How To Take A Corporate Headshot

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Learn how to take a corporate headshot with all these behind the scenes tip and tricks from professional studio photographer Joesph Odea. Corperate headshot Photography was something I had no idea about but wanted to take you along to learn while I got my headshot taken. Joe covers the lighting setup, the camera settings, and the tricks he uses for posing people for corporate headshots
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@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Thanks so much to @josephodea for showing me all the tips and tricks to corporate headshot photography, what an info packed video!

@mcculloughimagery4952 4 года назад

how big is that softbox?

@romiemiller7876 3 года назад

I agree that super wide f stops are not necessary. I almost never shoot wider than f.5 or 5.6, and my Nikon 24-120 mm f.4 seems super sharp at f.5.

@GarrettMusic1 5 лет назад

Super happy to know you are still at it, you are amazing Javier!

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

You as well Chrome!

@MrTerryRay1 3 года назад

Javier your channel is rounded!

@TheSocialjerry 5 лет назад

This is so amazing!!!! .... I learn so much from this .... thanks so much

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Not a problem Jerian! Joe is a great photographer

@johnalexander1816 4 года назад

This was really helpful. Thank you.

@ohhprime 4 года назад

That's a whole lot of information Peter Hurley has been teaching & sharing for many years now. In fact he's even trademarked the squinch.

@MastMaulaPuran 5 лет назад

wow really incredible shots. so much to learn from you guys. big thumbs up!

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Globe Trotter That’s all Joe, he really knows his stuff.

@andrewgonzalez6208 4 года назад

Helpful. Thanks.

@KevinEscobarCo 5 лет назад

This was such a frigging great video!!! Ugh both of you were awesome!

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Thanks Kevin! Glad it could help!

@KevinEscobarCo 5 лет назад

Javier Mercedes I would love to work with you sometime if you’re available!

@GarrettMusic1 4 года назад

I love this video man!

@raulgolfs 5 лет назад

Very cool. So much info on lighting. Contrast vs clarity. 🤯. “The expression we’ll work on in a second.” 😆. That’s so cool to see the background how these head shots work. Awesome job you guys! 🙌🏽

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Hahaha yeah my expression was so serious in the beginning. Thanks for watching Raul! And glad it gave some insight.

@PieterFret 4 года назад

Getting ready for my first corporate headshot shoot, this was very clear and useful advice! Any tips on how to get the subject to relax? I find that a lot of people are very tense in front of a camera. I usually crack some jokes to lighten the mood and catch an honest smile, but that's not really the look to go for in a corporate shoot...

@adefenwaadeliyi8372 4 года назад

Thanks for uploading, can you give link or size for the reflector you used.

@NimrodSarid 5 лет назад

Learned so much! Great video!

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Thanks Nimrod, it's jam packed with info.

@cstratag4946 4 года назад

Dropping KNOWLEDGE bro thank you!

@JavierMercedes 4 года назад

Glad it could help!

@SteveT__001 4 года назад

Thank you a very helpful video as I have some Corporate headshots coming up, no mention of the backlight though?

@delmarray1147 2 года назад

I have a 42 magmod softbox a curve eye reflector and reflector on the side would you use the 42 or the 24 softbox.

@RandyParsley 5 лет назад

Man, that's a lot to digest. another good one!

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching Randy, it blew my mind with all that info as well.

@sidsiddi1282 4 года назад

that was great. I really go a lot out of that actually

@heredownunder 5 лет назад

Great video, nice and clear! You didn’t mention the setting for the 2nd light?

@letsbefrank3 5 лет назад

Great video, thanks so much for this. Might have a corporate headshot shoot coming up soon so will be using the 'squinch!'

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Squinch for life! Comes from a guy named peter Hurley if you want to look up more about it

@paulbernardi2597 5 лет назад

Great Video Javier.

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Thanks Paul! Glad you liked it.

@peterkabiru5144 4 года назад

thanks a lot

@LincolnintheAdirondacks 5 лет назад

Great video dude! I have been wanting to do more photography recently. I've gone on trips and not taken any photos...that is such a waste lmao

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Thanks Lincoln! When I finished this one I sat back and thought, I think this is legitimately a good video, people can get a lot of info from this one. And the whole no photo thing happens to me as well, pulled stills from the video all the time.

@frankwoodbery2473 5 лет назад

"Squinch" is a Hurleyism! Good video.

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Thanks Frank! Squinch for prez

@kiarasally9328 4 года назад

Is there a product list of the items he used?

@Johan_Pentrose 5 лет назад

I would like to find more info on Joseph Odea and how he coaxes the poses. I cannot find any info on him and would like to know a lot more on how to pose my models and what to say to them....The reason behind the different positions are so import....Can you help!!!

@yetidrone 5 лет назад

John Penrose go watch @peterhurley videos you will find what you are looking for

@joselara4392 4 года назад

I tell all my headshot clients to do the squinch.

@five18audio 3 года назад

What lens ?

@tonycomerford745 5 лет назад

Great video, would love to know what Jo woukd recommend as a lighting setup to begin with

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

I just saw Joe today, I’ll see if I can get him to swing by the comment section for you Tony!

@jasonharrold6686 4 года назад

Alien Bees make pretty solid starters, Elinchrome is a really nice starter as well. Search online, lots of used kits

@AlexusMagnum Год назад

Hey! I have a question. How did you hide the reflection of the flash on the eyeglasses? Thank you for this awesome video!

@JavierMercedes Год назад

The angle of my head was just right

@davidreisman412 4 года назад

If your key was roughly f/8, what was your hair light?

@ClickitDM 4 года назад

What is the trick to bring the background back to white?

@Chris-ho9pj 5 лет назад

This is a great video marred only by the fact that I noticed the dust on your sensor near the end of the video and then went back to realize it's there through most of the video on that camera.

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

You are right

@Chris-ho9pj 5 лет назад

@@JavierMercedes I always worry about that.

@DiviPhotos 4 года назад

Cool video nice

@DavisTibbz 5 лет назад

Nice tutorial

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Thanks Davis! Glad you liked it.

@alessandrojimenez427 5 лет назад

I really appreciate all the specific modeling direction details given in this video, the photographer goes to much more detail than most people in other similar videos; however, I really HATE the poses and the looks he gets from them haha :(

@jamilgotcher5456 4 года назад

I'm a former professional model turned photographer in my old age. Don't tell people to squinch, it looks bad 11:30. Nobody wants to look like that in their headshot.

@jamilgotcher5456 9 месяцев назад

Update: I photographed 38 headshots today and I didn't tell anyone to squinch and the headshots look great. People were really happy with their headshots!

@notmyname8527 3 года назад

If I had a dollar for every time someone says I have this expensive equipment , but you don't need it.

@mrdev9843 5 лет назад

Question: How to avoid eye bag shadows please thanks👍👍

@jasonharrold6686 4 года назад

you can try clam shell lighting or some fill with a card. or post retouch

@cris_photography 4 года назад

bokeh @ f8? That ain't much of a bokeh... cool vid - thanks guys!

@ChristyTaurorachaser 5 лет назад

Can I ask what lens he was shooting with?

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Canon 24 - 105 f4

@sm-journey8281 Год назад

Hi I've been doing freelance photography since 5+ years. But freelance does not always provide same amount of work/ income. My question is - Should I start a photo studio?

@briangoodman8990 5 лет назад

this one of the best headshot demo videos on the Tube. so many garbage headshot videos out there, but this was well done.

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Wow, thank you so much! that is all Joe, he has been taking photos for quite some time!

@joshuamendoza4745 5 лет назад

Great video! I'm going to try some of these tips out. The only thing that I noticed that wasn't mentioned in the comments is the dust/dirt on the lens or sensor. Otherwise, great work!

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

You are right thanks for watching till the end.

@kitmoc1572 5 лет назад

The part where he said "Shhhhtick" gave it away that he is a Peter Hurley fan.

@serwinzzalot9989 4 года назад

Separate subjects from the background and make the image sharp...gotcha

@jamilgotcher5456 4 года назад

I don't like the squinch for corporate headshots. I look at that expression in those headshots 11:30 and I think, I don't want to do business with that person, they look mean and not approachable. I was a professional high fashion model and it's okay to not look approachable when wearing luxury clothing but most people in business, should look friendly and warm.

@CurtisAhoPhotography 5 лет назад

5:25- its not the camera body that determines the max shutter speed, its the lights not having HSS.

@VirtualTourPhotographer 4 года назад

Mate - great video but your sensor is extremely dirty! Ikes & Yikes - content is really good but oye - soo distracting to have that messiness. I'm sure you would fixed this?

@charityskidd 4 года назад

Me : Looks up lens and sees price Me: Ight immA head out

@Hablemosenmkt 5 лет назад

Where are the credits for Peter Hurley?

@jamilgotcher5456 4 года назад

He can have all the credit in the world for making his clients look like this 11:30. As a former professional fashion model and who's been around professional photography since birth because that's what my Dad does for a living. Just say not to the squinch. Another example of how people copy bad examples of things they saw on social media, right up there with applying makeup with a tampon as demonstrated by an Instagram beauty guru imo LOL.

@garbygarb31 5 лет назад

The kicker was way too hot

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Is that the one reflecting the light?

@patrickburns7701 5 лет назад

First set of head shots were in the feminine tilt. Second set was better. Also should not be able to see the refraction between frame of glasses and your right eye. Your head should have been further around. The information was there but the results were not. But that is not to say that the client would not like the images. Just offering some additional critique. Continued good luck in the future.

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Wow, very nice to know, thank you so much!

@patrickburns7701 5 лет назад

I did not want my comment to sound like I was bashing you@@JavierMercedes

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

@@patrickburns7701 I'm not a photographer by trade (video editing and videography is more my cup of tea) so all of this makes sense, plus I like any feedback at all, I thought it was on point!

@ChoongYeow 5 лет назад

wrong infos, the body can shoot higher than 1/200 with flash, its call HSS, most flash or studio strobe these days has HSS.

@djtoman6875 5 лет назад

When describing the lens he's using Joe says it's an F/4 "minimum aperture." I know what he means, in that "4" is the lowest aperture number, but this is incorrect and misleading when in fact f/4 is the lens's maximum or widest aperture. I would expect a professional to get that right.

@alainmaillard5452 4 года назад

hummm it's not a Profoto B2...it's a Profoto B1X....

@jklphoto 3 года назад

OMG, never do this to a man. There's a reason it felt unnatural (7:19). I cringed when he did this to you Javier. Turning a man's shoulders away from the mainlight and then turning the face back toward the light is FEMININE. Period.

@ernestmccreight6188 5 лет назад

Prefer my corporate male subjects to be posed in a manner which makes them look confident and manly. All fancy lighting but the important information about the head tilt for male and female subjects ignored and the difference it makes in the height of the camera in relation to the subjects eyes.

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

Ernest McCreight good to know! Thank you!

@jamilgotcher5456 4 года назад

You mean, you don't ask your clients to do the squinch? ha ha, I know I sure don't and won't if they look like this 11:30. Nobody wants to look like that in their headshot.

@michaelreynolds6543 5 лет назад

have to disagree about the lens a prime 50mm would have been better

@JavierMercedes 5 лет назад

I could see that, but I like the idea of having flexibility of a zoom in the studio when doing product shoots daily. Joe is able to get through more pictures in a day that way, But I'll let him respond if he comes by the comments again.

@BetchelVisuals 5 лет назад

A prime 50mm on a full frame camera would NOT be a better choice. When shooting a tight headshot a 50mm will introduce some distortion- exaggerating those features nearest to the camera. If shooting a prime you would be wanting an 85mm or greater prime. But when in the studio a quality zoom really does offer some nice flexibility (unless your goal is an extremely shallow depth of field).

@toddjsurber1155 4 года назад

It's ok, some of the direction for posing is good but the way he communicates with the subject isn't. Squinching is a made up term by Peter Hurley and he shouldn't use it as if he made it up himself. Give credit where credit is due. Second you don't pose corporate people with attitudes like actors. Hes using Perter Hurley's methods for posing for actor headshots and claiming it as corporate, which it's not. The expression you want to achieve for a corporate headshot is different than an actor. As you can tell by your final image it looks more like an actors headshot or model pose than a corporate headshot. Cheers

@obuena747 3 года назад

The lack of a strap is giving me anxieties

@f0t0b0y 4 года назад

I photograph CEOs pretty regularly in Cincinnati for Biz Journal. Sometimes I have 5-10 minutes max. I don’t think I could ever ask any of them any of these posing tips or any of the executives I shoot. Seems really unnatural. I get a lot of corporate jobs from these quick shoots and landing more work is always a possibility so being self aware of your actions is important. Trust me, asking a CEO to lean in or do that eye thing will be a mistake.

@toddjsurber1155 4 года назад

You're 100% wrong. That's an excuse you're telling yourself. You don't ask them because you're not confident in your abilities. I shoot corporate all the time and CEO's and they'll do anything I ask them to do. It's about confidence and knowing the result you're achieving for them. Nobody has ever told me no or said I'm not willing to try that. Sounds like you need to work on your posing. Once you know for sure the way you pose people always get's the best result you will have no problem telling them what to do because you know it will get them the best result.

@f0t0b0y 4 года назад

Todd J Surber You’re 100% hilarious. Sure, you can tell a CEO to stick his head out drop their chin and look like a jackass but there’s no need to. CEOs get photographed all the time. I promise my laid-back approach and speed has gotten me callbacks with multiple companies and I didn’t need to force them into weird poses. Look, I’ll be brutally honest that I was overly critical but this shit is silly, plain and simple. I also find it hilarious that you’re coaching me while not knowing anything about me or my photographic history.

@nikonlover1 4 года назад

I think it's a bad idea entirely, because all they're actually doing is creating a situation where employers are going to judge people by their appearance, rather than their qualifications, and that is a form of discrimination. And what happens if two people who have the exact same qualifications apply for the same job? Who will get the job then? Answer: the one who looks better. It's amazing to me how stupid people are when they assume they're doing a good thing, but don't bother to examine the underlying consequences. The truth about this is, they are creating a whole new facet of discrimination, one which will most likely have to be made illegal one day.

@JavierMercedes 4 года назад

Never thought about it this way, thanks for brining it up Nun. For this situation, organizations hire photographers to come take professional head shots of their existing employees. For example, my current profile pic was the headshot from last job when I was already working there. I don't think it is necessary to include a picture of yourself when applying for a job in most situations unless you needed headshots for media/model/marketing related.

@nikonlover1 4 года назад

@@JavierMercedes As far as I'm aware they do that for security badges, but when it comes to posting pictures on their website, they only do it for the benefit of management and to make the company look good, but never for the rest of the employees. Regardless, people are including a little picture of themselves on their resumes, or are posting them online at sites like LinkedIn. Shall only the "beautiful people" be the only ones to be considered for employment? And most everybody knows never to judge a book by its cover, but this headshot thing allows for that. Plus it allows for racism. "Oh I don't want to hire that guy because he's black, or Chinese, or Indian, or Puerto Rican." And then there's also the physical discrimination. "Oh I don't want to hire that woman because she's fat, or has acne, or she's just plain unattractive." This entire thing defeats equal employment opportunity in ways lawmakers never considered, all day long.

@BrianChmura 2 года назад

Seems disingenuous not to mention Peter Hurley when you not only focus on his process but you even uses his terminology. Give credit to who you learned from. Doesn't make your showing people how to accomplish it any less valuable.