Last month the whole team gathered for our monthly “workshop day,” where we pick a skill to expand on together. The theme for that meeting was posing, but it didn’t go how we thought it would go. We thought we would be comparing and contrasting our favorite go-to poses, but …

“I hate what’s happening to Chicago.” It’s something a relative of mine who moved out of state over 20 years ago said to me once when I asked if they would ever move back. “What do you mean?” I asked. “You know– I see it on the news all the …

Last month we took headshots for a woman who saw a tightly cropped photo of her head and shoulders and said her shoulders looked too “crunched in and cutesy,” so we re-took the photo and pulled her shoulders back and looking more broad. Then in another shoot, we photographed a …

Where do I crop my headshot? you might be wondering when you’re in the studio having a professional portrait taken. Or maybe you’re not wondering it at all until the photographer snaps a photo and you realize your waistline is in the shot and you thought it was just going …

When our awesome photographer Genevieve isn’t snapping portraits of C-suite execs or taking physician headshots before rounds start at dawn, she’s photographing weddings. That sounded too simple. She doesn’t just photograph weddings. She literally joins a family as a surrogate member to help a couple begin a new journey together. …

Sometimes when you need images that communicate who you are and your story, a headshot just isn’t going to cut it. Branwyn Lee came to our studio for her first professional photos after being diagnosed with breast cancer one year ago. She wanted these first photos to be a way …

The year is almost over, so it’s time for our favorite photos of 2022! We have photographed roughly 2,200 people this year (HOLY CRAPOLA) and these are just the tiniest handful of our favorite shots. Meeting the 2,200 amazing people we’ve met this year and getting awesome photos of them …

Dear Abby, I hate every photo taken of me.  I try not to be “that person” who hides behind the largest object I can find whenever someone whips out a camera, but I can’t help it, because I know that as soon as I see that picture I’m going to …

A lot of you have already met Alexander, but did you know that a photo he took was on the front page of the Chicago Sun Times?  FACTOID: when Alexander isn’t taking portraits at Organic Headshots, he can be found stalking the streets of Chicago covering historic events as a …

DOUBLE CHIN.  It’s arguably THE most common lament we hear during headshot sessions.  And no one is immune to the appearance of a double chin in their photo.  It can pop up for anyone.  It has nothing to do with weight, age, or “photogenicness,” if we can invent that word.  …

A lot of you have already met Kirstine (and your autocorrect probably changed her name to Kristine if you’ve ever emailed her), but we bet you didn’t know she photographed Bono of U2.  Or Stevie Nicks.  Or Metallica.  Did you know she photographed Steven Tyler of Aerosmith?  Because she did. …

Sometimes people in front of our cameras ask us what to do with their hands before we even say “smile.”  Even when you know the photo is cropped tight enough to not even see your hands in the picture, it can feel SO awkward to stand there and smile at …