Me: B what is your favorite thing about Miss Dani?
B: Nothing.

He probably just didn’t want to be a sore winner and talk about Connect Four.

We all know she is pretty and funny and smart and awesome.

Whatever.

I think professional headshots can be more than just the grown up awkward school photo. I see professionals with horrible headshots everywhere. Maybe it is because I’m a photographer, but I’m definitely going to judge you on the quality of your picture. Have you been using the same headshot for the last decade? Is it a snapshot? Do you look overly airbrushed? Are you smiling? People, if you look mean in your photo I’m going to be afraid to call you. All I can picture is your grumpy/hangry/meanie/creeper face and I’m just waiting for you to yell at me. Even if you don’t like to smile you can smize or give a little smirk. If you aren’t smiling and have the look of “I hate when people take my picture” in your eyes I think you look more like a creeper/meanie than a professional. I’m not 100% blaming the creeper look on you – your photographer needs to take some ownership in making you feel relaxed and posing you to make you look your best.

On that note, I spent some time this morning at Brandon’s work taking headshots of him and his coworkers. I took the photos with 100% natural light, my 85mm, a ladder, and a big white panel to use a reflector. The background is just the wall to the office.

I told Brandon that someday I’ll write an whole blog post about his total super awesomeness. That day is not today, however, I will give you the top 10 reasons why Brandon is awesome today.

1. He had tea waiting for me when I woke up.
2. He started the day off with the boys by doing today’s Long Story Short.
3. He emailed Hometeam the questions for our current study.
4. He helped get the boys ready for school.
5. He loaded my photography stuff into the car.
6. He organized picture day at work and everything went smoothly.
7. We had an excellent lunch date.
8. He will be home by 5 because he measures his success by the time he spends with his family.
9. He is thankful when people take the time to think about what he thinks.
10. Our kids think they have the best daddy in the world.

Here is my guy – smart, handsome, and all around awesome.