Corporate Headshots
Whether you’re in a large company looking for headshots at your office in the East Bay, or you are looking for a Pleasanton Studio, you are guaranteed to get great looking headshots. Here’s a recent company we did. We took care of the scheduling so that each employee and board member could come in at their convenience. In addition, we offer a special new-hire rate for when you have out of town staff or new employees. That way everyone gets the same great consistent looking headshot. Which ultimately, makes your company stand out from the crowd!
Headshots Bay Area
There are many headshot photographers in the bay area.
Do you feel like you’re not photogenic because you hate the way you look in selfies? Where there’s a reason why selfies are horrible to use as headshots, there’s distortion, there’s the auto-filters that super sharpen the images - which look great on cat photos by the way but no so much on human skin.
Through the right preparation - and my coaching you can see yourself perhaps differently than you did before. I want you to see what I see. I don’t see whatever hangups you bring to the studio. My studio is a judgement free zone.
Are professional headshots worth paying for?
You’ve heard the expression “you get what you pay for.” This applies to just about anything. To get high quality website design doesn’t come cheap. Yes, you can use wix but will it be optimized by an expert that knows your industry and the ins and outs of SEO?
The same is true of professional headshot photographer. Getting attorneys to understand the importance of professional photography of themselves is often a challenge. They don’t see the long term ROI. If you have a selfie of you sitting at your desk (or home office) how does that correspond with your hourly rate?
If you’re getting ready to list your house with an agent, and they arriving in clothing that looks like they just came from the gym, how likely are you to give them your listing?
That’s precisely the same message that a bad headshot sends on your company website and/or linkedin profile.
When asked why Y Combinator success story Airbnb.com invests in professional photography, Creative Lead Venetia Pristavec replied, “Quality breeds trust. When you’re introduced to a new place, you look for signs that the information comes from a reliable source. Our listings with professional photographs earn more than twice as much money as those without them.” [Source: Fast Company, April 2013]
I did not take this "before" above. But I had to share the difference between a JCPenny headshot and working with someone who SPECIALIZES in Headshots, and knows posing, facial expression coaching and professional studio lighting to highlight your BEST FEATURES.
Who would you take seriously?
Why Headshots Are a Great Personal Branding Tool
Recently I was interviewed on the Solopreneur Nation podcast. I share some of my best tips on how to maximize your professional headshot and why I think it’s the #1 tool needed for a successful personal brand. Check out the other podcasts as well!
How to Use Instagram For Your Personal Brand
This crazy digital world we live in can be a stage for anyone, anywhere, to present themselves to a wide audience. You can have your personal brand, business or ideas seen across the globe in a matter of seconds without spending any money. If you take control of your personal brand now, you can leverage the internet to work in your favor.
Your online personal brand is crafted by posts, photo, videos and articles. Each of these can shape the lasting impressions that others have of you and should represent your experience, expertise, capabilities, actions, lifestyles and accomplishments.
Your brand should speak for itself; it should exude your message without you saying a word. If you were to review my Google reviews or search results, you would understand why it’s easy to build rapport with a potential client.
So how does Instagram come into play here? Here are some steps to help get you started.
Define your brand - The posts on your Instagram feed should be a direct reflection of what you think might pique your target audience’s interest. A good exercise is to think about the initial perception people have after viewing your profile. What thoughts would they have? What would you like them to remember most? You can also do some research by browsing through Instagram profiles of other successful people in your field. What are they posting? I’m not saying to copy them, but you can get ideas on how to enrich your content and overall brand.
Only post your highlights - Your internet presence should contain content that increases your credibility and further establishes your authority in your field. Only post content that has relevance towards the brand you want to portray. Rule of thumb, if it makes your target audience want to hire you, admire you, get to know you, research you further or turn on your post notifications, then post it!
Consistency - Consistently post content, not necessarily everyday, but I would say once a week at a minimum. Engage with your followers. Respond to their posts and comments on your feed. Your brand is the first thing that people are going to see when they look you up and the last thing they’ll remember when they’re done searching.
I’d love to know if you found this helpful! If you’d like to learn more about Personal Branding photography for your business, contact me for free discovery call.
Also, check out my e-book OWN IT: A Step-by-Step Guide to Developing Your Personal Brand. Download the first chapter for free!
Best Portrait Photographer in Pleasanton
Thank you for selecting Nina Pomeroy Photography as the Best Portrait Photographer in Pleasanton!
“Nina Pomeroy Photography provides unique photography services to a variety of clientele in Pleasanton and the neighboring areas. The experienced portrait photographer takes beautiful personal branding and headshot photos that tell the business or product’s story and shows the clients’ personality. Nina Pomeroy captures the special little details and moments in events such as weddings and vow renewals, and takes lovely children, family, and seniors’ images. The agency also takes high-resolution images for interior designers, architects, realtors, and contractors for marketing purposes.”
Old Photo Restoration
Since the start of the pandemic, there's been a higher demand for photo restoration than I've ever seen!
(And yes, that's me wearing my Mother's wig!)
People have spent more time at home cleaning and going through photo albums, leading them to find photos that have become faded or otherwise damaged.
The biggest inspiration to become a professional photographer was being the keeper of old family photo albums.
So naturally, one of my favorite services my studio offers is photo restoration.
Simply email a mobile-phone snapshot of an old photo you wish to have restored, and I can tell you what's possible.
Here are some before and after examples:
Client Spotlight | Kahlilah Guyah
I was fortunate to meet Kahlilah shortly after arriving to the Bay Area from New York and let’s just say we’ve been fast friends ever since. She’s smart, driven and super successful. Read on to learn more about her and her business EHS Compliance Services Inc.
Why do you do this type of work? While I have worked with many industry sectors my sweet spot is manufacturers and laboratories that desire to build world-class environmental health and safety programs.
Describe your ideal client. Who are you hoping to connect with through your images? My mission is to help organizations build world-class environmental, health, and safety programs and embed EHS excellence into daily business operations. I work with clients to leverage existing business processes or build new ones where necessary to protect workers, the environment, and brand reputation resulting in a more sustainable business.
How does your client's life change after working with you? What's the outcome? My signature risk assessment process helps businesses identify their environmental, health and safety priorities while also establishing the important connection to the core values of the business. I've further expanded this process through the recent development of the 5Is, a methodology designed to help organizations identify and eliminate negative impacts to workers physical, mental and emotional health and safety. This methodology was built from an ongoing interest and research into the ways the mental health directly affects physical health at the workplace.
What is your signature method or process? Tell us more about working with you. My signature risk assessment process helps businesses identify their environmental, health and safety priorities while also establishing the important connection to the core values of the business. I've further expanded this process through the recent development of the 5Is, a methodology designed to help organizations identify and eliminate negative impacts to workers physical, mental and emotional health and safety. This methodology was built from an ongoing interest and research into the ways the mental health directly affects physical health at the workplace.
What do you do for your clients that is unexpected? How do you make them feel special? Our guiding principals are excellence, integrity, collaboration and value and my goal to exceed client expectation on each project. I start this process by spending time understanding my client's business processes and leverage those where possible. When that's not an option, I work to co-create solutions that fit the business culture of the client--this helps to ensure the work we do continues long after the project has ended.
When people see your brand images, what do you want them to feel? Images are one of the first things people see when they see you online. I think they can help make an impeccable first impression if done well, I'd like people to feel that I'm approachable, confident, competent and easy to work with when they see my images.
Where do you draw your inspiration from? My maternal grandmother has always been one of my greatest inspiration, a domestic worker with only a third grade education, she pushed me to pursue excellence in all my endeavors.
What do you love to do outside of work that can give us a peek at who you are behind the scenes? When I'm not working with clients, you can find me mentoring emerging EHS professionals and hosting dynamic conversations on my LinkedIn Live show "Connecting the Dots.” I love good food and great conversation. I enjoy sitting on the beach, hiking and traveling with my family.
Learn more about Kahlilah Guyah and her remarkable business HERE.
