The space in Cedarhurst

My shooting space located in Cedarhurst, Long Island, has 2 East Southeast facing windows, a white corner and multiple back drops. A variety of lighting configurations can be executed to create custom looks.

Interview: Dr. Allan Simon

Ellen -  Can you tell me why you came in for a headshot?
Dr. Simon - I needed to update my website and I wanted a professional headshot

Ellen - Where can we find out more about you? Do you have online resources or a website?
Dr. Simon - I am a veterinarian at The Animal Hospital of the Rockaways

Ellen - Tell us something you want us to know about what you do, something most folks don't ask and you wish they would.
Dr. Simon - I am the president of the Lawrence Men's Tennis Club, the co-chairman of the PAW Project in New York State, an organization that wants to ban the declawing of cats. I have done volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity, rebuilding houses in Breezy Point, NY

Ellen -  Do you have a favorite breakfast?
Dr. Simon - I do not eat breakfast

Ellen - What's the best part about the next thing you're doing?
Dr. Simon - As the new President of the Lawrence Men's Tennis Club, I will be working with a great group of guys at the best tennis club in the Five Towns

Ellen - Red or white?
Dr. Simon - White

Ellen - If I gave you a check for ten million dollars what would you do with it?
Dr. Simon -  I would donate it to several conservation and environmental causes

Interview: Peter Austin Noto

Ellen - Can you tell me why you came in for a headshot?

Peter - Compared photos to another photographer who is called #1 in NY...an Ellen's were better

Ellen - Where can we find out more about you? Do you have online resources or a website?

Peter - 1. http://www.peteraustinnoto.com/index.html

2. http://www.youtube.com/user/peteraustinnoto

3. https://www.facebook.com/peter.a.noto

4. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3428515/?ref_=rvi_nm

Ellen - What has led up to your most recent project?

Peter - Led Zeppelin

Ellen - What's the best part about the next thing you're doing?

Peter - Eating the apple pie

Ellen - What was the last book you read for fun?

Peter - Hammer Of The Gods

Ellen - Pick 2 celebrities [or public figures] to be your parents.

Peter - Tia and Topsy

Ellen - If you were a utensil, what would you be?

Peter - Spoon

Ellen - Coffee or tea?

Peter - Both

Ellen - How do you make a tuna sandwich?

Peter - I make it good

Ellen - If I gave you a check for one million dollars what would you do with it?

Peter - I'd run away with my love

Interview: Dr. Bilich

I am so excited to publish my first interview on the blog at Long Island New York Headshots: Professional headshots for professional people. Dr. Bilich is such an interesting woman. I was fascinated to learn about "tapping" I knew nothing about this. I learned so much from her in the short time she was here for a headshot.  Continue reading to learn more.

Can you tell us why you came in for a headshot? How did you find out about EllenWolffPhotography?

I needed a headshot for various professional reasons--to send out to media and conference coordinators when they asked for a photo, to use on my website and Linkedin, to use on the cover of a book I am working on. I found out about Ellen Wolff Photography through an internet search. I called, liked what I heard and booked an appointment.

Where can we find out more about you? Do you have online resources or a website? How do people find out about you?

I am a clinical psychologist.  I recently threw out my old website and started over. The new website - MarionBilich.com is still under construction, but I've completed enough for people to get a flavor of what I'm going to do.  It's a great starting point for people interested in learning about the benefits of energy psychology and about learning to listen to their own inner wisdom instead of always relying on outside authorities. My resource section is almost complete and I will be adding various videos I'm creating to help people understand the basic concepts of energy psychology.

Tell us something you want us to know about what you do, something most folks don't ask and you wish they would. A special skill you have...

I have the ability to take difficult psychological and scientific concepts and explain them in ways that make sense to people who don't have a background in those areas.  I've been doing this for years with my writing, but have begun learning how to use video to explain these ideas.

What has led up to your most recent project?

I decided I wanted to learn how to create videos so I could introduce a wider audience than I can reach in my private practice to an exciting new field called "energy psychology"  Using the techniques of one type of energy psychology, called "Emotional Freedom Technique" (EFT), I have watched people overcome problems they have been struggling with for years in just a few sessions.  What I love about these techniques is that, once learned, they are easy to do on your own. They are empowering.  

What's the best part about the next thing you're doing?

I am at a stage in my life where I don't have to work for a living.  I'm semi-retired. So I can just explore the things I love. One of the things I love is educating people about psychology and spirituality and another love is creating video.  So I am combining the two together.  Pure joy!

What was the last book you read for fun?

I'm always reading a lot of books at the same time. I love Science Fiction and just  finishing  A Fire Upon the Deep by Victor Vinge.  I am also reading Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Come Unstuck by Chip Heath and Dan Heath.  It fascinates me to learn why some ideas just catch on. What is it that makes one idea catch on and another not.

Coffee or tea?

I love good strong coffee.  I'm a bit of a coffee snob--dark roast organic coffee, fresh ground and made in a French press is my coffee of choice. I only drink one cup a day but I savor that cup.

Welcome

Welcome to Long Island New York Headshots: Professional headshots for professional people. My name is Ellen and I'm glad you're here. I am based out of "The Five Towns" on the South Shore of Long Island. I travel out East and into New York City regularly, hence the name: Long Island New York Headshots. The only thing you will see here is headshot photography. I also photograph weddings and all types of family social events, hop on over to Ellen Wolff Photography where you will see a portfolio of wonderful family celebrations.

 I am a fully portable “location specialist”  and will travel to your offices to photograph groups and individuals. At "Studio 508," a home based photography space located in the Village of Cedarhurst, you have the advantages of additional lighting and background set-ups, as well as natural light.

If you sell a product or service online, or if you are a speaker, author or actor, you need a well lit, perfectly exposed, headshot.  In the book Blink, Malcolm Gladwell discusses how the human brain makes complex accurate decisions within 3 seconds. Important decisions about trust and authenticity. An office snapshot will not do in place of the perfect headshot.

I guarantee you'll find this will be a painless experience! And what you will get out of it is a great professional photo that you will be proud to use on your website, in your LinkedIn profile, on your business card, for a speakers bureau database, any situation that requires a photo of you.

Ellen Wolff photographer, Long Island New York Headshots.