Digital Backgrounds
Whether we create your portrait in the studio or on location, we have thousands of digital backgrounds to help complete your story.
Headshot - Portrait Photography
Your headshot or professional portrait is an important part of making a strong first impression as a business professional. Furthermore, for an actor, entertainer, model, or musician, a professional headshot (along with a professional portfolio) is critical.
Why You Need a Headshot or Portrait
More often than not, your headshot will be the first impression people judge you by. Your headshot can go a long way towards opening doors to the best opportunities for your business. The quality and style of your headshot help silently convey a sense of identity. Furthermore, the photograph can say a lot about your personality and character. Such as Does this look like someone I can trust? Do they appear approachable? Friendly?
It’s hard to believe your headshot photograph can help others gauge you so much. However, we are all guilty of judging people by our first impression.
A headshot taken by a professional headshot photographer will help you convey the right message.
Executive Portraits Portray Authority
Market survey has proven that 82% of customers tend to trust companies with an active social media presence. This means that when founders and managerial personnel engage on social media platforms, they have the power to attract customers. And with a professional headshot to increase their profiles' effectiveness, they have a better chance of promoting the business.
Therefore, with a quality headshot in the picture, you can convey a strong message to your prospective clients. This simple addition can help increase the perceived value of your business and help build rapport with clients. That perfect expression that exudes your personality through a perfect executive headshot photograph is the resource that can help you attract the right kind of clients for your business.
Executive Headshots are great for Branding.
There is a strong belief that people buy the individual than the company, and finally, the company's product. Remember, we live in a visual world! Does your headshot reflect a person who looks trustworthy? Someone you might like to get to know? It is the company's individual representative who brings in business through their business headshots on social media, business cards, and ads. Hence, poor-quality photographs just don’t cut it! If the company reps are poor at presentation, the customer will take their business somewhere else. Thus, costing you to lose valued (and valuable) clients.
With a quality headshot, you convey a strong message to your clients. This simple addition can help build rapport and the perceived value of your business and your product.
Business Headshots Provide a Personal Touch
What people want is a face they can associate with your business. By adding a personal touch to your website, social media, and marketing materials, you can make sure your customers can connect with you and your business. They want to see the person they will be doing business with. With the help of a professional Michigan headshot photographer, you can transform your business into something more than a faceless entity. Above all, you can make your business seem more welcoming by adding headshot photographs' personal touch.
Business Headshots Evoke Trust
In the ever-changing venue of Google search criteria, there has to be a way to stand out. A professional executive portrait (headshot) is a great way to stand out. With the rapidly expanding use of image search by Google, it is critical to have a professional business headshot.
Customers will buy from someone they know and trust. Customers need a familiar face they can trust with their purchase if problems come up. Therefore, to trigger the best response, you need to use the most effective lure – a professional headshot. Your portrait may be the start of building that level of comfort.
Trust Leads to Long-term Relationships
Attracting the right customers isn’t the only goal for a business. Customer retention is also an important aspect of a business. So when building long-term relationships is your ultimate goal, a professional headshot photograph is the need of the hour. This picture comes to the mind of your customers whenever they think about the services your business offers. You are the representative of your business. Hence you need to portray the business in the best way you can.
Remarkable executive headshots have the power to grab your customers’ attention from the first moment. By hiring the right professional headshot photographer in Michigan, you can make sure your picture is the first thing that customers can associate with the business. Your professional portrait, combined with good products and outstanding service, can help mask the lure of competitors and ensure that your customers remain loyal.
Your Headshot - Portrait Photography Session
Whether you choose to come to our convenient studio or prefer we come to your desired location, you can be confident you will receive the same level of friendly, courteous service.
In-studio Portrait Photo Session
J.D. Small is known for professional expertise in in-studio portrait photography with one of the best Lansing area photography studios.
Many times business professionals prefer to get away from the work environment and take advantage of our beautiful studio. Often times a headshot photoshoot is best scheduled for the weekend when you can leave the business day worries behind you and relax resulting in more favorable results.
Our first-class 24×30 foot photography studio is fully equipped to provide you with safe, clean, friendly, premium quality, and dynamic photography for all of your in-studio needs.
On-Location Headshots
For many business professionals, it can be difficult to find the time to get to a portrait studio, especially if you have multiple team members you want to be included in the shoot. Having multiple staff away for a photoshoot can be overly disruptive to the work environment. That is why we make getting professional headshots, portraits, and group shots easier than ever. Our team is prepared to bring our equipment to your place of business, complete with high-definition digital cameras and professional lighting to turn your office or workplace into a temporary studio.
Group Photography
Group photography is both fun and challenging. It’s a great way to showcase your team in their work environment or at a fun location such as a charity event or sporting event. Depending on your goal and preferences the photo session can be at our studio, inside/outside your business location, or a location of your choice. We’ll guide you through the entire process with ideas and suggestions of what to wear etcetera. We’ll work closely with you to ensure everything goes smoothly and you’re happy with the results of your group photo session. We have successfully taken group photographs for small businesses to large corporations, and the occasional private gatherings.
Modeling Portfolio Photography
We appreciate how challenging launching a modeling career can be. With all the competition facing aspiring models, a superior photographic portfolio is a must!
The modeling photography portfolio images Michigan aspiring models send to agencies can be crafted by J.D. Small Photography Studios. J.D. has the fashion photography experience required to build the perfect portfolio and impress the most discerning agent.
It is just as important for established models to keep their portfolio fresh and updated with a variety of shots.
Our tremendous amount of experience ensures the headshots and fashion photographs you get for your portfolio will be of the highest quality available. We have experience creating the perfect modeling portfolio for men, women, and children of all ages. We work with you to create the variety of shots agents want to see. This can help launch or energize your modeling career.
Entertainer Photography
Promoting your career as an entertainer requires a different approach than that of a model. The modeling photograph session consists of mostly still shots. While the entertainer photo session often involves still photographs and action shots. J.D. is an expert at capturing the essence of both still and action photography. Want video? We do that too!
Your Modeling - Entertainer Photo Session!
The quality modeling or entertainer portfolio session you desire requires both planning and the right location.
The planning starts as soon as you select J.D. Small Photography Studios. J.D. will personally work with you to assure the highest quality and most pleasant photography session.
Our Okemos studio is large enough to accommodate any modeling photography session and most entertainer photographic session requirements! The ability to adjust lighting, change backdrops and incorporate wardrobe changes allows us to create images you will be proud to show off.
We can offer suggestions for other locations including outdoor venues. Or, we can come to a location of your choice. This works great for entertainers desiring photographs of a live performance or a model wishing photographs in a more natural environment.
We guarantee you will be happy with your professional portfolio! Call us today to schedule your session 517.281.5633
Call for a Consultation
At J.D. Small Photography Studios, we will design a photo package to meet the needs of any business professional or company. Call 517-281-5633 to discuss your options today.