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Personal Branding Photography in Edmonton

The rest of the story.

  • The headshot the day started as, navy on grey
  • Personal branding portrait in a kitchen, brown suit, Edmonton
  • The lounge again, in black and white

There’s a reason you’re here

You’re building the website?

You’re building the website, booked to speak, launching the thing, posting every week.

building the website

Whichever it is, one photo can’t carry all of it.

Just the headshot? — see corporate & business headshots.

Ryan Parker photographs personal branding in Edmonton: his headshot session taken further, with more looks and your own places, for a website, a talk and a year of posts. It starts with a clean portrait in the studio, then moves to the spaces that say what you do. The studio part is $250 for the session, plus $125 for each image you choose; your own places are quoted.

Whatever you do, it’s you they’re choosing.

Personal branding portrait, brown jacket, seated
Personal branding portrait, green jacket on grey
Personal branding portrait at a grand piano, low light

Your name’s on the work. So is your face.

In black and white, hand to chin
Black and white, close
Black and white, seated, wide
The green jacket against a wall of light
A navy blazer, full length
The green jacket, full length
At the keys
Leaning on the piano, wide
The piano, closer

Let them meet all of you.

Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait in black, standing
Personal branding portrait: a black top against a wall of light
The same session, a red top on teal
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait, Edmonton
Personal branding portrait in black, standing
Personal branding portrait: a black top against a wall of light
The same session, a red top on teal

Before they ever call, they should feel like they know you.

Under the Roasti wall sign, a mug in hand, among the coffee sacks
A potter in a clay-stained apron, arms crossed, among the shelves of his workshop
The same workshop from the door: the potter at the wheel by the window
At home, seated in front of a hung backdrop, hands folded
Personal branding portrait among the studio lights, black and white
The same session: a black tee, seated
The same session: a black tee, arms crossed
Personal branding portrait in black and white, a grey jacket, at a table
The same session, with a basketball

That’s the rest of the story.

How it’s built

The headshot first. Then the day keeps going.

  1. The clean headshot first, so the one everybody needs is in the bag.
  2. Then a second look in the studio: a change of clothes, a different backdrop, the light turned down.
  3. Then your places: the kitchen, the shop, the piano, the street outside.
  4. Built for where it’s going: the website, the talk, the press kit, a year of posts.
  5. Chosen together from the screen, like every session.
  6. Delivered as a set: web sizes for the platforms and the full files.

Personal branding photography in Edmonton: FAQs

Eight questions for Ryan.

01

What is personal branding photography?

Photographs of you built for everywhere you show up: the website, the talk, the posts, the press. It starts with the headshot and keeps going, in the studio and in your own places, so you leave with a whole set of pictures.

02

Who is it for?

Anyone whose name is the business: founders, small business owners, coaches, consultants, speakers and creators. Speakers, authors and professors come for the whole kit at once: the book jacket, the speaker page and media kit, and the press images, all from one day. At the University of Alberta, I’m photographing every professor in the Faculty of Native Studies, I’ve photographed the dean of the Faculty of Law, and for four years I’ve done the portraits for the U of A Alumni Awards. At CBC Edmonton I’ve photographed Nancy Carlson, the reporters and the whole staff.

03

How is this different from a headshot session?

The biggest difference is that it can leave the studio. We start there with the headshot and a few more looks, then head out to one location or a few, wherever your work happens. It can also take in the editorial side of a leadership session and the creative side of an influencer one, as much of each as your brand calls for.

04

Do I need to know how I’ll use the photos beforehand?

A rough idea is enough. Where the images are going shapes the day, and we talk it through before we start.

05

Studio or on location?

Whichever says more about you, and often both: the studio for the clean set, your own space for the context.

06

What should I wear?

Bring a few options. Solid colours photograph best, and a couple of changes let each look in the set stand on its own.

07

How much does personal branding cost?

The studio part is priced like any headshot session with me: $250 for the session, plus $125 for each image you choose. That’s the starting point. There are no packages: you pick your images once you’ve seen them, and the image fee covers the retouching and your rights to use them. Your own places, more than one location, and anything that needs planning beforehand are quoted separately, since they depend on what you need.

08

How long does it take?

It depends on the scope. A studio-only shoot takes a few hours. Shoots across several locations take longer, and bigger projects can run past a single day. We plan it together before we book.

Get in touch with where the pictures are going, and we’ll plan the day.

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