Mother Nature often is my best lighting assistant. I photographed this client’s headshots using the afternoon light filtering through her west-facing window. She has a warm, genuine presence, and the resulting headshots convey that beautifully.

Brett Deutsch is co-owner and chief photographer of Headshots NYC, Gotham Family Photos and Deutsch Photography. Formally trained at the New York Institute of Photography, the School of Visual Arts and Pomona College, plus nearly 20 years of photography in New York City and on all 7 continents. His work can be found on The New York Times. Time Out London. Dallas Morning News. Backstage, and on countless websites, newsletters, annual reports and other publications.