Tony is a successful entrepreneur and business owner in the Charleston area who is local to Isle of Palms. His business, Deep Sea Vision, offers a variety of underwater exploration and mapping services from surveying to the really cool shipwreck kind of exploration and his initial call was prompted by just needing a new headshot for an upcoming feature with the local Chamber of Commerce. As we chatted his idea developed quickly into really showing the places and things he loves, with focusing on himself as a successful CEO, and a newly single dad getting back out into the dating world. Let's explore his session from start to finish and talk about the outfit choices made and how this can apply to planning your own personal branding or headshot session.

As a last minute booking I worked him into my schedule the next day for a sunrise starting close to home, Isle of Palms. I sent out my prep guide as usual and was pleasantly surprised when Tony showed up to the beach with a heaping pile of outfits and his guitar. I think for many photographers it can be daunting to work with just one person, and even more so with a male. We sometimes feel like poses are harder to find, but with Tony I found it pretty easy with some small direction. Tony brought to the beach what I suspect is half his closet-  a variety of colored shorts, long and short sleeve shirts, as well as hooded long sleeves and hats. He focused on brands he loves to rep, brands that are comfortable, and colors that he wears often. As a visual person this is my preference as we can really get an eye in the real light of what works well together and what look we want to represent. Starting with his guitar (before it got sandy) we wanted to focus on that "cozy" look with the hooded long sleeve and matching shorts to give contrast to the wood of the guitar. We started this portion of the session just as the sun was coming up to get a little of that morning blue hour and start of a golden glow.