Award Best Photographer in Pleasanton
Thank you for the Best Photographer in Pleasanton Award by the readers and community of Pleasanton Weekly.
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!
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:
