{"id":269,"date":"1993-01-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"1993-01-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headshotsadvice.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2020-04-28T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T19:26:33","slug":"the-photographer-highlights-the-fact-that-theyve-worked-with-celebrities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zerodean.com\/photography\/headshot-photographer-marketing-tactics-exposed\/the-photographer-highlights-the-fact-that-theyve-worked-with-celebrities\/","title":{"rendered":"The photographer highlights the fact that they’ve worked with celebrities."},"content":{"rendered":"

The headshot photographer highlights the fact that they’ve worked with celebrities.<\/h2>\n

This is a marketing tactic intended to improve your perception of the photographer by impressing you with the fact they have photographed celebrities. Perhaps recently — or perhaps they are still promoting their brush with fame as far back as the 80’s or 90’s.<\/p>\n

This is not in any way a guarantee that the photographs are good — so be sure to look beyond the celebrity and at the photographs themselves.<\/p>\n

Many photographers who are in the business of working with VIPs and “high-end clients” do so almost exclusively. They are probably not shooting actor headshots for virtual unknowns — and if they are, then you can expect to pay a premium in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The headshot photographer highlights the fact that they’ve worked with celebrities. This is a marketing tactic intended to improve your perception of the photographer by impressing you with the fact they have photographed celebrities. Perhaps recently — or perhaps they are still promoting their brush with fame as far back as the 80’s or 90’s. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headshot-photographer-marketing-tactics-exposed"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":274,"url":"https:\/\/zerodean.com\/photography\/headshot-photographer-marketing-tactics-exposed\/the-photographer-has-been-featured-in-the-media\/","url_meta":{"origin":269,"position":0},"title":"The photographer has been featured in the media.","author":"Zero Dean","date":"January 1, 1993","format":false,"excerpt":"The photographer has been on TV (so they must be good). 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