At the beginning of the year, I attended the Winter Raven Photography Headshot event in West Palm Beach. Winter was an amazing host and this event was the perfect combination of black girl magic and networking. I had the opportunity to make new acquaintances and chat it up with a few of my favorite blogger boo’s. Not only did I get a fantastic headshot I also purchased Winter’s branding package that was being offered at a discount to anyone attending the event.  I’ll share those images in a separate post. As you can see I decided to go for a more professionally styled portrait that would represent me as a creative and management professional. Curves and Confidence is my baby but not my full-time job. I have a regular 9 to 5 that I kinda like, on most days, lol. Afterthoughts So I have a few takeaways from the event…

I’ve been a blogger/influencer for the past 8 years and the one thing I’ve failed to do is take a professional headshot.  I have lots of amazing photos but none of them equate to a professional portrait.  Every time I’m asked to provide a headshot by an event organizer I cringe.  I usually skim through whatever I have that’s close to a headshot and provide that. A professional headshot is necessary so readers, brands and PR companies and companies have a face to put with the Curves and Confidence brand. With all that in mind, I started to think about what I needed to do to prepare for Winter’s headshot event to ensure my portrait reflects my blog and my personality.  I reached out to Winter and asked her to provide some tips I could share with you guys.  She suggested the following: Think about what you’ll wear.  Wear something…