A single subject and a white background. I’m such a sucker for this look! It’s so clean and classic, and puts all the focus right on your subject. It’s hard to go wrong with this, especially for some personal branding fun.

Caitlin here proves my point. The undistracting background lets viewers and potential clients focus completely on her and get an instant sense of her personality and what she might be like to work with - fun, bold, trendy, sassy and personable.

We laughed a lot through our session, which is always a goal of time in order to help my clients relax and feel like themselves. Whenever I showed Caitlin some sneaks on my camera, her response was always, “Oh, yeah, that’s so me,” which is how I want everyone to feel! And, bonus, she had her bestie come by for the last half of the shoot. If that’s something that will loosen someone up and not make them feel self-conscious, then, I’m all for it!

This Work ‘n’ Play shoot was mainly for Caitlin to have some images to use on her new website for her graphic design business and some for social media posts. She’s got tons of great options for her landing page, about page, how it works section, and just about any other kind of section she could want!

For those influencers and online entrepreneurs needing more variety of branding photos and a consistent stream of images for social media, a personal branding package would make more sense, but this type of shoot can absolutely be integrated into that!

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In February, I attended the inspiring ClickAway Conference in Dana Point, California. I made friends and recklessly flew my drone far, far away (I got it back), and I learned tons of exciting things that I could instantly apply to my business.

One of them was the concept of the “Not-So-Corporate Headshot” by Sarah Deragon where she offers casual & fun headshot sessions designed to not only get a great shot for work, but also a great new profile photo! It’s the complete opposite of stuffy, sit-there-and-don’t-move-and-smile-awkwardly headshots, and it’s great.

Everyone deserves a photo of themselves that they love, and this is a great way to get it without a lot of pressure.

I instantly adopted her idea (she shared so much!), and am so glad I did! It’s like the Universe knew I was supposed to let go of traditional corporate headshots and embrace this new lighthearted style because right away I got emails asking for this exact thing - before I had even advertised it!

I call mine the “Work ‘n’ Play” Headshot. I thought about calling it the Mullet Session - business in the front, party int the back! haha! But then I vetoed it.

So, here’s one of my first Work ‘n’ Play sessions with the adorable lady! I think she ought to find a job AND some good dates, don’t you?!