The Camera-Ready Doc: A Guide for Doctors and Dentists Who Want to Look Their Best in Front of the Camera

By Dr. Leslie M. Sharpe

The Camera-Ready Doc: A Guide for Doctors and Dentists Who Want to Look Their Best in Front of the Camera is for you, the physician or dentist who is looking to tell your story and promote your brand as you begin to change your career or evolve into your ideal position.

Dr. Leslie Sharpe, a board-certified emergency physician and

• Language: English
• Publisher: Purposely Created Publishing Group
• Release date: Apr 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781644842195

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 Introduction

My name is Dr. Leslie Sharpe, and I am a board-certified, emergency physician as well as a professional photographer and the creative eye behind Leslie Sharpe Photography. I am dedicated to helping physicians and dentists rebrand to shift their careers and showcase their excellence with traditional and lifestyle portraits and my camera-ready training courses. I want to help them tell their unique stories with the best possible images.

Now, that is my official statement, but why have I chosen to perform this service?

May I tell you a bit about my story? I began my photographic journey long before I went to medical school. My father worked at the Federal Reserve Bank, but his hobby was photography. He was a vital member of the photography club at the Fed. I grew up with memories of a Canon AE-1 around his neck as we went on family vacations. Most of his images he kept to himself, and only a few made it onto the walls of our home. My father was a rather private man after all. He was also a very strong-willed man. As his health began to deteriorate after multiple myocardial infarctions, it was determined that he would require a quintuple bypass. In his typical fashion, when told that he needed to relax and recover at home after his surgery, he followed his cardiologist’s instructions—sort of. He did stay at home, but as relaxation was not part of his nature, he built a darkroom in the basement of our home. It was then that I began to see more of his photography come to life. I was fascinated with film developing, a skill to which I had been introduced a few years earlier.

I recall one fall day when he invited me to go out with him to photograph the fall foliage. That was such a special time for me as we wandered through part of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park. I felt the strong bond between father and daughter, and it was then that I began to explore photography for myself.

My first foray was in wildlife photography as I ventured abroad with my medical mission work. I had to laugh when I returned home after one trip, and my father critiqued my work. He asked me why I hadn’t used Photoshop to edit my images. This was from a man whose only editing was performed in the darkroom.

It was after some time that I began to think more about images of myself through the years. I looked back to the various photo identification cards, graduation pictures, and even employment portraits that had been taken of me. I never considered the real importance of these images until