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How to Prepare for Your Personal Branding Photoshoot

Whether you’re a freelancer, an influencer, or a small business owner, creating an authentic personal brand is crucial to your success and growth. Your personal brand is what sets you apart from all the rest and what keeps people coming back to you again and again. There’s so much that goes into creating a gorgeous personal brand, but your brand photos should be at the forefront of your mind. Here are a few ways you can get the most out of your personal brand photoshoot:

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Top 3 Reasons You Need a Personal Branding Photoshoot

Creating a unique personal brand and identity for your business involves a lot of thought, time, and ingenuity. Your brand is what communicates who you are to your audience and what sets you apart from the competition. So every detail counts, from your website to your logo to your photos. It’s crucial to put your best face forward, both figuratively and literally.

Personal brand photography will portray your unique look, personality, and position to your audience. Here are the top three reasons why you need a professional personal branding photoshoot:

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Win a Brand Shoot!

I am looking for small businesses, local to Fife, Dundee and surrounding areas to fill in a short questionnaire about their business.. This will show me how I can better help my local business community.

In return, you will be entered into a competition to win a brand shoot with me. You will receive a 3 hour, on-location shoot, 120 bespoke images, tailored to your business to use in your marketing, 2 promotional show reels to help you advertise your business/brand on social media, and extras too! All of which total over £3,000!

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4 Reasons Not to Shoot Your Own Personal Branding Photos

So, you’re in the process of building and improving your personal brand. Since your brand is all about you, you know that photos are an essential piece of the puzzle.

It can be tempting to try and take care of your photography yourself but there are a few downsides to going the DIY route.

When you’re building a personal brand, it’s important to view it as an investment. When you build your brand on a strong foundation, you get to reap the rewards later on.

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Personal Branding Mistakes You Should Avoid

It’s quite easy to get wrapped up in getting good results for your clients when you first start a business, but this often means entrepreneurs let aspects such as their brand fall by the wayside.

In order for customers to want to do business with you and recommend you to others, they need to feel connected to you, which is where personal branding comes in.

If you want your personal brand to thrive, here are a few of the most common mistakes to avoid.

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3 Reasons Why You Should Update Your Headshots on a Regular Basis

Whether you’re a business owner, blogger or you’re a regular on social media, having a really great headshot is essential. Your headshot is a digital business card, and usually the first exposure people have to you and your business. It’s an excellent way to grow your personal brand and it helps your online profiles stand out from the rest.

However, it can become quite easy to find one great headshot and keep using that same image for years, but it’s always a good idea to update your headshot on a regular basis, here’s why:

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Does My Personal Branding Shoot Need to Be In a Studio?

The location of your personal branding shoot helps tell your story. It will also play a role in the first impression you create and what type of audience you attract.

When you think about personal branding photography, a studio setting and headshots, is usually what jumps to mind. However, this is only one of the many options that you can choose from. Let’s take a closer look at branding photography location options.

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Can Personal Branding Photography Help to Grow Your business?

As more people enter the world of freelancing, branding is a bigger buzz word than ever. It’s for this reason that personal branding photography has also grown in popularity.

You might not realise it, but personal branding photography is an investment and a tool that can help you grow your small business. Why take a chance that people might know what your brand is all about when you can tell them yourself?

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Why Your Photographer Won’t Supply RAW Files

Almost every photographer has been asked for RAW files by their clients at one point or another. For some people, it can be hard to understand why their photographer has refused to part ways with their RAW files, but know that your photographer is not trying to be difficult. They have several good reasons why they don’t just hand over all the photos that were taken during your shoot.

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A Basic Guide to a Great Headshot Photography Session

Professional headshots are the first introduction to you, your business and your personal brand. Around 93% of HR professionals and recruiters turn to LinkedIn to find quality candidates, two thirds turn to Facebook and more than half utilise Twitter. This just proves that headshots play an important role in your professional life...

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How to Enjoy Your Photoshoot When You’re Camera Shy

Just because you cringe at the thought of having your photos taken, doesn’t mean you that you will never have any good photos of yourself. There is a way to overcome your camera shyness, to feel more comfortable in front of your photographer, and to get the photos you want, whether it’s of you and your loved ones or just you on your own.Read on for three tips that you can use to conquer your upcoming photo session.

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Why Business Lifestyle Photography is a must for small businesses

Visuals play a crucial role in how you portray your brand to your customers and clients. It’s important to remember that customers shop with their eyes and will often make decisions based on their first impression. That's where Business Lifestyle Photography comes into play!Personal branding involves influencing the way potential customers see you and view your products or services, which is why personal branding (or Business Lifestyle) photography can have such a massive impact.Professional photographs are an asset and will serve you for years to come...

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5 Tips to Improve Your Personal Brand

A personal brand is a combination of skills, expertise, and personality and how you present them on different platforms is important. For entrepreneurs, a personal brand is everything, but how do you know if you’re doing enough?Here are a few ways that you can boost your personal brand.1. Get SpecificTo really make your personal brand stand out, you need to define it...

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