Business Headshots & Professional Portraits

A strong, attractive headshot is critical. So the next time you’re planning a business headshot for yourself or for your team, we can help you get effective headshots.

John Manning Photography specializes in upscale headshots for professionals, executives, and employees, and we’ve been doing this kind of photography in Chicago since 1987.

You want headshots on your website or in social media like LinkedIn to reflect the successful brand of your organization. What if you’re a small and growing firm? Isn’t looking successful and trustworthy in your business headshot even more important? That’s what we do. We’re based in downtown Chicago and we can frequently provide rush service at no extra charge. You can shoot in our studio at 180 N. LaSalle or we’ll gladly come to you.

A strong, attractive headshot is critical. So the next time you’re planning a business headshot for yourself or for your team, we can help you get effective headshots.

John Manning Photography specializes in upscale headshots for professionals, executives, and employees, and we’ve been doing this kind of photography in Chicago since 1987.

You want headshots on your website or in social media like LinkedIn to reflect the successful brand of your organization. What if you’re a small and growing firm? Isn’t looking successful and trustworthy in your business headshot even more important? That’s what we do. We’re based in downtown Chicago and we can frequently provide rush service at no extra charge. You can shoot in our studio at 180 N. LaSalle or we’ll gladly come to you.

I’m John Manning, and I’ll make you look successful and trustworthy!  Giant professional firms and small one-man companies. I’ve shot thousands of men and women.  I provide the careful work you deserve and the high-quality business headshot you need for effective marketing and public relations. And in this day of trust marketing, your business portrait will add the professional image your website needs.

How do I make you look successful while at the same time making the process pleasant? I do it by getting everything right and by sweating the details so you don’t have to. If you’re the administrator who hires me, you can rest assured I’ll make the process efficient and effective.

One of my large clients, for example, is an international law firm which has been with me for 20 years with four different administrators during that period. Whenever you encounter a problem, I solve it. When you need special scheduling, I arrange it. If you lose an image from five years ago, I’ll find it. If one of your people doesn’t like something about her portrait, I’ll fix it. If you need special kinds of files for the home office, we sort through the techno-babble and get them just what they need. Whenever you need a professional or corporate photo, I’ll sweat the details so you don’t have to.

If you’re the subject I’m going to shoot, I’ll make the headshot process painless. In fact, many of our subjects are surprised how easy I made it and have told me so. I accept your input and share my 31 years of experience. I give you plenty of photos to choose from for your professional portrait, and then I retouch it for a successful, upscale look, giving you as much or as little retouching as you prefer.

Your finished headshot will look worthy of appearing in a top national magazine. You’ll look good, and the shot itself will look good. And it will look real and not retouched.

When you get your final images, after you approve the retouched proof, you’ll get hi-res color and black-and-white, low-res color and black-and-white, a version for LinkedIn, and more.

Worried about how you will look?

Many people are nervous when they come to the studio. Most have had bad experiences in the past. As a result, they are reluctant to go through the process again. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The headshot you use for your business is just too important to neglect or put off doing.

I know how to make people look good. Some of it’s done in camera. More is done when the image is processed and retouched. Bad smiles, yellow teeth, double chins, blemishes, deep wrinkles, clothing that is too tight or too loose, etc. I deal with problems like these every day. Most of them can be fixed to make you look really good, really natural, and looking the way you really look. Sometimes I go a little too far, and other times not far enough to suit your expectations. That’s why I made my retouching totally custom.  I’ll make revisions and keep working on the image until you’re pleased with the result. Most people are totally satisfied with what they see.

Best of all, you’ll feel proud when you use your new business headshot to represent you and your work.