The following Headshot Preparation Tips for Woman blog post offers a few helpful portrait suggestions to keep in mind for your Business Headshot Preparation. • Headshot Preparation Tips for Men • Basic Headshot Preparation Tips CLOTHING SHIRT/BLOUSE STYLET STYLE The most crucial element for woman is the necessity for sleeves – preferably to the elbow or longer. In general,...
Preparing For Your Business Headshot Photography Session Thank you for trusting Orange County Headshots of Mark Jordan Photography with your professional headshot. Before we meet for your headshot session we advise familiarizing yourself with our Basic Headshot Session Preparation Tips. Whether your headshot is for business or theatrical, these essential steps have proven to be greatly beneficial...
The following Headshot Preparation Tips for Men blog post offers a few helpful portrait suggestions to keep in mind for your Business Headshot Preparation. • Headshot Preparation Tips for Women • Basic Headshot Preparation Tips CLOTHING SHIRT STYLE Collared shirts are imperative for a professional look. Non-collared shirts (t-shirts) can work in certain scenarios and usually work best in...
Not The Only Way, Just My Way The Complete Picture to Headshot Photography is simply my approach to headshot photography. Please know it is not my intent to either purpose or suggest that my technique is definitive. The Complete Picture to Headshot Photography is nothing more than a narrative of the mindset and systems that have worked best...
Limited Only by Your Imagination Thank you for dropping by to experience our Dropped In Backgrounds. We begin our slideshow with a series of the same face. This has proven to be a powerful approach to demonstrating the striking effect dropped in backgrounds can have on any one headshot portrait. The vast majority of our gallery samples...
For Flexibility and Longevity For those who require a specific background for their headshot, we offer a special headshot service, which we simply call GreenScreen Headshots. Historically, the need for GreenScreen Headshots has been motivated largely by budget. This was never more true than in those circumstance where the price of purchasing a unique background was inordinate. Fortunately,...
Theatrical & Commercial Headshots I was recently contacted by a journalist who was writing an article regarding the perfect headshot. She wanted me to comment on “the top 3-4 things that are needed to create the perfect professional headshot.” In particular, “how does a woman convey strength, intelligence and femininity in a single photo?” Following...
Why We Don’t Turn Our Back On the Ocean… Regardless of What Your High School Senior Portrait Photographer Asks of You! Sometimes the simple lessons of life are learned the hard way. How often have you heard the warning that you should never turn your back on the ocean? Evidently not often enough for this...
One Size Does Not Fit ALL Every example in our Before and After Headshot Tips Gallery presents fours versions of the same face. The first image always represents the face in its Basic (Plain) state, followed by exPress (Standard), then Prime (Radiance), and ending with our Pro (The Works) retouching. Several of the images concluded with our Premier (Tailor-Made) option, where a client has asked Mark Jordan to employ...
The CD Cover – If you ever wanted to see what goes into a whirlwind Professional Headshot Session, you’ve come to the right blog post. Yes, besides creating professional head shots in Orange County, we also crate a few head shots for rock legends now and then. Even though our portrait studio, Mark Jordan Photography,...
HEADSHOT TIPS: Tools for Crafting Your Message for Every Occasion Did you know that a man’s tie color reveals information about themselves, which others interpret subconsciously? Sure you did. But have you ever taken the time to actually consider the tie color that best expresses you? More importantly, do you have the tools to choose...
EXPRESSION Today, we are going to discuss the Four Keys to Headshot Photography Part Four – the final factor to making your headshots stand out the crowd: Expression! Expression! Expression! Though my four part series is designed to be read independently from each other, I do recommend at least reading the preface to Four Keys to Headshot Photograph...
PAINTING WITH LIGHT Following is the third installment of a four part series, Four Keys to Headshot Photography, by Orange County Headshot Photographer, Mark Jordan. We have already posted the first two factors, “Planning” and “Positioning,” and after this component, we’ll have only the fourth (Expression) to go. I’ve designed each factor in this four part series...
POSITIONING Continuing with our four part series on the Four Keys to Headshot Photography, by Orange County Photographer, Mark Jordan, we are going delve into Four Keys to Headshot Photography Part Two, Positioning. Though my series was written so each of the four factors are meaningful on their own, I do advise taking a quick look at section...
PLANNING PREFACE: What is your Headshot photography communicating to your client’s community and their potential clients? It cannot be overemphasized, people do equate the quality and credibility of your your client’s craft by the HeadShot they present to the world – 90% of which is made at the subconscious level. Long gone are the days...
Plays on America Idol Mindi Abair, one of America’s most renowned and loveliest saxophonists, stole the show during her guest performance on American Idol. Playing with contestant, Phillip Phillips, they rocked the stage with their performance of “Give A Little More” by Maroon 5. So, why I am blogging about my Mindi Abair Photos? Two reasons. I...
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