Villa Joseph Marie High School is a private all-girls high school in the busy center of Holland, Pennsylvania - although when you’re on campus it really doesn’t feel that way. I got to spend a day in an out of classrooms, walking around campus and getting a little jealous of all the amazing sisterhood moments happening (high school didn’t look this fun in the early 2000’s). From the library to center stage - to church and an outside lunch, we really hit it all.

Why Your Marketing Team Needs More Than Just Headshots: Most of my email requests start the same way: "We need updated headshots." I agree, headshots are important for some instances.. but they’re just one small piece of the puzzle that makes up your marketing. 

I headed out to Arlington, Virginia this spring to visit Marymount University for some marketing work. We built in two days on campus, which meant we could come back the next morning for the spots where the light just wasn't cooperating the day before, and catch a few angles we'd missed the first time around. The two days also let us pop into so many different locations and classrooms which really shows off the university as a whole. That extra day made a real difference — the gallery ended up with a nice range of shots the University can use across their marketing in a variety of ways.

This spring I spent time on and off campus with the students and faculty from Penn's School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2) and Graduate School of Education (Penn GSE).

For PCOM's Digest Magazine, we followed Kara Evans, DO '23, through a full day of her surgery residency at Temple Health–Chestnut Hill Hospital. No posed shots, no "can you do that again but smile." Just her actual day, start to finish.

Another graduation season is in the books, folks. It was MKP’s 19th year documenting graduations. This year we photographed 8,493 grads. You read that right - we got to celebrate with OVER EIGHT THOUSAND GRADS, across eleven schools, and twenty-two graduation ceremonies.

I headed out to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania a couple times this spring to visit Messiah University for some marketing work. It had been a few years since their last campus shoot, so we had a wide variety of subjects on the shot list. Of course plenty of photos of campus and active classroom shots, as well as time to find all the quiet little nooks Messiah has to offer. The healthy mix of formal and candid shots gave the final gallery a really nice range that the University will be able to use in a mix of marketing spaces for years to come.

A lot goes into preparing for a photoshoot — coordinating schedules, getting the right people in the room, making sure everything reflects your brand. Once the session wraps, the work moves behind the scenes. Here's what that process looks like, and how it's designed to get your images into your hands and ready to use.

Hiring a photographer isn’t just about booking a date and getting a few headshots. The right photographer should help you create images that actually support your brand, strengthen your messaging, and give you content you can use across your website, social, and marketing campaigns.