Headshots for Graphic Designer

This is Gwena. Gwena is a creative graphic designer, and when we started to talk about her headshots we realized we both had the same vision — COLOR! This was the perfect time to use gels. Gels are a photographer’s light modifier tool. They’re essentially a colored transparent sheet that you put over your light source to change its color (and there’s no faster, easier way to do this than with the MagnetMod system). That’s why I shot this headshot session entirely with my Canon speedlites, a light I normally only use when I’m on location (weddings, senior pictures, families, etc.). The background patterns were made using the MagMask.

We made a really nice variety of headshots to introduce Gwena on her social media, website, and marketing materials.

Great job, Gwena!

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Here’s a few of the headshots we made together while Gwena was in the studio. See below for a cool behind the scenes of just how transformative the right lights and vision can be!

And of course, everyone needs a good “go to” clean and simple professional headshot, so we made one of those too.

Having headshots is all about a nice variety to meet the needs of however you need to use them. The more customized you can present yourself depending on the context, the more successful you will be in attracting the right clients and making the right impression!

Behind the Scenes

Here’s a behind the scenes look at the headshots we made with the gels… note how drab and simple the environment is, but look at the results we made!

Simple behind the scenes look… two flashes (one was pink and one was blue), with the third as the MagMask projecting the background pattern.