unposed

Despite the fact that I’m a trainer and I spend the vast majority of my time in front of a classroom «hamming it up», I hate having my picture taken. It’s not that I dislike pictures of myself, I have normal enough level of narcissism to enjoy looking at pictures of me. It’s that I simply don’t know how to act in front of a camera — how big do I smile? how should I pose?
Normally it’s not that big of a problem, except for the fact that I needed a headshot for work. Despite my best efforts to handle this on my own, I could never get a shot that looked good. This is when I turned to Robin at unposed.
I’d heard great things about her work before and had always been impressed by what I’d seen. So when I was up in Ottawa I scheduled an appointment and stopped on by.
Robin was very flexible in the appointment time, meeting with me on a Friday night (I was working during the day). She gave me full instructions on what to expect and what to bring to the shoot, making the entire thing idiot proof.
During the shoot itself, Robin kept me completely off-​guard, having me do all sorts of oddball things. While I originally thought that would make me more self-​conscious, in reality it helped me loosen up. I was less focused on the fact that there was a camera in front of me and more focused on what I was being told to do and think about.
As for the results, I couldn’t be happier. Nor could my wife, for that matter. (In fact, she wants to head out to Ottawa just so we can get shots done as a couple.) Robin did a fantastic job, and I can’t recommend her highly enough to anyone needing her services.