A SELFIE WONT CUT IT
WHY YOU NEED A
Professional Written by Rebecca Dunstall
I took my own head shots & here’s why you shouldn’t do what I did. I’m a photographer, so I should have lots of personal branding photos right? I don’t! I hate being in front of the camera and the idea of having photos taken of myself is second to walking down the main street of Toowoomba naked! But I needed a high-quality photo of myself as soon as possible, so I decided to simply take my own. Well, technically my 13-year-old daughter took my headshot. Over the course of 4 different after-school photo sessions. Out of those sessions, I ended up with one photo I sort of liked out of the more than 100 photos we took. My 13-year-old daughter knows how to take an awesome Snapchat selfie, but she doesn’t know how to encourage natural connection with a subject standing in front of her feeling beyond awkward and silly. She doesn’t know how to tilt me this way or that to get my most flattering angle. She hasn’t chatted to me about my business or how I want to present myself. She just knows how to point a camera at me and press a button. She’s no different to your daughter, son, husband, sister or best friend. We’ve all had that thought, right? The thinking that I can take my own headshots, it’s just one photo. Or, Aunty Jane took a great photo of me at my cousins' wedding last week, while I was all dressed up with my make-up done. I’ll just use that. And you absolutely can. No one is stopping you. BUT, should you? Well, the simple answer is no. Here are my 3 reasons why you should hire a professional photographer to take your branding photos.
