We were recently hired by Baltimore based Poole & Kent to photograph their CEO and President. They needed a fast (several hours) turnaround and they didn’t want the same grey background they had used in the past. In less than 30 minutes of shooting we created severe different options for our client. Along with his Executive Assistant we made the final selection and sent it off to our expert retouching department for the finishing touches. We delivered the final file at 3:55 PM…2 hours before the client deadline.

If you’re a business professional looking for the best Baltimore headshots you should give us a call at 888-984-4777. We SPECIALIZE in creating GREAT IMAGES for BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS. You won’t find us listing that we “specialize in pictures of food, weddings, birthday parties, swimwear, cars, nature, and journalism”…seriously…who can be GREAT at all those things? Trust your eyes…see our portfolio…and be confident that you’ve made the right decision when you call us.

“Sometimes people are floored when they see the person if they left a really old picture up there,” Alba says.

We look at out LinkedIn contact list and there are literally hundreds of our current clients using images that we created as their updated profile image. They look more professional and more serious when their image is done by a professional photography studio like those of Baltimore Corporate Headshots.

]]> http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/baltimore-headshots-for-your-linkedin-profile/feed/ 0 http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/baltimore-headshots-dont-settle-for-average-photography/ http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/baltimore-headshots-dont-settle-for-average-photography/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 01:51:26 +0000 dbrouse http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/?p=80 With all the photographers now found on the internet, a key challenge many potential clients have it sifting through them all to find the true professionals. this remains a huge obstacle for both smaller organizations as well as large corporations.

As more Baltimore businesses step into “Web 2.0″, many have the desire to add great corporate headshots or business portraits to their employee profiles. It’s all part of being “social”…focusing on local search results so that when people search for their type of business they can find that company faster and put a face with a name. They key is putting a confident and approachable face with the name.

The Baltimore business community  deserves the best…so when you look for a corporate headshot photogrpaher or business headshot studio we should be your first and last phone call. With 20+ years of experience and literally thousands of satisfied clients we are the go to provider for exceptional imagery for businesses in Baltimore. We have earned a reputation for providing our clients with photographs that make them look better than they ever imagined.

Formal. Casual. What matters is that your executive portrait should convey a sense of professionalism. You’re going to use your new image on websites, press releasees, newsletters, conference programs, and business cards. Corporate brochures, newsletters, and annual reports are also other places where you can use your new image.

We’ll provide instructions, hints and tops on clothing, expressions, hair, make-up and background selection…all prior to the session.

In addition to photographing 47 individuals we also created 4 different groups for collatoral marketing efforts of the firm’s active marketing group.

Preparation for this type of assignment is critical, so I scouted the location 24 hours prior to the shoot, only to find out that the hotel wasn’t 100% prepared for our needs the next day. It took several hours of pre-production work, packing and repacking to make sure we had all the equipment we needed to get the job done the right way.

From the clients standpint, they wanted great portraits and they needed them to be consistently lit. As the firm continues to grow we’ll need to be able to repeat the lighting and color in multiple locations so we took extra time to document the scene (distances, lighting ratios, power, lenses, camera, etc.) so we’ll be able to create the exact same look and feel during the next shoot.

DC Corporate Headshots specializes in providing outstanding corporate and business headshots for small and medium size business in the Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland metro area. Call us at 202.592.1548 to set-up your appointment or allow us to provide a quote to photograph your group/office today.

]]> http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/new-york-law-firm-portraits/feed/ 0 http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/your-headshots-you-pick-the-background/ http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/your-headshots-you-pick-the-background/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:55:22 +0000 dbrouse http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/?p=75 In addition to our standard portrait background choices (grey, blue, earth tone), we always have the option to extract the subject from the background and place you on the background of your choice. Sometimes we create the original image using green screen or chroma-key background paper. We do this when the client isn’t sure which background they need or if they already know they will need several different backgrounds for various applications.

The key to shooting on chroma-key is to light the background evenly. This is another reason that we SPECIALIZE in business headshots…it allows us to stay on top of various techniques for our business client. These techniques can be used for many different areas of photography but by concentrating our attention serving the business client we can provide a superior product (image). We always shudder when we hear a client say that the “last photographer specialized in headshots, weddings, food, sports, product and architecture.”, simply put…you can’t be good at all those things.

Baltimore Corporate Headshots. We produce exceptional corporate and executive portraits at your location. We make scheduling your appointments easily accomplishable and we permanently archive your images for future reference. To arrange your appointment, call our scheduling department at 202-596-1548 or send an email to info@baltimorecorporateheadshots.com and we’ll contact you to schedule your appointment.

]]> http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/your-headshots-you-pick-the-background/feed/ 0 http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/yvette-retamoza-for-florida-coastal-school-of-law/ http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/yvette-retamoza-for-florida-coastal-school-of-law/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:53:03 +0000 dbrouse http://baltimorecorporateheadshots.com/?p=72 We recently had the pleasure of working with Yvette Retamoza, creating a portrait for her alma mater, Florida Coastal School of Law. Yvette arrived wearing her rain boots and quickly “transformed” for our studio portrait session.

Yvette Retamoza for Florida Coastal School of Law

It’s great when an alumni publication steps up to obtain a professional headshot for a subject.

If you, your school, department need an exceptional business headshot you should give DC Corporate Headshots at 202-596-1548 and we’ll get you on the calendar ASAP.

Face it…you don’t want to have your picture shot today, but your boss tricked you and told you there would be donuts and you could leave early to go golfing if you did it without complaining. So what happened? You still complained but he didn’t hear you. You’re 42 years old and you still don’t know how to tie your tie. You don’t like wearing earrings and lipstick.

We take average people and make them look WAAAAYYYY better than average. Baltimore Corporate Headshots worked with Enhesa, Inc. to create business headshots for the entire office. Quick. Easy. Effective.

#4- Your “not-so-current” headshot was made BEFORE color film was the standard.

The last time you had a corporate headshot done we were kicking around words like Kodak, Tri-X, and Agfa-Pan. “Artist” were developing b&w film in little tanks and making custom 8×10 prints that looked AWESOME!!! Those days are long gone buddy…get real. At Baltimore Corporate Headshots we use high resolution digital capture systems that blow away your little 12 mega-pixel rinky-dink point & shoot. Step into the 2000′s…get a decent hair-cut, stop driving the station wagon and UPDATE YOUR IMAGE!!!

#3-You need to increase your client base.

You’ve already heard the phrase…”to make money you have to spend money”…and it’s oh so true. Get your face out there, pound the pavement, go to the Chamber of Commerce meetings, get your new business cards printed, update that website that you created using the $49 software you bought from Office Max. Updating your current business headshot then USING it on every piece of marketing material you have is the first step you should take to increasing your client base.

#2-You’re single and can use it on Facebook®

Be honest…we know that you’re going to use the picture on your law-firm website but you’re also going to use Picasa to cut out the background and upload it to your Facebook profile. That’s cool. We have hundreds of clients that are using our image for personal and professional usage. We know that you wore that special sweater for a reason.

#1-You were recently laid-off/fired/down-sized/right-sized/etc.

We’ve all seen the effects of this “new” economy and it’s not pretty. At least it looks like the worst is behind us, so TODAY is the day that you make the decision to invest in your future. A fresh and updated image from Baltimore Corporate Headshots gives you an advantage over the person that isn’t ready to hit the ground running. Your new employer can use the image for press releases, trade magazines, speaking engagements, marketing collateral, personnel files, I.D. cards and more.

If you fit this category, we’ll deduct $50 off your session fee. Our way of saying “Go Get ‘em!!!”

We had numerous fantastic locations within his New York Avenue office, lot’s of natural light, cool chairs, fantastic plasma screens…but David is in the business of building and managing buildings so when I heard the words “we have access to the roof” I lit up like a Christmas tree.

David Happ -Louis Dreyfus – Images by Delane Rouse / Baltimore Corporate Headshots

Since this was a last minute request I didn’t have time to bring in any of our regulars assistants so David’s assistant helped out and within 10-12 minutes we shot three different “scenes” on the roof looking out onto Washington DC with cranes, the Capitol building and the Washington Monument in the skyline…

David was awesome…giving me whatever time we needed to create the his image. I did the initial edit and presented David with 12 images from which to select…here are 2 of them with some added photoshop “treatments”…

To schedule your environmental portrait session in the Baltimore DC area, give Baltimore Corporate Headshots a call at 301-752-9684. We have numerous current and past fantastic business headshots and executive portraits on file for you to review so you can trust that you have a photogrpaher with the EXPERIENCE to get the job done when we show up at your location.

One more thing…the web design firm needed the images YESTERDAY.

That’s where Baltimore Corporate Headshots come in. With one phone call (888-726-3336, Ext 3), we’ll quickly check our schedule and get you on the calendar. We’re busy just like you, but we also understand your business and creative needs.

Your first step is probably Google.com where you’ll probably search some of the following terms:

• headshots
• Baltimore corporate headshots
• Baltimore business headshots
• Baltimore photographer
• great headshots in Baltimore
• best headshots in Baltimore
• Baltimore business portraits
• Baltimore executive portraits

Make sure you put more “weight” on the companies that have a physical address that isn’t an apartment. That way you know it’s not some guy that has a “day job” at Towson University with a shiny new Nikon D40 (it was probably a birthday present). That person probably won’t be able to meet your quick delivery needs even if she/her get’s lucky with a few pictures.

You need a professional photographer with experience. Someone that will produce consistent images with minimal intrusion into the schedules of you and your staff. We have 16+ years of experience with an long list of satisfied clients. Baltimore Corporate Headshots is familiar with Baltimore culture and personalities…we live and breathe headshots and executive portraits.

We don’t have any tricks…we simply come to your location, create an effective and consistent business headshot, add in a little bit of retouching to make everyone look FANTASTIC, then deliver the images to you as soon as possible.

All we need is an empty conference room or open space and we’ll do our jobs.

Baltimore Corporate Headshots…the BEST Baltimore Corporate Headshots and Business Portraits.

Face it…you don’t want to have your picture shot today, but your boss tricked you and told you there would be donuts and you could leave early to go golfing if you did it without complaining. So what happened? You still complained but he didn’t hear you. You’re 42 years old and you still don’t know how to tie your tie. You don’t like wearing earrings and lipstick.

We take average people and make them look WAAAAYYYY better than average. Baltimore Corporate Headshots worked with ENHESA, Inc. to create business headshots for the entire office. Quick. Easy. Effective.

#4- Your “not-so-current” headshot was made BEFORE color film was the standard.

The last time you had a corporate headshot done we were kicking around words like Kodak, Tri-X, and Agfa-Pan. “Artist” were developing b&w film in little tanks and making csutom 8×10 prints that looked AWESOME!!! Those days are long gone buddy…get real. At DC Corporate Headshots we use high resolution digital capture systems that blow away your little 12 mega-pixel rinky-dink point & shoot. Step into the 2000′s…get a decent hair-cut, stop driving the station wagon and UPDATE YOUR IMAGE!!!

#3-You need to increase your client base.

You’ve already heard the phrase…”to make money you have to spend money”…and it’s oh so true. Get your face out there, pound the pavement, go to the Chamber of Commerce meetings, get your new business cards printed, update that website that you created using the $49 software you bought from Office Max. Updating your current business headshot then USING it on every piece of marketing material you have is the first step you should take to increasing your client base.

#2-You’re single and can use it on Facebook®

Be honest…we know that you’re going to use the picture on your law-firm website but you’re also going to use Picasa to cut out the background and upload it to your Facebook profile. That’s cool. We have hundreds of clients that are using our image for personal and professional usage. We know that you wore that special sweater for a reason.

#1-You were recently laid-off/fired/down-sized/right-sized/etc.

We’ve all seen the effects of this “new” economy and it’s not pretty. At least it looks like the worst is behind us, so TODAY is the day that you make the decision to invest in your future. A fresh and updated image from DC Corporate Headshots gives you an advantage over the person that isn’t ready to hit the ground running. Your new employer can use the image for press releases, trade magazines, speaking engagements, marketing collateral, personnel files, I.D. cards and more.

If you fit this category, we’ll deduct $50 off your session fee. Our way of saying “Go Get ‘em!!!”