• Smile. Even if you prefer not to. People always desire to work with professionals who appear friendly and compassionate.
• If you normally wear glasses, we suggest wearing them for your portrait.
• If you are concerned about hair color (for instance gray), we’re happy to adjust it in your portrait.
• Please do not wear scrubs, a white physician coat or your ID badge, or a stethoscope.
• Please closely follow our guidelines: We won’t be able to proceed with your portrait if the above guidelines aren’t met, and you will have to reschedule. Thank you for your understanding.

Clothing

• Think business professional
• A dark jacket or blazer with a lighter top (white, ivory) can have a slimming appearance.
• Please wear a solid-colored, collared shirt or blouse.
• Avoid busy patterns, and shirts/tops with logos, pictures, or graphics on them. We also discourage wearing red or maroon. 

Jewelry

• Simple and understated necklaces or none.
• Earrings should be understated such as studs, not hoops.

Hair and Makeup

• This is not a good time to try out a new hair style or color.
• Error towards having too much hairspray to keep the fly-aways to a minimum.
• If you wear makeup,  A matte (not shiny) look is preferred. Avoid overly dewy foundations, as they can appear as “sweaty” or “wet” under studio lights.

Remember, your countenance is more important than your clothes.

Clothing

• Again, business professional
• Please wear a solid-colored, collared shirt
• Ties and suit jackets are optional.
• Stay away from bright colors for shirts. White is fine, so is dark blue, brown or green.
• Avoid busy patterns, and shirts/tops with logos, pictures, or graphics on them. We also discourage wearing red or maroon. 

Hair and facial hair

• Haircuts are always best about a week before and beards should be trimmed.
• Short beard stubble (Five o’clock shadow) is nearly impossible to fix in portraits.

• We’ll email your Proof Sheet to you, usually within 24 hours.
• Please review it and then reply with the image number you’ve selected along with any retouching concerns that you might have.
• For men, your wife or significant other is most likely a good source of information regarding your best expression.
• For women, girl friends and co-workers are sometimes helpful if you’re struggling with your decision.
• We request that you make your selection within 3 working days. If we’ve not heard from you by then, we’ll happily select an image for you.

Your portrait will be retouched to our high standards, but we’re happy to factor in concerns that you might have about your appearance. You might be surprised by what we can diminish, correct, or adjust.

Once we’ve finished with your portrait, we’ll send it to our client, St. Lukes. If you would like a copy of the digital file, please contact St. Lukes; if you would like prints of your image we are happy to offer them.

Finally, if you have ANY questions or concerns regarding your portrait, please don’t hesitate to contact us, (208) 733-4522 – call or text.