5-Minute Headshots

I love networking events so when Vito from Whiteboard Studio, the organizer who runs The Networker.ca, asked me if I would be willing to offer free headshots to the attendees of the MEGA Networking Event I couldn’t pass it up. To be honest, this was my first time taking this many headshots in a day (about 70 people lined up). It was crazy. I was tired. It was amazing and satisfying.


I managed to get a 15 minute break during the event (many thanks to the lady who heard me say out loud “I need some water”, she gave me a glass of water which I gulped between shoots) and took some photos seen below:

MEGA Networking Event - Jan.17.2012

About the headshots, I didn’t have an assistant or hair & make-up artist available during the event. The assistant I could live without since the set-up was fairly simple - I had a stool, a softbox & a white background (taped to the wall) – but the hair & make-up artist would’ve helped. I had a five-minute window and a line-up, not to mention that the attendees weren’t really expecting to have their headshots taken and no mirror available at my area (well, maybe the washroom but…) for them to “freshen” their look. That means that I had to work extra on the image retouching (not really fun folks but it had to be done).

It took me a while and I’d like to apologize to those who didn’t receive their headshots right away but I did manage to get through them (whew!). You can see samples below:

I’ll be featuring headshots of some of these individuals and a bit about their company and what products and/or services they offer on future posts. BTW – networking events are always good to market your business and it’s great for referrals, partnering with others and even closing deals (but don’t push it).