Headshot Ottawa Sessions with Frank Fenn
in Our Studio (Holiday Studio - Billings Bridge)
60-Minute Professional Headshot Session in our Billings Bridge Studio
Session fee is $180.56 per person
Session Includes
- private appointment - one person per appointment (you can bring a friend or relative to observe) please arrive with hair and makeup prepared in advance
- change area with mirrors and rolling rack
- washroom in the unit
- bring extra clothes for up 2 wardrobe changes
- headshots with both white and black backdrops
- minimum of 40 unedited digital proofs for you to make selection(s) delivered in an online "selection gallery" within 48 hours
Photograph fees
- 1 retouched digital photograph: $125
- 3 retouched digital photographs: $300
- 5 retouched digital photographs: $375
CLICK TO MAKE YOUR 60-MINUTE RESERVATION
3 Steps to the Perfect Profile Picture
Dubbed “the new handshake,” professional headshots are now the first introduction to you, your business, and your personal brand—shouldn’t that intro be the best it can be? With 93% of HR professionals and recruiters tapping into LinkedIn to find quality candidates—plus 2 in 3 on Facebook and more than half utilizing Twitter—that headshot has countless applications in your professional life. Should your profile pic be the family vacation, the fun night out, or worse—the logo or abstract shot? Or should it be a powerful, compelling, and confidence-building headshot that makes prospective clients, employers, and partners want to click “Connect?”
1. Getting Ready for your One-Hour Headshot Session
Before heading into the studio think about all of the things that make up your personal brand and what you want others to take away from a glance at your profile page. Jot down some keywords and phrases and bring them to your shoot. Think about what exemplifies your personal brand to you.
Are you a chef? An educator? A writer? Are there props that could help tell your story? Bring them along! We can take a couple of different shots—in different outfits—so you’ll have a series to choose from. You may want to tailor your profile picture based on the social media platform you’re using. Remember to have fun! A relaxed, comfortable subject naturally exudes confidence.
2. It’s important that your look matches the image you’re trying to convey. What you wear on a daily basis is a great place to start. Solid colors are always a good choice, as are tops with strong collars and necklines. Even though you’ll only be shot from the shoulders up, it’s important you’re pulled together from head to toe—you may want a shot or two that are pulled back a bit. Aim for clothes that complement your skin and eye tones and, overall, steer clear of very bold colors.
3. Personal Items to bring to your Headshot Session
___ Shirt/Blouse/Jacket Bring a clean, pressed/steamed, shirt or blouse to wear at the session.
___ Jewellery While you’ll want to keep it simple any pieces of jewelry that expresses who you are as an individual or your company pin you should wear it.
___ Glasses Our focus is on your eyes and facial expression, if you wear glasses all of the time you should wear them in your headshots - we’ll adjust our lighting.
___ Lint Brush We will have a lint brush on hand, however, you may want to bring your own.
___ Comb/Brush/Hairspray If you have hair you will want to bring these personal items along - we will have a mirror for you to check yourself.
___ Makeup Very few things are as personal as makeup - please prepare your own makeup in advance and bring your own supply for touch ups
___ Props In personal branding sessions we will make pictures that go from the head down through your upper body, one of the most common questions we are asked is “what do I do with my hands?”. If you have specific props that you can include in your pictures you’ll have something to do with your hands
How often should you have your profile picture made? It depends on the industry you are in.
The Seasonal Headshot
If you work in a seasonal or fashion-oriented business we recommend updating your profile picture every quarter. Just like the Starbucks brand has different drinks reflecting the time of year you can show your different facets. each can reflect a fresh spring look, a casual summer look, a comfortable autumn
The Annual Headshot
If you are updating your website or your advertising materials on an annual basis you will want to have a consistent look and feel throughout the year. As much as we don't see changes in the mirror every day the "proximity fallacy" comes into play and eventually people will see that your profile picture doesn't reflect who you have become. By updating your headshot on an annual basis you will avoid people thinking that you are out of date.
2277 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, ON K1H 7X6
Location: Entrance #5 to the right of the bottom of the escalator
In-Your-Office Headshots and Personal Branding
We do the heavy lifting to create consistent updated headshots and personal
branding portraits/headshots for you and your team in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario
We
Create an online "picture day" reservation calendar for your office
Invite your team members, via email, to reserve their date/time
Send out email reminders of the reservation
Arrive 30 to 60 minutes prior to picture day time start to set up our portable studio
Make consistent pictures of you/your team members efficiently and professionally
Edit all pictures for consistent exposure and white balance
Send you, and each team member, a link to your/their private gallery
Pricing
Our pricing is simple and applies to individuals, offices, warehouses, retail, parks, industrial sites, conferences, schools and home-based settings.
Session Fees (up to 6 individual reservations per hour)
One 3-Hour session: $500
Two 3-Hour sessions (same day): $900
Three 3-Hour sessions (same day): $1,200
Unretouched web-resolution digital photographs (minimum of 10 per person) uploaded to a private online gallery
for your downloading and use on websites and social media Gallery link delivered via email within 72 hours.
Photograph Fees
Each print-resolution picture is $45.14 (with full retouching service)
Printed Photographs
Retouched Printed Photograph Prices (each)
8" x 10" prints: $37.05
11" x 14" prints: $98.04
16" x 24" prints: $126.86
20" x 24" prints: $144.95
20" x 30" prints: $175.14
30" x 36" prints: $296.89
Retouched Printed Canvas Wrapped on Frame
10" x 10": $128.00
11" x 14": $163.82
16" x 24": $309.66
Create Your Own Package
#1 Spend $500 on prints receive the digital files of the photographs you ordered
#2 Spend $750 on prints receive #1 above and 10% off your order
#3 Spend $1,000 on prints receive #1 above and 15% off your total order
(#2 and #3 cannot be combined)
LINK TO RESERVATION SITE
How we're making your headshot session fast, safe & professional for your unique and friendly virtual handshake.
1. Online reservation
We make Headshots by reservation - you choose from available dates and times and prepay using our convenient online Acuity Calendar.
2. Style - A Portrait of You
Our objective is to create headshot portraits that share your attitude, professionalism, and friendly openness. These portraits are crafted with skill in a comfortable environment using professional cameras and lighting to create RAW format files that we edit, if you choose to upgrade your pictures, for lighting, blemishes/dust, and flyaway hairs.
3. Location
We're just inside the main entrance at Billings Bridge Shopping Centre with over 2,000 square feet dedicated to one client at a time.
4. Appointment Times
Appointments are 60 minutes with a 5-minute buffer between appointments.
5. Private Sessions
To keep the area safe, and to avoid the awkwardness of strangers watching your session, we serve one client in the studio at a time.
You can bring a friend, co-worker or stylist to help bring out your natural smile and character.
6. Final Portraits
We photograph using a white/grey backdrop, then we do basic touch-ups and deliver you a link to your private online gallery for downloading and use.
Additional Notes
- HST is added to the price
- In-Studio: You can bring one observer - masked at all times (photographer and staff will be masked at all times)
- Studio Location: Billings Bridge Shopping Centre Ottawa - main entrance in the Holiday Studio
- Hair, Makeup, and Styling not included in price
- Images are edited for blemish and hair touch-ups with more extensive edits available with purchase of fine art or glossy prints
- Images are delivered via an online gallery from which you download the files for your use
- License to use images is without limitations with a shared copyright
- Photographer reserves right to be able to publish pictures without limitations
- Prices are for sessions taking place in the Holiday Studio Billings Bridge
Who needs a Headshot?
Anyone who is building their career, is in a position of responsibility, in sales (of any kind) or aspires to be an actor/model needs to share their public face.
How do I use my Headshot?
Social media sites (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.), your website's About page or Team Page, acting or modeling 8x10's, or your picture on your billboard or in print advertising.
What do I wear in my Headshot Session? What about hair and makeup?
First, you'll want to be comfortable - your clothing hair, and makeup are a reflection of you and where you are going, if you are uncomfortable with your fashion then it will show in your headshots. You are multifaceted so if you work in jeans or a suit or carry tools for the work you do and the work you want to do you should prepare yourself that way.
Second, most Headshots that we make, are on a white background that we can turn into any background of your choosing so we suggest not wearing white (but we can turn the background grey when making the headshots, it's just easier).
Third - we suggest having your hair lightly trimmed to remove stray hairs, bring hair spray to tame the unruly (we have a large mirror and bathroom in the studio), and wear makeup that suits the impression you want to have (we can fix any blemishes in post-production). If you would like hair & makeup provided we can arrange for a professional MUA to be available at an extra investment.
Headshot Ottawa
Holiday Studio by IDEA3
Billings Bridge Shopping Centre
2277 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, ON K1H 7X6
613-276-3351
