There’s more that goes into a personal branding photoshoot than just showing up and posing for pictures.

Nowadays it’s all about creating a variety of stunning lifestyle imagery – not just the stock standard headshots taken in a studio with a blank background that look like everyone else’s!

This means shooting in a space that feels authentic to you and your brand – like your home, office or workspace…

But it can also mean you need to spend time (sometimes a lot of time!) decluttering your workspace and home to make them suitable shooting locations.

You also need to plan around family members and coworkers whose routines will be interrupted by a photographer and their equipment in their space.

It can be a real struggle to find the time and energy to take on the commitment of simply getting your photos taken to create a library of images that truly represent who you are as a business owner and allow you to elevate your online presence.

That’s what inspired me to create a solution for my fellow female entrepreneurs who don’t want to deal with all the additional tasks that come along with a photoshoot.

My Retreat Sessions are a relaxing 1-night getaway that does all the prep work for you and allows you to step away from all the hustle and bustle.

With meals and professional hair and makeup services provided onsite, the only thing you need to focus on is feeling your best for your shoot.

After a night of rest, you’ll spend the following day shooting all over a beautiful lifestyle property – the kind usually reserved for big advertising campaigns and film productions.

No decluttering, no reorganising your furniture, no scrambling to get the kids out the door.

Just a beautiful relaxing experience where your only job for the day is to be pampered and feel like your best self – not a frazzled mess!

Usually shooting at this kind of exclusive location incurs expensive fees on top of the photoshoot itself.

But these costs are absorbed when sharing the space with others!

And that’s exactly what these lovely ladies got to experience at my most recent personal branding photography Retreat Session held at Coombes Hill.  Check out the highlights below.

We all deserve to have the kind of beautiful branding images that make us proud to post new content to social media or to send someone to our website.

These are the kind of photos that actually move the needle forward in your business and get you the results you’re looking for.

I can’t wait to see how these ladies use their images.

If you’d like to find out more about my Retreat Sessions click HERE to find out all the details about the next one I have planned!

Images shot by Alison McWhirter Photography and Briony Hardinge