corporate portrait - any tips?

[Mutant Hairs]

i just joined a new company, and i'll be taking my picture for the corporat website and brochure. the dress code will be a suit. the company's founders are well established and moderately conservative in dress. the company is in the financial services industry. any tips or advice in general? what about any colors or fabrics that may photograph well?

 

[grimslade]

Is it a color portrait or black and white?
I'd go with a navy suit, red tie and white shirt (no button-down collar, please). Keep any patterns on the tie small-scale.

 

[josepidal]

Would you wear a square, and if so, what fold, color and design?

 

[Tomasso]

Solid dark suit (blue,grey), solid shirt (white,blue) and solid tie (red,blue). No pocket square.

 

[MrDaniels]

Don't wear anything on the edge of fashion-you never know how long the shot will be posted.

 

[Connemara]

Nothing wrong with wearing a square. White linen in a TV fold will be perfect. Puffed silk, however, is certainly ballsy and likely a bad idea if you're brand new.

I agree on the solid suit and solid shirt, although I'd choose a tie with a discreet pattern.

 

[Quirk]

Originally Posted by Mutant Hairs

i just joined a new company, and i'll be taking my picture for the corporat website and brochure. the dress code will be a suit. the company's founders are well established and moderately conservative in dress. the company is in the financial services industry. any tips or advice in general? what about any colors or fabrics that may photograph well?

Do you wear glasses? If you do, and you have various frame styles, wear your most conservative. Though even frames that appear 'conservative' at any given time can end up looking dated just a few years later.

 

[Bergdorf Goodwill]

Last time I had my picture taken for a corporate employer I looked absurdly high and was wearing a lot of bright colors and argyle.

Please note that I was serially (and blissfully) unemployed and that I am my only slavedriver at this juncture in my life, so it may be best not to take my advice on these matters.

That said, I think that you should wear a chartreuse velvet frock coat, white linen gloves, and a silk scarf. If there is a way to make your button-up boots visible in the photo, do so.

 

[Zegnamtl]

Keep in mind, usage will most likely be color, but if they convert the color file to gray scale (black and white), a red tie will appear almost black.

Bring a spare tie and ask if there are any foreseen B+W uses and change ties for a second set of images if they feel the chance is high of gray scale.

A light to mid blue tone will appear nicely in B+W.


Good luck,

 

[dirk diggler]

bowtie!

 

[grimslade]

Originally Posted by Zegnamtl

Keep in mind, usage will most likely be color, but if they convert the color file to gray scale (black and white), a red tie will appear almost black.

Bring a spare tie and ask if there are any foreseen B+W uses and change ties for a second set of images if they feel the chance is high of gray scale.

A light to mid blue tone will appear nicely in B+W.


Good luck,


This, of course, depends entirely on how the conversion is done.

 

[mensimageconsultant]

Amusing - much of the advice given in this thread is already in an article about photographs being written for a third-party website.

What to add here:
A wrinkle-resistant shirt helps.
If you're going to smile, make it a real smile and not one that is a huge grin.
Make sure your posture is good.