Portrait Photography in Magarpatta City, Pune

Seen by both sides

A professional portrait is usually seen by colleagues. Here it is often seen by neighbours too.

That is worth a thought, because a photograph pitched entirely for work can look odd to people who know you socially, and vice versa.

The version that works in both contexts is usually the least styled one — you, recognisable, in something you would actually wear.

Heavily produced portraits look impressive on a company page and slightly strange to somebody who saw you at the shops that morning.

That is the practical argument for looking like yourself rather than like a version of yourself, and it happens to be the easier session too.

It is also worth deciding whether you want more than one, since a portrait for a formal document and one for a profile can differ considerably.

Both can be taken in the same half hour while everything is set up.

It is worth agreeing how long the portrait will be used for and where.

Professional portraits outlive the job they were taken for, and people are frequently surprised to find an old one still in use somewhere.

Where the photograph is for an employer rather than for you, it is worth asking what happens to it if you move on.

It is also worth having a copy of your own regardless of who commissioned it.

A portrait taken for a company page is still a photograph of you, and having your own copy avoids asking for it later under less comfortable circumstances.

Ask at the time and it is straightforward.