What to wear for professional headshots

When it comes to professional headshots/portraits, the focus here is your head , so anything other than your head should be kept simple and enhances the look you give. Here I summarised 5 simple tips on what to wear for your professional headshot/portrait.

1 Choose Your Own Style

The number one rule is to bring the outfits you feel most confident in, it could be your go-to outfit for interviews, panel talks or conferences.

If you want to look exceptionally formal, you can go full suit and tie with pocket square, or even a tuxedo (NOT Recommended), we can always dress you down if it is too much.

2 Choose Colours Carefully

Simple plain, deep and rich colour normally contributes to a clean, professional headshot/portrait, bring mid toned colours so that it does not dominate the photo. A top that can bring out your eye colour is always the safe choice. But if you like a particular colour really much, I can always adjust the light or edit in post to make it work best.

Color Combinations That Work Well:

​​Red
Pairs well with light green, pink, dark brown, and purple.

Yellow
Pairs well with dark blue, red, light blue, and black.

Green
Pairs well with dark blue, dark purple, dark green, and black.

Teal
Pairs well with dark green, dark red, peach, and dark blue.

Blue
Pairs well with dark green, pale green, white, and dark red.

Purple
Pairs well with dark blue, red, pale purple, and pale green.

Pink
Pairs well with gray, blue, red, and black.

3 Avoid Certain Patterns

Keep away from checks, stripes, cross, or any distracting pattern because it not only distracts the attention, they often mess with the camera and create an unpleasing effect called Moire. The key here is to just Keep it Simple.

4 Avoid Fancy Jewelries

Accessaries are not necessary, but if you choose to wear any jewelries, then make sure it is simple and does not dominate the photo.

So in summary, all you need to bring are something that compliments your profession headshot, not something that can be distracting or stealing the attention away.