Towards the end of last year, I started to introduce a quick-fire and impromptu end to my headshot sessions. Some people heard the word “improvise”, and ran a mile, whilst others embraced the opportunity for some fun portraits of themselves. Often at the end of the session when the hard work is over, people have totally relaxed and forgotten that they’re having their picture taken, they tend to be a bit more open to playing up to my camera. As well as this, during my shoots I tend to catch moments where people are in a different world, either whilst I’m checking the lights, or if they’ve just lost focus for a second, or it can be in mid-conversation and I catch a cheeky smile. But now I’m keeping this five-minute freestyle for good, so if I ask you to have some fun with the camera, and you’re feeling a bit shy, forget your inhibitions for a minute or two, and get ready for some killer portraits. Be who you want to be.
Below are just a few of the dozens of crazy snaps I’ve captured of people during their headshot session (I hope they don’t mind!). Some of these are captured mid-session, and some are the very last shot of the day – when I tell people this is the last picture I’m taking of them, they tend to go all out.
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