Monthly Archives: January 2017

People are more likely to do business with you, hire you, feel connected to you if they know what you look like. Put your best face forward and communicate your message effectively by preparing for your headshot portrait session. First, communicate with your photographer. Let the photographer know what sort of image you want to portray, what message you want to communicate to your potential clients/employers/friends. Be sure to describe your business to your photographer. Your photographer can use lighting and posing to help you communicate. You might want an image on a neutral backdrop, or you might want…

It's somewhat surprising to find me in this career - a small business owner and a visual artist. As a child I didn't care for art class, mostly because I could not draw. When I was in college, my father advised me to major in business. As a  college student, business sounded way too boring and too conventional. I was captivated by genetics and the beautiful way that an organism developed. So I ended up getting a master's degree in genetics and worked in that field for 15 years. But something was missing. I enjoyed working with people more than…