Ever wondered why people take headshots? Ever thought of taking one yourself but don't know how to go go about it or who to go to? The answers to these questions should be simple. Most people think headshots are something that actors and models worry about. They also assume that tasking a professional headshot requires some elaborate set up at some fancy studio. All in all it's an exercise that should cost you a lot of money. All of this is not true. A headshot is a professional picture that should be taken by someone who knows what they are doing. Headshots might be popular in the entertainment industry but they aren't reserved for actors and models alone. Headshots should be seen as tools of self promotion. Professionals have been using them for business networking and companies have been in using them in their marketing materials. It is best to have them taken by a professional. Digital photography has improved how professional photographers work and what they can do. Whilst in the past a lot studio preparation was required and people had to book studio time to get their pictures professionally taken. These days photographers come to you so your busy schedule isn't disrupted and you get a picture taken in a setting that's more familiar and more relaxing. These days a professional photographer can produce a high quality shots …show more content…
Right? Wrong! If you take yourself seriously and you want others to take you seriously as well, you wouldn't even consider putting a selfie on your business profile. It's unprofessional and tacky. Photographs taken by amateurs are obvious no matter how good the Photoshop work done. Professionals know how a photo should be taken. A professional knows how to work with natural light or artificial lighting to create a shot that shows the best version of
There you are holding your camera an arm’s length away from your face, posing in the most flattering position to capture your best angle. There you are taking a photo of yourself to share with all of your Facebook friends. Taking a self-portrait photo, also known as a selfie, is something almost everyone has done in this new generation. This action is typically done without a second thought. In Alex Williams’ article “Here I Am Taking My Own Picture” that second thought is provoked through exploring the quickly spreading trend of self-portrait photography. In the article while Williams’ provides interesting examples on a changing generation as this trend progresses through social media and modern technology; Williams also leaves something to be desired within the article due to a lack of direction in the author’s stance on the topic.
I believe the younger generation lets selfies and other forms of social media affect them by creating dishonest performance from who they truly are. The ones who are not affected by this and seem to present their true identities in most cases is the older generation. Social media has become an everyday thing for teenagers. They are constantly on the lookout for what new trends are going on and what they can do to get in on this trend. For example, in my past experiences I have seen friends as well as other people from school that see something popular on social media such as clothes and buy them to just try and fit in on this trend. They would post selfies with their outfit of the popular clothes to fit in and get the recognition of others, but when all this seemed to not be so popular anymore and people would jump on something new they would not wear it anymore and try to sell it. This comes to show that teenagers focus so much on social media that they distance themselves from their true image to try and fit in with what’s
Some coaches are actually sitting their teams down and making them watch a video on what happens during a concussion. In one report, the athletes said that after they watched the video, “they would be sure to get an injury checked out and would stop to consider if they had gotten a concussion after a hard hit” (Mitchko 101). They also received a packet in which they they were given a tool kit containing several items such as another video, a pocket card detailing symptoms of a concussion to use during a
What does it mean to be a profession and a professional? A profession is more than a job, it is a career for someone that wants to be part of society. A professional is someone who is competent in their chosen sector and/or career and maintain
Football is a relatively dangerous sport. In the game, the whole body is open to taking shots from opposing teams every play, but the most dangerous area to be hit is the head. Hits that lead to players having their heads
The world has many photographers that anyone can look at. You can call me an amateur or say I don’t really understand the art but when I look at most of the pictures available, and I have looked at thousands lately, I don’t see anything different in the style of photography. I just see pictures. I see pictures of beautiful subjects and pictures of ugly subjects. I never really thought about the difference being the photographer instead of the subject, until I saw Elliott Erwitt.
This really inspired me to go through my posts and presence on social media, I went through and made sure that I made my presence in photography really well known, and showed that I was business like and professional. I really think doing things like this is really important because if employers look at your social media and see that you post anything bad they might get the idea that you don’t care about jobs, you're unsuited for the job, or just get a bad idea about you. However, a good presence on social media isn’t the only important thing I
We can also have just as much presence as most startups and mid-size companies and products. Social media tools have leveled the playing ground and enabled us to reach incredible heights, at the cost of our time. Some researchers indicate that one can decide what face to show to the world, while positioning self for success through the personal branding
Despite the strong evidence that the paparazzi are very protruding, some defend them. One might say that the paparazzi are simply doing their job. After all, the paparazzi must draw an income. They are hired to photograph famous people. However, when one’s life is on the line, a picture is not that crucial.
How far would you go to create an image for yourself? How far have you already gone to create it? People today will spent hundreds of dollars to be just like everyone else. We as a society prefer to own big fancy name-brands rather than get an education. Kids today don't want to learn or go to school. They create this idea that going to school or being smart lowers your status of being popular. Social media supports these actions .It's all about this post or that post; Social media give this idea that status is life is what life is all about .The media blindly brainwashes today's society to thinking if I have this and that I will succeed. Our status more times than not, is defined by what we look like, how we dress, and where we come from.
As you can see, there is a big world waiting for you to capture and mold its image. Whether you just want to remember that sunset on your honeymoon, your little one’s first steps or even if you click your shutter at everything you pass… the right equipment certainly helps. Whatever equipment you use, with good lighting and attention to such details as film type and speed, distance from subject, rule of thirds, and an eye for what you want, you can make beautiful photos that you and yours will cherish for generations to come.
As explained before, individuals want attention and acceptance. In order to receive acceptance and attention they take pictures that may hurt them. For example: taking pictures in front of the train tracks. The possibility there is that a train may come out of nowhere and hurt the individual. Many terrible events have occurred based of selfie taking because individuals do not familiarize themselves with the area. They do not pay attention for any alarming signs that signal for danger. (ADD THE EXAMPLES OF THE ADOLECENTS ALMOST BEING HIT) Another dangerous possibility that can occur based on selfie taking is hurting family relationships or uploading pictures that may show too much skin and give others the wrong idea and cause a bad action from others. Individuals need to pay attention to their love ones and the areas where pictures are being taken, and be more alarming to what kind of pictures are being
Ever since selfies started trending, this generation started caring only about how their pictures turned out. People nowadays stop everything they may be doing to capture the perfect selfie. Selfie sticks were also recently created to add more to this silly picture. After this trend, many apps came out to edit and perfect ones selfie. Eventually, these apps may lead to over editing and maybe even towards younger people. Teens stop focusing on school work and more on how to keep their online audience entertained. In fact, it has become sort of a competition to see who has the lost Instagram followers or likes on our selfies.
This creates opportunities, with respects to class, gender, race and socio- economic status for its users. This is because; instagram does not possess an honesty policy that prevents its users from posting things that are not necessarily true about themselves. To the followers that do not know a lot about a person, they will not ever be sure how honest that person they are following is. Instagram users can post pictures of one hundred thousand dollar cars, with their hand on the steering wheel showing off their expensive jewelry and fresh manicure from the most prestigious salon in town. No one is going to know that the car does not belong to the person holding the camera, or that all the pieces of jewelry were actually gifts, and somebody else paid for the manicure. This is just one example of how one social media app is able to give someone a higher socio-economic stature by the post of a photograph. The photomap feature on the app gives users the opportunity to show their followers all the exciting places they have travelled to and
These pictures give users a certain “self-control” that they are able to use to their advantage when posting them on social media. “Alicke (1985) found that the pictures brought out the self-favorable characteristics optimizing ones likeness to the better features of their self” (Re & Rule, 2016). By using selfies it gives the users confidence in how they look and how others will perceive them. In comparison to the models and the seventeen year old teenager described earlier in my paper, selfies typically help to hide the features that one might feel they lack giving them a better perception of how they feel. Selfies include “selfie filters,” or digital photo enhancement tools” to help improve the picture in making what they feel will look better to others and themselves” (Re & Rule).These filters typically “blind” others in seeing things as if they really are not. Meaning the pictures used with these “phot enhancements” are not the real person. The pictures are modified to help fit what would be considered to be a more physically attractive look. Those who participate in taking selfies and using these filters can also be possibly subject to harsh criticism in the end though. “If selfies are to help shape ones biases to be more likeable, than selfie-takers may exaggerate how positively their selfies are recognized. This creates possibly a blind spot where others view those filtered selfies as less likeable”(Re & Rule,2016). Basically, those who use these filters and enhancements are more likely to have others perceive their photos as less attractive, because of the amount of what could be described as cover ups they have used toward their photos. This idea may be the case of some because with all these filters those on the outside looking in may feel one is trying to cover up who they really are physically. These filters though are mostly used for