As a photo studio celebrating its 19th year in business, we’re here to tell you that men have just as many insecurities and body image issues as women. There are some studies, like this one, that even show men are more likely to feel anxious and insecure about their bodies compared to women. MORE.

Should you tip the makeup artist? After a headshot shoot, when the makeup artist is just out of earshot, we’ve often had clients frantically whisper to us, “psst! Do I tip the makeup artist?!” Whether or not to tip your makeup artist is a complicated question. And it should start …

You might have heard about AI generated headshots and thought, “so I can get a new headshot and not have to have my photo taken? SIGN ME UP.” As photographers who hate having our own photos taken, it was even tempting for us to try out. But we haven’t. And for a frightening reason.

We run a professional photo studio, so if we had a nickel for every time we heard someone say, “I’m not photogenic” we’d have enough nickels to pay the power bill.

If your creative worker (photographer, graphic designer, copywriter, etc.,) sent you this link, it’s because you just asked them for a discount they can’t give you.

Please don’t be offended.

When we first started taking headshots in 2005, the bar was set pretty low. It wasn’t uncommon to see the same photo on your LinkedIn profile, website bio and ID badge because that’s just what a headshot was.

As photographers, we understand that most people have a love/hate relationship with us. And we embrace that. We know that if we capture a good photo of you, you’ll love us.

Now and then we get asked why our studio is called “Organic Headshots,” because it’s kind of a strange name for a photo studio. So if you’ve ever wondered about it and were too shy to ask, here’s the story: in 2005 an actor friend of mine needed emergency headshots …

The first time I felt myself take a step in the aging process was in my mid-twenties. I was doing laundry and thought to myself “gee, my whites look a little dingy.” (yes, that actually made me feel old. Today I would just file that under feeling like an “adult,” …

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.

“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.