Headshots and Clothing Choice

While we're on the subject of clothing choice for photography...let's consider this fellow. This is a local architectural designer, Perry DesJardins. He came to the studio the other day (and this image has not been retouched...so forgive the few flaws we've yet to clean up). He intentionally chose the black turtle neck and suit jacket. So what do you look at first? His face, his smile, his eyes, right?

Perry will use this image on his website with his bio. On his site, he'll also have lots of images of the residences he's designed. And those residences are really the star of the show. That's another reason why he kept his clothing simple and "basic black".

All images and text copyright 2007, Elaine Odell, Church Hill Photography, LLC. All rights reserved.