Announcing District Portraits
Mr. Crab meet Mr. Eagle
By Dennis Drenner on 28 Dec 2017
in Odds and Ends
Every year after Christmas, things get slow for a few weeks and my monkey mind starts looking for projects. Two years ago my winter project was this very website. Last winter I obsessed over a new shed for my backyard, and this year I'm back with another website.
Yes, friends, I'm hanging a digital shingle in Washington, DC with District Portraits, my new headshot website for the capital area and northern Virginia. I'll be working with my portable studio down there, as well as working out of Studiowerx, a beautiful shared studio space on …
LinkedIn Headshots
The Front Entrance To Your Profile Is Critical
By Dennis Drenner on 18 Apr 2017
in Odds and Ends
Most folks who come into the studio mention new LinkedIn headshots as one of their goals. Here are a few of my thoughts on the topic.
Have Something... Anything!
You gotta have a photograph of some sort in your profile, even if it's from your trip to Cancun and there's an iguana on your shoulder. Your profile is 14 times more likely to be viewed when there’s a profile photo. That’s huge.
Seriously, what is your impression of someone who has a ‘not pictured’ avatar next to their name? At best, they appear too lazy to upload …
Published in the Washington Post
The Post Sunday Magazine Runs My Alley Portrait Series
By Dennis Drenner on 30 Nov 2016
in Odds and Ends
Some days when I'm not shooting in my studio, I'm working on a personal project photographing people I find wandering down the alley behind my house. A few weeks ago, I got an exciting message out of the blue from the photography editor of the Washington Post Sunday Magazine. He had heard about my project and wanted to publish a selection of images.
On June 28th, I'm shooting headshots at Startup Spectacular at Fordham University in New York. I'll be set up in the Startup Expo area on Wednesday, June 28th from 3pm - 9pm. These sessions will be rapid and focused (under 10 minutes), with the goal of getting you a great headshot as quickly as possible so you can get back to the event.
When I'm not doing headshots in my home studio, I'm sometimes about 100 feet away shooting portraits in the alley behind my house for a personal project.
A few months ago, the Baltimore Sun got wind of the project and decided to do a short video which is now live here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-vid-dennis-drenner-baltimore-street-photographer-20151225-premiumvideo.html.
To see more photos from the project, run on over to www.hampdenalleyportraits.com.