We are not living in the 1950’s anymore and in my opinion Louise is professionally attired and perfectly presentable. Now with the best will in the world I think that’s ridiculous. Steve was the most outspoken about things but both Louise and I got private messages from a couple of people who felt her picture was, to various degrees, inappropriate. Steve Elliott, VP, Chief Financial Officer
#Cool white and black pictures professional#
“Neither, the young lady's top might be considered too revealing for a professional LinkedIn profile photo.” Personally I feel that the black and white images can look good, sharp and even modern but black and white images have to be done in the right way and with a little thought – more of that below. Playing devil’s advocate however perhaps the modern world is so used to vibrant colours and marketing that black and white is just a little ‘old school’ now? Clearly from the comments that we have had some people would argue that. It has been mentioned to me, by several people, that they feel that black and white pictures can become 'samey' and the very rigid 'corporate authorised' images that some companies, particularly recruiters it seems, go for can make everyone look the same. (Although I would argue there is a difference between ‘old fashioned’ and ‘classic’!) I’m a big fan of classic black and white movies – no one ever looked cooler than Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca but, and I concede the point, such movies are from a while back. “Black and white makes her look like the photo was taking in 1930 or there about” Wade Rohloff, Safety Consultant and Illustrator “There is a reason we all got rid of our old B&W TV's. I think this shows the value of having an editor or at least sharing your image with someone else before you upload it. Something that on reflection I would agree with. Several people echoed Olivia with the suggestion that the pictures, either one, could do with a sharper crop. “You should consider a tighter crop as with profile images it's all about the eyes and facial engagement”
#Cool white and black pictures update#
There ended up being over 400 comments on the update and some very interesting observations made which I thought I’d share below: So I thought I’d do some market research … and I posted both images as a status update and invited my network to cast a vote and share their thoughts. Now I am aware, because LinkedIn have told me, that having a photograph increases your numbers of hits by up to 40% but I am not aware of any statistics which show black and white being superior to colour in this respect. Until about a week later when I was at another client’s office who said that they knew that black and white pictures got you more views on LinkedIn. We were all quite happy with the outcome and none of us thought anything of it. (Louise is a head-hunter who operates within the furniture and medical devices sectors) Now the company policy is that all photographs on LinkedIn need to be in black and white so the consultant, Louise Axon, picked the above right image as her new LinkedIn profile picture. I was happy to oblige, it’s something I’ve done for other clients, so I took some pictures for the consultant to choose from. I was working with a recruiter last month who was interested in having a new photograph for their LinkedIn profile.
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