I originally met Juliet Mandler of Everyday Events LLC - wedding & event planner extraordinaire - more than a year earlier when she was helping one of her engaged couples in their search for their wedding photographer. Seven months later, we were both working booths at a community vendor fair, and Juliet happened to see one of my business cards with an environmental portrait of a home remodeler on the back. "Do you do business portraits?" she asked. "I like my old headshot, but I want to replace it with something current," she explained.
Some months later, another e-mail from Juliet popped into my inbox:
"I want to have an [in-studio headshot] image where somewhere in the background (if it works out this way, on a table) is a table setting that I will create. Have you ever done this before? I would love to talk more, but am off site for a wedding today and tomorrow. I'll touch base with you next week."
When we did speak on the phone, she described her vision further.
"The logo for my event & wedding planning business is gold and teal. I want to incorporate those colors and the feel of my brand into my headshots. I will start thinking about some kind of table design to be in the background..."
In the end, we decided to set up in the dining room of our Clarksburg, Maryland photography studio, which has a photogenic wood table and buffet and green walls to match her brand colors. Notice the gold glow in the background of her business portraits? On the floor and hidden behind the buffet is a light with an orange gel (a sheet of orange plastic) covering it. The light is pointed upwards along the wall to look like uplighting that you'd see at a wedding, and the orange color of the gel mixes with the green paint of the wall to make the light gold color that you see there. I love that I was able to make the colors go perfectly with the teal and gold of her brand!
We began with her standing, then sitting in front of the table on a chair for a more formal business portrait. Then... creativity unleashed! Juliet got to work doing exactly what she does best: taking a hodge podge of table settings and accent decor items and turning them into a feast of beauty and color!
Everyday Events LLC makes every celebration memorable, fun, and worry-free! Do you have something extra-special to celebrate? Visit Every Day Events LLC online here, and take the stress out of planning! And finally, a fun tidbit: I also learned that Juliet and her brother are former competitive ballroom dancers, and Everyday Events also offers dance lesson packages!
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If so, you need unique & creative headshots to match.
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