Selfies for Business | Showing up during Lockdown ![Selfies for business in the lockdown and beyond]()
Most selfies stop at head and shoulders in bad light. With a small amount of planning your phone becomes a steady supply of brand content. The work happens before you press the button.
Using a phone for headshot photography ![Smiling Laura Pearman with a vintage-inspired hairstyle posing confidently against a pink background with sparkles, wearing a floral dress.]()
Phones can pull off a passable headshot if you know where they fail. Six rules sort the usable shot from the one that broadcasts amateur to every client who lands on your profile. Skip them and the cropping gets brutal.
How to Prepare for a Professional Headshot: 5 Expert Tips ![Close-up of Laura Pearman speaking with vibrant red geometric shapes in the background, offering professional headshot preparation tips.]()
Most people show up to their headshot session unprepared, then blame the photographer when they don't love the photos. Shoot day is the easy bit. Whether you look good is decided three weeks earlier.
Female Professional Headshots for Website Designers ![Professional headshot of a female website designer in Newcastle Gateshead, wearing a stylish winter coat and red gloves and holding notebooks. Captured as part of a branding photoshoot.]()
Gemma was moving from virtual assistant to website designer, and her old headshots were holding her back. We built a winter shoot across Newcastle Quayside and Gateshead designed to read as the next version of her business. Here's what changed.
Fashion Content Photography Project for Slapback NYC ![Custom Brand Photography for Slapback PinUp Fashion Store in Brooklyn New York - Shot by © Laura Pearman Creative]()
Studio product shots sell the garment. Location content sells the customer a version of themselves wearing it. Slapback NYC's seasonal shoot captured both, from Brooklyn streets at sunset to advertorials for the online store.
Content Photography Project for Laland & Bo Equestrian Fashion ![Content Photography for Laland and Bo Fashion Photography | Business Photo Shoot]()
A country-chic fashion line needs studio detail and on-location story in the same brand voice. Claire's Laland & Bo shoot delivered both. Her social and online store can pull from the content library for months.
Professional Women Headshots for Hypnotherapists: Sue Smith’s Business Shoot ![Sue Smith, a hypnotherapist based in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, posing for a professional business headshot. Her branding photoshoot highlights the importance of updated imagery for women entrepreneurs and personal brand marketing.]()
A potential client decides whether to book a hypnotherapist before reading a word of the website. Sue Smith's photos do the convincing while the copy is still loading. Then the second shoot kept the trust intact when her brand changed.
