Headshot Printing  

Headshot printing is the last vital stage in processing a portrait for personal branding. Producing the best headshot photo requires 4 main ingredients: your most appropriate expression and appearance, a topnotch photographer, decent photography equipment, and a printing process that will produce exactly what the photographer envisions.

Put them all together and you'll get a branding tool that will open a lot of doors. A printed headshot usually lands on a resume, a comp card, post card, annual report, press release, company publication, and corporate brochure, among others.

In the modeling industry, typical headshot printing outputs are in the 9" x 12" and 5 1/2" x 8" formats. Those in the acting industry use the 8" x 10" format. Headshot printing is usually done using inkjet technology although some prefer lithographs or lasers. For comp cards, some of the printing layouts are the Trio, Filmstrip, and Six-Back, with the headshot always printed on the front.

For the most vivid outputs, it is advisable to leave the printing job to the experts. Instead of printing them out through your personal printer, you should avail of the services of photo reproduction labs. They'll be able to print to most distinct shades of gray or the brightest colors.