Corporate Headshot Photographer in Los Angeles
Ed Carreon is a corporate headshot photographer in Los Angeles and provides crafted corporate portraits with attention paid to authenticity, emotional resonance, branding, and the marketing needs of our clients. Los Angeles businesses who want to distinguish themselves choose an experienced corporate headshot photographer with great social skills who can reflect their corporate branding statements and conventions. They want a frictionless way to integrate into their content production. Ed Carreon provides that. Marketing and communications directors also want a corporate headshot photographer who is authentic and consistent with their company's core values and we meet those needs.
Ed grew up in the business as a photojournalist working for the likes of National Geographic, New York Times, and Fortune Magazine. Over the last 25 years, he has photographed corporate headshots and portraits of executives, artists, and celebrities from Fortune 500 corporations to small law firms.
As a corporate headshot photographer in Los Angeles, his strength is as an artist, so he makes portraits with a purpose and uses his social skills to bring out authentic moments in each headshot session.
Because of Ed’s editorial experience, he is focused on making portraits with authentic expressions and beautiful lighting, and he moves effortlessly between shooting corporate headshots indoors and outdoors with strobe lighting or available light scenarios.
His early influences were Renaissance artists like Raphael, Caravaggio, and Michelangelo and portrait photographers such as Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, William Penn, Steve Meisel, Youseph Karsh, Annie Leibowitz, and George Hurrell.
So lighting, composition, and facial expression of corporate headshots and portraits are critical to him.
About the Corporate Headshot Photographer Photographer
Portrait Photography Process
We start by asking what the corporate headshots are being used for and if the client is working with a designer, so that we understand the intention of the portraits.
If the client is seeking character-driven portraits, then attention to detail and one-on-one time with the subject are critical factors in the success of the project.
Anyone can place a subject in front of a camera and push a button, but to create compelling portraits of people who are not actors requires social skills to build rapport with the subject so they feel comfortable with the process.
We provide our clients with state-of-the-art photography, skills, and resources to create crafted corporate headshots and business portraits, and we collaborate with art directors and communications professionals who want more individualized corporate portraiture for their design projects and branding concepts.
The Los Angeles business community is diverse, so style is important in distinguishing corporate leadership, and collaboration with an experienced, cultured photographer can help achieve that goal. For instance, an entertainment company or design firm may want an environmental portrait rather than standard corporate headshots, and a law firm or financial institution might want to distinguish its leadership more conventionally.
We also create simple corporate headshots for large groups if there is a need for many people in a short time frame.
You can read more about options for corporate headshots and portraits on our blog.
For groups under 25, we don’t have a limit on how many corporate headshots we make, since we want our subjects to look and feel comfortable. We find that around 20-30 per person works best for business portraits and corporate headshots. That adds up to 24 people over 8 hours.
We recommend that folks not wear plaids, tweeds, herringbone, or tight pinstripes since they can create moire patterns. Reading glasses can present a problem if they do not have an anti-reflective coating. If necessary, we can optionally reduce the reflection in post-production.
We can also swap out backgrounds at scale for corporate portraits shot on seamless backgrounds. The backgrounds for composited headshots are usually shot at the client’s location, or we can provide business backgrounds from our photo library.
Ed has photographed as many as 100 headshots in a day and then replaced the backgrounds. Companies choose this option to extend the usefulness of an image. For larger groups, we can bring in additional photographers to complete the project.
Studio portraits on seamless backgrounds
Environmental Portraits
Outdoor Portraits
Indoor Portraits
Composite group portraits (studio)
Composite single portraits (background and subject)
For clients with simple needs, corporate headshots can be simplified to produce "portraits of record” where the setup is simple and driven by the need to make man clean, well-lit corporate headshots of many staff members. Consequently, we can shoot up to 100 on-location corporate headshots in a day and deliver final images within three or four days after final selections. We can bring in additional corporate headshot photographers for more people.
For more character-driven business portraits, we set up a studio on-site suited for higher production values, and we spend time building rapport with the subject to evoke authentic responses.
We also apply light makeup to some of our subjects, or we can bring in a makeup artist to work with us.
For group portraits, we can photograph the whole group at once, or we can create composite groups, shooting one person at a time and then creating a composite of a group. In this way, when staff members leave the company, you can replace members of the group one at a time as required.
Comprehensive Portrait Photography Services
FAQ
Does the corporate headshot photographer carry liability insurance?
Headshot photographers should carry at least $2,000,000 worth of insurance. We have a $4,000,000 policy and can usually provide proof of insurance on short notice.
Where is the most interesting place you have ever been?
An ayahuasca ceremony.
Does the portrait photographer exhibit consistency of style throughout their photography portfolio, or is the style inconsistent?
My work speaks for itself.
Does the portrait photographer demonstrate a facility with lighting across various studio settings, as well as exterior and interior environmental portraits?
Ed lights his subjects depending on the location, the intentions of the client, and even the time of day. Sometimes he uses soft boxes, beauty dishes, silks, or reflectors as needed to adapt to the client’s needs.
Does the photographer ask questions about your intentions, and can he or she show various examples when considering the aesthetic of your corporate headshots or business portraits?
We have you covered. We can show galleries of several types of environmental and studio portraits to consider when you are thinking about your approach to photography.
Can the corporate headshot photographer depart from the basic headshot to provide creative options?
Ed's work shows a variety of subjects actively engaged in the process and responding to Ed's prompts.
Do you have a DEI policy for your event photography business?
My therapist is gay, and I am Mexican.
You can lean on Ed for ideas and options.
Absolutely! We can discuss options and approaches to achieving your goal for the corporate portraits.
How long have you been a corporate headshot photographer?
Cheers, Roseanne, and The Cosby Show were all the rage when I began.
Does the photographer work with assistants, stylists, and hair & makeup artists?
Yes, Ed works with all of them when needed. He also applies makeup for smaller shoots, but only to eliminate shine.
Light Makeup
Studio Lighting
Electronic Delivery
Seamless backgrounds
$4,000,000 liability insurance
Environmental backgrounds
On-site review of business portraits
Light makeup service (small groups)
Makeup Artist and or Stylist when necessary
Assistant. Depending on the project.
One Web gallery for review of all images
Multiple Web galleries for review (optional)
Delivery of photographs via Dropbox or WeTransfer
Full Retouching (20 minutes per corporate portrait)
Full retouching (optional for large groups of headshots)
Delivery of images within 7 working days of final selections.
Deliverables
Our Clients Include:
Law Firms
Medical Offices
Fortune 500 Firms
Aerospace Industry
Entertainment Companies
Financial Services firms
Pharmaceutical Corporations