Illustration of a production set with crew and equipment (not a photo of a branding session)

Branding photography

Branding Photography for Business in Connecticut

Branding photography shows who you are and what you do, in images you can use across your website, social media and marketing. We plan the session around your business.

Plan a branding session

Tell us about your business and where the photos will be used, and we will talk through a session that fits.

Discuss your project

What branding photography is

Branding photography goes beyond a standard headshot. It uses portraits, workspace images and lifestyle images to show who you are, what you do and how you work.

It is made for entrepreneurs, small business owners, corporate professionals and creative artists who want a consistent look across their website, social profiles and printed materials.

Why businesses invest in it

  • A clear first impression for people who find you online
  • Photos that feel like you, rather than generic stock images
  • Images for your website and social media in one session
  • A way to show your team, workspace and culture
  • A consistent look across platforms and marketing materials

Plan a branding session

Ready to talk it through? Send us the details of your plans.

Discuss your project

What a session can include

  • Personal branding portraits

    Headshots and lifestyle images for entrepreneurs and professionals.

  • Team headshots and photos

    Consistent images for company profiles and LinkedIn.

  • Behind-the-scenes photography

    Your workplace, your people and your creative process.

  • Product and service photography

    Images of what you offer for your website, online store and social media.

  • Office and workspace photography

    Your working environment and company culture.

  • Social media content

    Images planned for the channels you post on.

How we plan a session

We start with your business, who you are speaking to and where the images will be used. From there we agree on locations, outfits and shot list, so the session gives you a set of images you can use across your marketing.

If you are also thinking about video, such as a company introduction or recruiting video, we can plan video and photography in one conversation. Our guide to choosing a video production company in Connecticut covers what to compare.

What to decide before a branding session

  • Where the images will be used first: website, social profiles, press, printed materials or all of them
  • Who needs to be in them: one person, a leadership group or the whole team
  • Where to shoot: your workplace, an outdoor location or a studio
  • What the images should show about how you work, such as your space, your tools and your customers' experience
  • Whether you also need plain headshots for staff pages, which our corporate headshots page covers
  • What you will receive and in what form: image counts, file formats and editing are confirmed with you before the session

Branding photography and headshots

A headshot is a clean portrait of a face for a profile or team page. Branding photography is broader: it adds workspace, process and lifestyle images so a website or social feed shows more than faces. Many businesses need both, and they can be planned together. Our team headshot preparation post and our headshot planning post go through the practical details.

A restaurant chef portrait from West Hartford

A chef at Luna's Pizza in West Hartford, photographed mid-action: the kind of people-and-process picture that can anchor a brand.

A Luna's Pizza chef tosses food in bright orange sauce above a metal mixing bowl against a dark background

Restaurant chef action portrait

Luna's Pizza

A chef action portrait with sauce frozen midair, plus two short behind-the-scenes clips from the same shoot.

Explore the project

All business and editorial projects

Professional portrait examples

Actual Legend portraits; examples of our portrait work, not a branding client set

  • Studio portrait of a woman in a black university sweatshirt against a warm tan backdrop
  • A woman standing on a white studio backdrop with a blazer over her shoulder
  • A smiling woman in black leaning on the back of a white stool against a seamless white studio backdrop
  • Close-up portrait of a young woman in large hoop earrings looking over her shoulder against a light backdrop

Plan a branding session

Tell us about your business and where the photos will be used, and we will talk through a session that fits.

Discuss your project