If you’re a professional in Scottsdale or Phoenix looking for updated headshots for LinkedIn, your company website, or speaking events, this article breaks down what really happens on headshot day, and what most people say the moment they step in front of the camera.
1. “I’m not a model. Please don’t make this weird.”
Most people walk in assuming a headshot session will be stiff and awkward, like school picture day in nicer clothes…
What actually works is treating it like a conversation, not a photo shoot. A good headshot isn’t about turning you into a model, it’s about paying attention to how you naturally stand, talk, and smile when you’re relaxed. Thats the version we want to lock in of you and the version that your team and clients already know
2. “I just need one photo” is almost never true
People say they “just need a LinkedIn headshot,” but that one image ends up everywhere: company website, speaking engagements, internal profiles, even conference programs.
When you plan a real session, in my studio in Scottsdale or on location at your office in Phoenix/Scottsdale, you walk away with a small library instead of one emergency photo: different crops, expressions, and orientations you can use for months or years as your career grows.
3. The people who “hate photos” usually get the best results
The most common sentence in the studio is “I hate photos of myself. I hate doing them. I’ve never liked my headshot. Let’s get this over with.” People say it BEFORE they even sit down.
Those sessions often create the strongest images, because people who are skeptical ask questions. When you walk them through where to look, what to do with their hands, how to stand so they feel grounded instead of stiff, they start to relax — and that ease reads as confidence and credibility on camera.
Ready when you are
If you’ve been putting your own headshot off because you feel awkward, busy, or “not a photo person,” you’re exactly who the studio was built for.
Whether you need updated executive headshots in Scottsdale, an on-location team session at your Phoenix office, or a conference headshot setup for your next event, you can reach out, send your headcount, and get a simple plan and quote.
