Rebrand Your Company with New Corporate Headshots

What Quality Corporate Headshots Can Do For You

In today’s business climate, your company’s image is media-driving. Having quality corporate headshots is the key to rebranding your company and making its image stand out above the competition. Quality, professional headshots give your business an edge.

People Buy People

People seek out and are loyal to people, not a company. The better the image you project, the more likely customers are to select your business. Photos taken by a professional photographer who specializes in corporate photography can ensure your photos are personal, natural, and capture your corporate brand. Most importantly, quality headshots enable you to connect personally with your customers, to project a powerful image, and to increase the perceived value of your company, all of which will encourage clients to give their business to you.

Create a True Feeling of Being There

A professional photographer such as Kelly Weaver Photography can shoot on location at your business. Instead of using backdrops, taking pictures in your company’s actual environment gives your customers the feeling of actually being there, actually seeing the positive environment of your business. In addition, pictures taken on location help to establish your company’s identity and credibility, enabling you to connect further with potential customers.

Choose a Professional, Experienced Photographer

Corporate headshots for your website, social media, and other publications provide consumers with their first impression of your business. Do not leave this first impression to chance. Select an experienced professional photographer who specializes in business photography. The right photographer such as the pros at Kelly Weaver Photography can capture your personality and the essence of your business while maintaining a natural look that projects a positive image.

Call Kelly Weaver Photography today to learn how their experience and skills can rebrand your image with high quality, professional corporate headshots!

5 Effective Online Dating Headshots

There could be nothing more satisfying or rewarding in life than love. And if the time has come to seek out the potential new love in your life, you want to make sure you have every aspect of your online dating profile covered. This includes ensuring you opt for the right photo.

If you can choose a Denver headshot photographer that is able to capture you at your very best, you’re already ahead of many others looking for love. A Denver headshot photographer should be able to capture every essence of your personality and style – all in one photo. We aim to do just that. Kelly Weaver Photography is experienced in taking online dating profile headshots that win the hearts of many who view them. To ensure you get the best photo you can, read the five effective online dating headshot tips below. We want to make sure you get the love of your life.

Show You’re Active in Your Photo

Experienced Denver headshot photographers such as Kelly Weaver Photography understand that being active and showing your hobbies in a photo is an almost sure-fire way to gain a following. If you’re into tennis, or football, or even dancing, using these to your advantage is beneficial. By capturing these ‘hobby’ shots, you are showing potential love interests that there’s more to you than just a selfie at your home. It shows you get out and about, you’re social, and you enjoy doing what you love. Denver headshot photographers aim to capture your passion and express it in a photograph. So grab your tennis racket, get your sports gear on and pose for a charming photo everyone will love!

Get Your Pets Involved

Denver headshot photographers capture more than just your face, they capture your personality. If you’re able to snap a photo with your dog at the beach, or your pet cow on the farm, it shows you are warm and loving to all creatures. Potential matches love to see people interact with their pets. After all, many of us consider our pets part of the family. So when you’re choosing a Denver headshot photographer, bring Buster the dog along and get him in on the action!

Take a (Nearly) Full Body Shot

It can be easy to show potential matches what you want them to see, but by displaying a 3/4 body shot, there is going to be no surprises when you decide to meet up with a potential romantic match. They will have seen you in most of your entirety (minus your shoes), and this shows you are willing to not hide anything. There can be nothing gained from providing just a headshot, for when you meet that person, they will see you in your entirety anyway. So when you book your photo shoot with a Denver headshot photographer, ask if they can factor a 3/4 body shot into the mix!

Don’t Deceive with Old Photos

Many of us will find one photo we love of ourselves and use that for everything. But maybe five years have gone by and that photo is no longer an accurate representation of you. You may have new tattoos or piercings, new facial hair or a new hair do. If you plan on being in the public eye often for any reason, it is recommended you get a new headshot photo taken every five years at least. This will ensure you are representing yourself as you are now, not as you were up until a decade ago. By hiring a Denver headshot photographer to get your online dating profile picture, you are opting for a real, true and honest experience. Potential matches will be seeing you for you – a very recent you.

Make it Flattering

It’s a common theme among online dating profiles to post pictures of pulling funny faces, in funny poses and more often than not – drinking. They may show you have a good time, but it doesn’t flatter your image or your personality. A Denver headshot photographer will able to show you in the most flattering light without altering your image. It could be through enhancing your eyes, choosing the best lighting for your skin, or your hair.

You are still you, but you are looking flattering in that moment. This will help attract men or women you are looking to spend the rest of your life with.

Kelly Weaver Photography aims to help you achieve the results you’re after for your online dating profile.

Find out more here.

Creating Unique, Professional Business Headshots

We live in a digital age where visuals count for everything. No longer can we hide from the public eye or not be spotted on the internet.

And when it comes to putting your face out there as the face of your business, you want it to be the perfect photo.

After all, shouldn’t the person represent the business and all it stands for?

A simple ‘selfie shot’ will just not do. Here at Denver-based Kelly Weaver Photography, we’re all about making you stand out from the crowd. Whether you’re the CEO or the office manager, impressions count and we’re all about reflecting the professional image you wish to portray through our photography.

Below are two ways in which together we can create that professional business headshot in Denver.

Dress Appropriately

When you’re getting your business headshot in Denver, forget about the word ‘head’ shot, as your body will be included as well. This means dressing for the occasion and dressing to impress.

It also means dressing in a way which reflects your position or job. There’s a fine line between over dressing and dressing normally, however. When you get your business headshot in Denver, you want it to look natural. This means no ball gowns and tiaras, it means tidy business attire that you wear every day.

The key to a good business headshot in Denver is to wear clothing which makes you feel comfortable and look comfortable in the photo as well. Your clothing should fit well – anything too big or too small will be noticeable in the shot. It should also look new – no worn lines, holes or wrinkles.
It pays to also avoid wearing heavy patterns as this easily detracts from your face.

The biggest tip for a good business headshot in Denver is to just dress like yourself. How do your coworkers see you on a daily basis? How do your clients see you? If it’s dress pants, a shirt, and a tidy blazer, then go with this option. For men, a standard, comfortable business look is a suit jacket, a shirt, and a tie. If you decide to wear a tie, keep the pattern to a minimum and wear a solid color shirt. Try to stay away from white as a general rule and blue tends to look best. If you’re comfortable, it’s reflected in the photography.

Who Are You?

One of the biggest mistakes people make when they’re getting their business headshot in Denver is changing who they are for the photo. When people see your photo, they want to see who you are, not what looks best in the image. Take some time to practice smiling with your eyes. Get in front of a mirror and try to sort out what suits you best. People can generally get a ‘feel’ for who someone is in a photo and this may not be the case once they meet you in person.

So how do you let them know who you are? Don’t change. This means if you have piercings, leave them in.
If you dye your hair unnatural colors – leave it that way. If that’s how you’re normally presented in your line of work, don’t change for the camera. Getting your business headshot in Denver is about recreating you in imagery, not someone who only kind of looks like you. No one wants a false representation. The only exception to this rule is if you have been specifically requested by staff or management to alter your accessories or hair style for the day.

The same can be said for wearing glasses. If you normally wear glasses, leave them on. If you’re only a casual wearer of glasses, you make the call. If you decide to wear glasses, make sure they are clean as any bits of dust can show up on photography and know we will get glass glare that can add additional retouch costs. If you decide to opt against wearing glasses in your business headshot in Denver, remember to do so at least 1-2 hours before the shoot. This will eliminate the risk of red marks on your nose.

Kelly Weaver Photography is all about getting the best ‘you’ for your business headshot in Denver. Do not delay in getting in touch with any questions you may have about creating that perfect business headshot.

5 Reasons to Avoid the Dreaded FWAGC (Friend with a Good Camera) Pitfall When Taking Senior Yearbook Photos

For the first time in Colorado history, over 900,000 students are currently enrolled in the Centennial State – most of which probably have a smartphone in their pocket, right now.

Smartphone technology has provided millions of people with a high-quality camera available to them at any time, and many of those people take beautiful photos with those cameras. There are entire social media platforms basically devoted to the smartphone camera.

Despite the advances in smartphone camera tech, that friend with a good camera (FWAGC), aka everyone with a smartphone, still is most likely not a good choice to take your senior yearbook photos. Not because of any lack of skill on their part, but because of some specific reasons post-shoot that should be trusted to a professional senior yearbook photographer.

1. Specific Specifications

High schools have VERY specific specifications on what they will and won’t accept, if your yearbook picture doesn’t meet the specs, it’s NOT accepted. It can be weeks down the road before knowing your senior yearbook photos have been rejected. Don’t get stuck without a photo!

2. Cheap Shows

This is the time NOT to be OBVIOUS that you went cheap… I mean, who wants to stand out in a bad way in the yearbook?

3. Lasting Memories

The yearbook is what is pulled out at EVERY family reunion… again, who wants to look like they went cheap?

4. Retouching

Friends with good cameras can NOT retouch images, or if they do they look artificial and fake…it’s a fine art to retouch them just right.

5. A Story to Tell

A boy came to us recently who had gone to JC Penney’s for his yearbook picture in the Fall. They gave him a yearbook image with NO retouch (blemishes still in tact) and the pose was extremely unflattering. That experience and the final yearbook image actually affected him SO much that he was genuinely self-conscious about the way he looked.

When we photographed him, it completely CHANGED the way he looked at himself, and when we showed his mom the images from the back of my camera (at the session), she actually cried and thanked me.

PENNY for Your Thoughts (and Image)

What WE do at Kelly Weaver Photography, that a FWAGC can NOT:

- P is for PRO products
- E is for EXPRESSION
- N is for NO pressure
- N is for natural
- Y is for YEARBOOK

Don’t wait to get your senior yearbook photos done, call Kelly Weaver Photography today!

5 Reasons Why Senior Picture Sessions Before June 15 Just Makes Sense

Life during the school year can be crazy. But the summertime? Now that’s the time to get everything done. With the kids out of school, and no longer out of the house for most of the day, scheduling items to cross off their to-do list should be much easier. More time, more opportunity, right? No after-school activities, no early morning practices; just a full day to get stuff done!

The one exception to this logic is one to-do item that typically does occur during Summer, but actually, it might make more sense for it not to: Senior picture sessions. Typically the most gorgeous season in Colorado (debateable), it’s seemingly straightforward that Summer would be the best time to schedule your senior’s portrait session. Waiting until after the longest day of the year, however, could mean hard-to-find time slots and rushed production. Ensure your Senior picture sessions produce the absolute best results, with these five simple tips!

Avoid the bottleneck

Senior portraits take place the Summer between Junior and Senior year. Many wait until right before the start of school which creates a bottleneck, meaning you may not actually get a booking date at all and may be forced to go with the “friend with the good camera” (definitely NOT what you want to do for your senior portraits). The longer you wait to do your session, the longer you will wait to get through the process from start to finish (because of the increase in the number of students).

Waiting until Fall interferes with school activities

Once school begins, schedules go crazy….sports and other activities begin taking a great deal of time, and adding the senior portrait session in the mix really adds to the chaos. Also, many yearbook deadlines are VERY SOON into the school year, so if you wait, you may be not only hard pressed to even GET a session date, you will be pushing your yearbook deadline date and won’t have much time to review and select the images.

Preparation of the yearbook image takes time

Clients need at least 2-3 weeks after the senior session to allow ample time for the studio to have the images ready for viewing. After the images are viewed and chosen, at least 1 week is needed to retouch the chosen images, prepare the order and size the yearbook according to the school’s specifications. Most high schools have very specific needs when it comes to the size and quality of the yearbook image.

Late Spring/Early Summer makes for much better conditions

Late May and early June are PRIME for cooler temps, riper, richer foliage and ideal light. As the Summer progresses, heat rises (making for “sweaty teens”), foliage browns and we must shoot much EARLIER in the day to avoid BRIGHT Sun (not ideal for portraits). And no teen wants to get to their session earlier than 8:00 a.m. when July/Aug. conditions generally are best. We can also get much more VARIETY of backgrounds in the early months.*

Your Senior session will be much less rushed

We generally can spend a bit more time with the Senior EARLIER in the year than we can later when the demand is higher and more students are booked back to back. When more time is spent, the seniors feel more relaxed and we can generally get much BETTER looking portraits with natural smiles.

*Note: In July/Aug., the tall wild grass is no taller than ankle high and other foliage, as seen is either non-existant or brown

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