I finally succeeded in having my husband take some decent photographs of me. I had several that I had been using: one for the website, one for Facebook and another for Twitter and Linked In. But they were mediocre at best. I’d been noticing great shots of my twitter and facebook friends. They had a persona.
My husband is not a professional photographer (which I highly recommend if at all possible), but he does have an artistic flair, and knows something about photography. I figured between his eye and my editing we could come up with something appropriate. We chose natural lighting and places where the light would cast some shadow. Out of less than 20 shots, I liked three. All I had to do then was crop and change each to grayscale (black and white), tinker with the contrast and brightness in Adobe Photoshop and size them for the web. One is a perfect author shot, one kind of sassy and one very business like.
Above all, I’m really excited to have a good image for the website and the social network sites. When prospective customers view the About Me page, they will have the latest image of a website designer ready to do business! How is your portrait? If it’s hasn’t been updated lately, I recommend you do so and improve your brand along with it.
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