The term “personal branding” is very popular right now if you are a small business owner, entrepreneur or creative!

When it comes to not only running your business but also marketing in general, there are many things to consider. 

Personal branding photography may or may not be on your radar as an investment, but if done correctly and naturally, these types of images can unquestionably up your marketing game and assist you in connecting with and reaching your dream clients. 

It is time to start the new year with upgraded brand images with a fresh look that will help you stand out from the rest! With this in mind, let me tell you the 5 benefits of personal branding photography.

WHAT IS PERSONAL BRANDING?

First of all, what is personal branding then? This combines qualities that you want the rest of the world to see—skills, personality, and experience. You must do this by sharing your story with your audience.

A personal branding photoshoot can be used to help you stand out from the crowd. You can effectively combine personal branding with business branding.

Personal branding can be defined as the way people perceive an individual. This could be a variety of things put together, like how you appear and act in real life!

WHAT IS PERSONAL BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY?

Personal branding photography refers to professionally taken images of people, such as small business owners and entrepreneurs. With this form of photography, you can develop your brand identity, which contributes to building trust, relationships and more sales.

Photographs used for personal branding help fit in with clients’ visual identity. Colours, style, props, tone, and other elements are used to achieve this.

Personal branding photography is a way to advertise your staff, products, services, and business practices. A personal branding photographer is required to take quality pictures that the customer can use for marketing purposes.

5 BENEFITS OF PERSONAL BRANDING PHOTOGRAPHY 

• Create Brand Identity
• Connect With Your Audience 
• Build and Grow Your Community 
• Saves You Time
• Builds Trust

CREATE BRAND IDENTITY 

Professional personal branding photography costs money of course, and this can make people want to take their own images. The likelihood is that if you shoot the images on your own, they will be of poor quality and amateur.

Customers will see these images, and after viewing the poor-quality photos, they will not have a good impression of the goods and services offered by the company. Making a great first impression on the viewer is helped by a good picture.

When someone scrolls through social media, the first thing they see is the image and if it is high quality and visually attractive, they are likely to remember you and want to see more!

CONNECT WITH YOUR AUDIENCE 

Why did you follow a company on Instagram? Why did you subscribe to a company’s email list? And, why do you watch their youtube videos religiously? This may be because you instantly connected with a brand and wanted to share in its journey.

Or perhaps you are curious about what they do and provide and want to find out more. In either case, you have decided to create room for them in your social feed or email because they have offered you opportunities to connect with them.

Personal branding photography is a highly approachable way for businesses to provide their audience with the chance to jump on board and join their community and journey. There are countless ways to connect through photography.

BUILD AND GROW YOUR COMMUNITY 

Community is important, and everyone wants to feel like they are a part of something more than themselves and their personal social circles.

A carefully chosen story presented through a series of photographs can work wonders to elicit a feeling from your audience.

Consider telling stories about all the various communities that are, in some way, associated with your company: your community of team members, clients, customers, suppliers, team members’ pets, you name it; there’s a story to be told somewhere.

SAVES YOU TIME

Do you find it difficult to capture quality pictures, and does it take you a while to create images for social media? It will save you a tonne of time if you have a library of your own photos on hand.

You don’t need to spend a lot of time fiddling with the camera, editing photos repeatedly, or debating over what to upload. You can appear on social media more frequently once you have a tonne of beautiful images to share.

BUILDS TRUST

Authentic, professionally taken branding photography builds trust with your audience. It demonstrates your dedication to your company and the high calibre of your products.

It also is a great way to make you distinctive from other companies!

MAKE THIS YOUR YEAR FOR SUCCESS!

Now you know the top 5 benefits of personal branding photography, what is holding you back from investing in your business?

Make this your year for personal and business success through strong imagery that builds trust and a community of people you truly connect with!

If you would like to enquire about your personal branding photography, I would love to chat with you about how I can help build a portfolio of authentic imagery that truly shows your business, personality and adventure.