Why should you take the picture perfect business portrait of yourself?
Competition is everywhere. It would be an understatement if we were to say that the world is reeking with people trying to compete with one another. Such is the speed at which we are traveling. Take a vacation for a few days and come back to your office – you are already not wanted anymore, no matter how important you thought you were in the organisation. With the new generation hitting the social handles at a very young age and with young adults competing for professional exams as early as 13-14 years old, nothing seems to surprise us anymore. Incidentally, for nearly about 7 years, we have been having this uprise of young professionals wanting to take business portraits. Initially, we just set it aside, but when we began to notice the trend – we were rather intrigued.
Here is what we found.
- There is a lot of pressure among those who have just qualified from their colleges. Because of the innumerable tools that are available to make a resume fancy, these freshers are always on the edge to give the best of everything for their resume and that starts with the best portrait of themselves. A photograph that captures the nerdy yet go-getter attitude in them.
- When it comes to executives who have had about lets say 5-7 years of experience, if you were to analyse their work pattern – they are stressed forever. Because they are the executioners of the plan that the Managers and the Management has passed down to them. In this case, they tend to be active on Quora, Reddit, Facebook and of course LinkedIn. They usually add their professionally taken photograph as their profile photograph and they are also quite vocal about the work they do.
- Managers on the other hand hold the ideation position and they need photographs that shows dynamism. Photographs of them interacting with other people or employees, candid shots besides the regular portraits are a must. Managers give a lot of emphasis on marking their presence on LinkedIn. They do serious writing and they need some top-notch photos of themselves.
- At the CEO and COO level, where a lot of vision is involved, we do photography that narrates their journey. We place them in a pedestal that is well deserved so that they can inspire the future generation. They are influencers to be precise!
Therefore, at FotoZone, we are quite fussy about the right pick of photographs. While we do give the client their perfect business portraits, we ensure we add a wee bit extra. We give them a set of photographs that include them in a work environment, how they balance their work and family, how the professionals care for the environment and social welfare and how their followers look upon them.
This is the story that we like to present. We also ensure to add a lot of candidness to it. While it is great to photograph these professionals in their work environment, we also go casual in their dressing so that the viewers get to see some ‘personal’ side of them.
Besides all the points mentioned above, any business professional prefers to be ready for the big moment. Imagine you are being featured in your companies newsletter or in a local newspaper and you only have a tired looking selfie of yourself or a photograph taken by a colleague who volunteers to make you look horrible! That would be saddening! It’s wise to be ready and have a set of photographs of yourself where you can ready to roll and amuse the world.
