4 Steps To A No-Fail Headshot Session
Discover the 4 most common reasons your team may push back—and how you can effectively address and support them.
Preparing your team for their headshot session will help ease nerves, and get everyone on board with your brand’s vision and goals.
1. Communicate purpose and goals.
Most people dread getting their photo taken. Remind them of what a headshot is for: to represent the company, to allow your customer to see who they’re working with, and to humanize and build trust in your brand, to name a few.
Shift the mindset from “I prefer my picture where I look 10 years younger” to “Updated photos will help bring value to the company and our customers by building trust.”
2. What to Wear
Giving your team direction on what to wear is important. Help your team look and feel great. The first step is to share our WHAT TO WEAR guide with your team.
Our advice: Choose an outfit you’d wear on your first day in your current role—something authentic to each person, while maintaining the professionalism your company represents.
Typically, we suggest wearing something slightly more professional than what you would normally wear, but not an outfit you’d never wear to work. For example, if you never wear a tie to work, don’t wear a tie in your headshot.
What to wear guide: https://www.denverheadshotco.com/about/what-to-wear/
3. Hair and Makeup
Most people don’t like the way they look in photos. Elevate your team’s look. In addition to the What to Wear guide, A little help from a professional hair and makeup artist (HMUA) can make your team look and feel their best.
Adding on Hair and Makeup to your session really shows your team you care and helps them to feel comfortable for headshots. If you are interested in adding HMUA Services to your session, give Jencen a call and he can share some options.
4. Have a plan for retakes and new hires
Inevitably, someone will be sick, someone else will be on vacation, the new guy’s start date is the following week. There’s never the “perfect” time for your headshot day.
With our Company Match Program, retakes and make-ups are a breeze. Go ahead and schedule your headshot day–you’ll never need to worry about updating your team with ease again.
Making sure your team is prepared for the session is key to low friction, and high buy-in. Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to help support the success of your session!
