Me!

When I launched this blog a while back, I really wanted photos of me scrolling at the top. The only problem was, I didn’t have any photos of me that were any good! I see a lot of photographer blogs who have photos of themselves up top and I’ve always loved it. This is where people should get to know me, it’s my place to showcase my work, tell stories, and be myself. My blog is just as important to me as my website. Recently, as I’ve been slowly adding images to my new site, I realized all over again my need for some good photos of me. How am I supposed to display the importance of quality images to my potential clients when I don’t have any great photos of myself? How am I supposed to tell them how passionate I am about capturing the essence of who they are, about lifestyle portraiture and why it’s so awesome, when I haven’t been part of that sort of shoot myself? It was time to change that.

I’m now convinced that one of the best branding/marketing decisions you can make is to get quality images of yourself! I once read on Fred Egan’s blog, “Give me a bio pic. That’s all I want…that’s all your clients want. We love face recognition. This business is a personal business when you name it after yourself.” If I want to display who my clients are through the photos I take of them, then I should display who I am through photos of me.

When I asked Jamie Clayton if he’d balance on top of a ball for me for my idioms series (see post below), he said sure, and asked if I’d take some photos of him for his site. I realized this was a great chance to trade “headshots” and asked him the same in return.