What to Wear

Confidence, the right clothes, hair & make up and the attitude you portray at the shoot all impact the outcome of your photo.

Gents

• Plain ties - no spots or stripes - power dressing colours are blue, red & gold.
• White or blue shirt and a well fitting, recently pressed suit.
• Windsor Tie knots please
  
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• Please ensure that the knot is even in shape and pushed all the way up to the shirt collar.
• Also check that the tie falls straight down its entire length along the button line, and is not crooked.
  
  

Ladies

• Plain coloured jacket/suit, (does not have to be black!)
• A plain light blouse or top
• Simple, stylish jewellery and accessories.

You are welcome to bring along a few different pieces and we'll see what works best for you in front of the camera. Your firm or brief may require you to provide a several different looks. We recommend the Executive Experience where three looks are created and each additional file is just $195.00

Retouching

We guarantee to make you look fantastic!

You will see immediate post production, enhancement and image retouching, including...

• Erasure or reduction of lines and wrinkles.
• Removal of obvious pimples or blemishes, minimization or reduction of scars.
• Reduced redness in overtired eyes.
• Teeth whitened, capped and/or straightened as necessary.
• Enlarge or reduce body parts or features, (lose up to 10 kg instantly!)

If you have several photos that are great, and have very different expressions, you can have the additional files retouched and included on your CD for only $195.00 ea!

Hair and Make-up

Do you need professional hair and make-up?

We strongly recommend that at the very least you get a trim or haircut before your shoot.

Ladies, if you choose to do your own make-up, do it as if you were going to a barbecue to meet a friend that you haven't seen for a while. You want to look great , but don't over do it and if in doubt, less is always more!

Gents, we can supply a light face powder to reduce imperfections and reduce face shine from oils in the skin.

However, if you are after a complete new makeover, or have particular needs, we can arrange special packages.

Ladies: Flawless Beauty - Level 1/56 Hardware Lane Melbourne  03 9640 0555
Men: Man, What a Fuss - 5 McKillop Street Melbourne VIC 3000  03 9642 3860

Man, What A Fuss is Melbourne's first men's grooming centre. An amazing environment where men of all diversities can escape to and feel completely relaxed in the hands of our highly skilled professionals. Our Team of groom experts and image consultants buff, style, educate, dress, recreate, groom, advise, maintain and pamper the men of Melbourne.

Copyright law

How it affects you

In the absence of a written agreement negotiated beforehand to the contrary, the photographer owns the copyright to their photographs. This means that the reproduction rights, (we use the term 'Usage'), should be stated in writing and agreed to by both parties, in order to protect the interests of both the photographer and the client.

Usually these usage rights are based on time and territory. If your photographer does not state copyright and usage, and the pictures are reproduced you could be liable for prosecution under the copyright act!

To avoid this, The Melbourne Headshot Company generally gives written permission for unrestricted usage of their corporate pictures, for website, intranet, internal and external publications in Australia for 36 months. So you don't need to constantly ask us for permission to use the images for these purposes during this period. After the 36 months is up, our clients usually come back to update their photos, as they're looking for a new look by then! Call us or email us if you have any concerns about usage.

When the pictures are reproduced in national magazines in Australia, accreditation is due as follows: © The Melbourne Headshot Company. These are 'moral rights' and it's our return for unrestricted usage. Longer usage periods can easily be negotiated up front and usually involve a percentage of the original fee. 

Third party usage is only permitted by written consent from both the client and The Melbourne Headshot Company. This prevents either party from onselling the images to stock libraries, or any other organizations without both parties having a say in the process, and being in agreement.

In our case, we sometimes like to showcase some of our best photos on our website!

Image Style

At your free personalized pre-shoot consultation we work with you to identify the type of image that your business needs, the mood you wish to project and the appropriate expressions eg: approachable, professional, knowledgeable, warm & friendly.

The style of photography, lighting, background colour and direction required is then created to suit your brief.

We're flexible! If you have a distinctive style of photography that you would like us to maintain, we can easily mirror that style or lighting setup, to maintain your firm's existing corporate image.