Why Summer Is the Perfect Time to Update Your Headshot (and Your Team's)

 the photo next to your name on LinkedIn, your company's "About Us" page, or your email signature is a few years (or a few haircuts) old, you're not alone — and summer is the perfect season to fix it.

Here's why now is the moment to get you and your team back in front of the camera.

Update your team's headshots regularly

1. Summer Light Is Simply More Flattering

There's a reason "golden hour" is a photographer's favorite phrase. Longer days mean more soft, natural light to work with, and skin tends to look healthier and more radiant in the summer months — a little sun, a little extra hydration, and that lit-from-within glow does a lot of the work before the camera even comes out. Pair that with a fresh hair and makeup look tailored to photograph beautifully, and you get headshots that feel current, confident, and genuinely like you.

2. It's Before Your Busy Season, Not During It

Summer is often the quieter stretch before conference season, year-end reviews, holiday marketing, and next year's planning kicks in. Updating your headshot now means you (and your team) walk into fall with fresh, polished photos ready for proposals, speaking bios, new hires' welcome posts, and year-end recaps — instead of scrambling for a decent photo the week before a big deadline.

3. One Artist, One Session — Hair, Makeup, and Photography

This is what makes a Natural Glow Beauty headshot session different from a typical photographer visit: Fatima handles your hair, makeup, and photography all in one appointment. No coordinating between a salon and a separate photographer, no rushing between two locations — just a relaxed session where you're taken care of from start to finish and walk away with images that actually look like your best self.

What's included:

• Professional hair and makeup, styled specifically to photograph well

• A guided headshot session (Fatima coaches you through posing, so nothing feels stiff)

• A curated proof gallery to choose your favorites from

• Professionally retouched, high-resolution digital images, delivered online

  
  

4. It's Even Better for Teams

If it's time for you to update your headshot, chances are it's time for your colleagues too. A team with mismatched, outdated, or inconsistent headshots can make even a great business look a little disorganized online — while a team with cohesive, professional photos instantly reads as polished and put-together, whether that's on your website, LinkedIn, or a conference badge.

Because Fatima travels to her clients, team headshot sessions can often be scheduled right at your office — one day, one setup, everyone taken care of back-to-back. It's an easy way to refresh your entire team's presence at once without asking each person to find their own photographer.

Planning headshots for more than one person? Reach out to talk through scheduling and options for your team.

5. Choose the Session That Fits

Natural Glow Beauty offers three headshot experiences, so you can pick what fits your needs (and your team's):

• Headshot Beauty — Great for when you already have a photographer you love and you just need the beauty. | Starts at $170

• Headshot Beauty + Photoshoot — When you need beauty and the photographer | Starts at $350

• Team Headshot Beauty + Photoshoot — Get the whole crew done with fresh and updated shots | Starts at $600

Whether you need a quick, polished photo for LinkedIn or a full library of images for your website, social media, and marketing materials, there's a package built for it.

The Bottom Line

Your headshot is often the first impression you make — and summer's natural light, healthier-looking skin, and slower pre-fall calendar make it the easiest time all year to refresh it. Whether it's just you or your whole team, now's the time to get it done before the busy season hits.

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Fatima is a professional hair and makeup artist and the founder of Natural Glow Beauty, serving clients throughout the Minneapolis–St. Paul metro area. She travels to you for hair, makeup, and headshot sessions — whether it's one person or a whole team.