headshots and for theater and film and musician headshots in St Louis; both on-location or in my studio. The portraits are commonly used for social media, annual reports, book jackets, readings, comp cards, submission for acting roles for stage productions, film, movie and TV, musical performance newsletters and announcements, websites, brochures and more.

I work exclusively digital using top of the line digital cameras. I photograph digitally using raw format which allows me to capture the most digital information available to me as a photographer. Shadow and highlight detail preserved in ways that cannot be when using jpg or a compressed digital file format.

Often, we are hired as a St Louis event photographer. That is where I am hired to photograph a special corporate or business occurrence like an awards dinner, annual company party, annual conference, ground breakings and more. I work as a photojournalist would, documenting what happens in an unobtrusive style with group shots and detail pictures/signage images mixed in. It is very important to me to not distract from your company’s event as I work to photograph it.

We pride ourselves in not only being a St Louis photographer who delivers great images, but also on being dependable, professional in dress and manor and responsive to all of your photography requests. Written photography estimates or references from past photography clients are always available. I look forward to hearing from you!

Mike Haller
314-913-5626
4501 Mattis Road
St Louis, Missouri

stlouisheadshots@gmail.com