We recently began to migrate all our business websites over to the HTTPS protocol from the old HTTP protocol that most of the web currently uses. The HTTPS protocol means that the website uses an SSL certificate for security authentication and verification, and is generally more secure. It is also promoted by Google and enforced by many web browsers as a safer way to surf the web.
Although most of this transition has gone over smoothly, there have been a few hiccups along the way.
You may have encountered a “Page Not Found” or similar error message when attempting to access your photo gallery with the domain “http://clients.dsoleil.com”. The reason why this sometimes occurs (depending on your browser and/or network’s firewall policies) is because the gallery is currently not hosted on server with our security certificate (SSL certificate). This doesn’t necessarily mean you are visiting an insecure website, instead, the problem occurs because the gallery’s security certificate is not one that belongs to us, but to our cloud-based image hosting provider.
Our image hosting provider is working on a fix, but the full implementation won’t take place until July 2018.
In the meantime, if you find that your gallery link is no longer working, here’s what you will need to do:
First, here is an example of a link to our gallery: http://clients.dsoleil.com/p12345678
- Copy the last part of the link that begins with a “p”. In this example, that would be “p12345678″. This is your gallery ID.
- In your browser’s address bar, enter this link “http://dsoleilphotography.zenfolio.com/” – but don’t press enter yet…
- Append the gallery id (“p12345678″) to the link you just typed into the address bar.
The whole link should look like this: http://dsoleilphotography.zenfolio.com/p12345678 - Now press enter and the gallery screen should begin to load.
If you have any questions or encounter any problems, please feel free to email us at: [email protected]
Thank you!
This dramatic business headshot are influenced by actor headshots often seen in hollywood portfolios. Lighting is darker edgy and is intended to draw attention to the shape and contour of the face. 
If you would like to produce similar headshots for your own business use, 
What makes these headshots stand out is the out of focus background, which puts the headshots in context, while placing my clients in sharp focus. The combination of soft lighting with a subtle rim light gives these headshots a clean and bright feel with minimal shadows and soft tones. 
All my headshots are edited in Photoshop, where a light skin retouch is applied, but the images are not overprocessed. If you are a business in Metro Vancouver and need corporate headshots for your website, social media, or for print marketing, contact us for more a custom quote and availability for on-site or in-studio sessions. Please ask about our group rates if you are inquiring for your company staff.
We did a headshot session with a couple of different looks. For the casual look, a simple black turtleneck was the perfect clothing choice to focus the viewer on the artist himself, and his guitar. We did both a darker scene as well as a high-key look with plenty of negative space to the left of the frame so that text can be at a later time. 
A slightly more formal attire choice below presented a professional look. We chose to feature both the front and back of his classical guitar in this shot. The lighting perfectly highlighted the wood grain and its specific characteristics. 
