{"id":9963,"date":"2017-10-27T10:07:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T10:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9963"},"modified":"2024-07-08T10:12:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:12:43","slug":"9-letters-which-define-your-business-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/9-letters-which-define-your-business-photos\/%20","title":{"rendered":"9 Letters which define your business photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Your business photos are your first impression<\/h2>\n<h3>Get them wrong &#8211; you lose business<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s as simple as that &#8211; people&#8217;s first impression is made instantly and will influence whether they bother to read your carefully honed copy and click &#8220;play&#8221; on that professionally produced video. Business photos are more important than you think<\/p>\n<h2>Visual Appeal&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9972 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Peter-the-Pug-0Q5A9740-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Peter-the-Pug-0Q5A9740-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Peter-the-Pug-0Q5A9740-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Peter-the-Pug-0Q5A9740-33x50.jpg 33w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Peter-the-Pug-0Q5A9740-650x975.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Peter-the-Pug-0Q5A9740.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Websites are visual things these days &#8211; design, video and business photos are essential components.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d argue that of those, business photos are massively important because:-<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Everyone &#8220;sees&#8221; the photos. The copy may go unread, and video unwatched, but photos are always seen &#8211; they always work. They are hugely important.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The impact is instant &#8211; impressions are made in under a second &#8211; photos have done their job before people blink<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>People buy emotionally &#8211; a good photo bypasses our logical brain and makes people &#8220;want&#8221; something &#8211; and they don&#8217;t know why&#8230;. they just WANT it NOW!!!!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A photo can manipulate\u00a0how your product\/service is perceived &#8211; budget or luxury, fun or serious, modern or traditional.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>The 3 Reactions to Business Photos in 9 Letters<\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">1 &#8211; Eww<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9977 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gurning-drummer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gurning-drummer.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gurning-drummer-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gurning-drummer-67x50.jpg 67w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Gurning-drummer-650x486.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is the impact?<\/h3>\n<p>You definitely don&#8217;t want this reaction.\u00a0This loses business, it makes you look unprofessional, cheap, dodgy and maybe even a scammer.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t be bothered to look the business, why should we expect you to do the business<\/p>\n<h3>What to look for in your business<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Your photo on LINKED IN are from a wedding, pub crawl, night out or with your newborn kid. Obvious selfies are bad, especially with duck-face-pouts.<\/li>\n<li>Your photos are tiny and not sharp<\/li>\n<li>Your photos are obviously out of date<\/li>\n<li>Your team page has no images &#8211; why are you hiding? (Ok &#8211; on product websites, this is ok &#8211; but for services&#8230;. I&#8217;d expect to see you)<\/li>\n<li>No consistency in the people photos &#8211; different looks, backgrounds, styles&#8230;. just cobbled together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What can you do NOW?<\/h3>\n<p>First off &#8211; any offending photos should be removed ASAP. They&#8217;re damaging your business.<\/p>\n<p>Book a day to get new photos of everyone who needs to be on the site and linked in &#8211; either with a professional, or someone who can get consistent results. Even with a phone!<\/p>\n<p>Update Linked IN first &#8211; it&#8217;s easy and a quick win.<\/p>\n<p>Get a commercial photographer to visit and understand your business &#8211; they can help develop ideas with you. The &#8220;what&#8221; you do, &#8220;how&#8221; you do it and even the &#8220;why&#8221; you do it can be captured.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">2 &#8211; Meh<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9975 size-blog-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Mozart-Ducks-CT2A0394-1160x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1160\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is the impact?<\/h3>\n<p>This is the usual reaction &#8211; meh means &#8220;whatever&#8221;, or &#8220;I have no opinion&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the end of the world, they are probably filling your website and not offending anyone. Like those graphs which no one looks at, they&#8217;re not going to motivate people to buy but probably won&#8217;t lose you business.<\/p>\n<p>They will not win you any new business &#8211; you are going to have to rely on your video\/copy\/sales guys winning you business. It&#8217;s a missed opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>You are &#8220;forgettable&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t stand out from the crowd<\/p>\n<h3>What to look for in your business<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Competent photos created by someone years ago, they&#8217;ve gathered cobwebs and look dated<\/li>\n<li>Not that inspiring &#8211; they are &#8220;matter of fact&#8221; &#8211; wallpaper&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>People and product photos against white backgrounds &#8211; very traditional, boring, expected<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t really reflect your business ethos &#8211; if you&#8217;re young vibrant accountants, why have photos from\u00a0the 1950&#8217;s?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>What can you do NOW?<\/h3>\n<p>A new photo creates a stir &#8211; getting new headshots and team photos out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/top-social-media-trends-to-watch-for-in-2024-embracing-the-future-of-digital-engagement\/\" title=\"Top Social Media Trends to Watch for in 2024: Embracing the Future of Digital Engagement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a> will get hundreds of &#8220;likes&#8221; or comments on linked in.<\/p>\n<p>Have a think about the &#8220;why, how and what&#8221; of your business first &#8211; then get in touch with us. We can help put these ideas into images.<\/p>\n<p>Add some magic to your product shots &#8211; maybe show them in use, lifestyle photos always plant an aspirational idea. It&#8217;s just more exciting than traditional &#8220;product&#8221; shots.<\/p>\n<p>Show your people &#8220;doing&#8221; stuff &#8211; standing awkwardly in front of a white wall look, well, awkward. It&#8217;s also a bit 1995. We&#8217;ve found photos of people at their workstation far more engaging, and less painful for them on shoot day!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">3 &#8211; Wow<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9968 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Camper-Phils-VW-Camper-Van-103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Camper-Phils-VW-Camper-Van-103.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Camper-Phils-VW-Camper-Van-103-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Camper-Phils-VW-Camper-Van-103-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Camper-Phils-VW-Camper-Van-103-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Camper-Phils-VW-Camper-Van-103-650x406.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Camper-Phils-VW-Camper-Van-103-1000x624.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Happy-Camper-Phils-VW-Camper-Van-103-1250x781.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is the impact?<\/h3>\n<p>You attract the right clients &#8211; people looking for suppliers will be attracted to like-minded businesses. If your photos match your values, then the right clients will come your way.<\/p>\n<p>You can charge more &#8211; if you look, expert, it sets the scene and expectations.<\/p>\n<p>Your Google analytics go through the roof &#8211; more visits, lower bounce rates, longer time spent on the site &#8211; because people want to SEE MORE<\/p>\n<p>More connections on LINKED IN &#8211; do you find yourself clicking on people with decent photos ahead of those without photos, or with duff photos?\u00a0Well, other people do the same! We all &#8220;search&#8221; linked in for business &#8211; &#8220;wow&#8221; photos get people asking to link more often.<\/p>\n<h3>What to look for in your business<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Big images with the &#8220;wow factor&#8221; &#8211; you capture attention on the landing page<\/li>\n<li>Images which fit your values &#8211; if you&#8217;re a cool, young team with a modern working environment, your photos make this obvious<\/li>\n<li>Creative innovative photography &#8211; great lighting, editing and ideas<\/li>\n<li>Outside the norm &#8211; they just don&#8217;t look like normal business images &#8211; they make you stand out<\/li>\n<li>People share and comment on you more<\/li>\n<li>Create a stir &#8211; be different, bold and remembered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What can you do NOW?<\/h3>\n<p>You just have a maintenance job to do &#8211; so more of the same.<\/p>\n<p>Be careful not to stagnate &#8211; when new people arrive, make it part of their arrival package to get the photos done &#8211; and an updated team shot if you get one.<\/p>\n<p>You will probably be great on social media, keep current with regular photos updates &#8211; maybe away days, new product launches or just create something to shout about<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>So where are you ?<\/h1>\n<p>Have a review of your images and if you&#8217;re &#8220;Meh&#8221; or &#8220;Eww&#8221;, drop us a line at <a href=\"mailto:ade@mcfade.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">ade@mcfade.co.uk<\/a> &#8211; we can help create a whole library of new &#8220;Wow&#8221; images.<\/p>\n<h2>If you&#8217;ve got no budget<\/h2>\n<p>We have hundreds of free images for you to use at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/stockphotos\/stock-galleries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stock Library &#8211; fill your boots!<\/a><\/p>\n<style>\r\n.lwrp.link-whisper-related-posts{\r\n            \r\n            margin-top: 40px;\nmargin-bottom: 30px;\r\n        }\r\n        .lwrp .lwrp-title{\r\n            \r\n            \r\n        }.lwrp 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