Michael W. Rogers Photography

12/02/2025

Podcast today. The full version on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:ugcPost:7401457930967097344/

Host:
People freeze up in front of the camera — but you get real expression and presence. How do you make someone trust the lens… and themselves?

Michael:
When you walk in the door, I know in 10 seconds what I am going to do. In 15 seconds, I have already figured you out.
It takes 30 to 35 minutes before you own the camera — period.
So I have to figure something out for 30 minutes, knowing you will be comfy.

And then the fun begins.
Because they start taking over the camera. And it is so much fun to watch. I had a client say — and this is the most famous line in Vegas — “I’M NOT PHOTOGENIC.” I look at them and think, "Why are you lying to me?"

So I put on some dance music and made her dance. She killed it.
Found out later, she used to be a dance instructor in her younger years.

12/01/2025

⚡️ This Is What Leadership Actually Looks Like.

In a sea of “good enough” profile photos, this is the exception — a leader who projects all three qualities the executive world pays attention to:

1. Executive Precision
Her expression is measured. Focused. No wasted energy.
This isn’t a smile for the camera — it’s presence anchored in clarity.

2. Creative Intelligence
The style isn’t accidental.
The glasses, the texture, the jewelry — all intentional cues that signal a mind that solves problems from angles most people don’t even notice.

3. Command Presence
You don’t have to raise your voice when your image communicates authority.

This is someone who can walk into a boardroom, a negotiation, or a strategy session and shift the room without saying a word. Your headshot is more than a picture. It’s the tool that communicates capability before you speak.

This image answers the real executive questions instantly:

Does she think differently?
Yes.
Does she execute at a high level?
You can tell.
Is she the person you trust with the non-obvious solution?
Absolutely.

Most headshots on FACEBOOK soften the truth.

This one tells it.
We don’t just shoot.
We talk before we shoot.
Tell me your vision.

— Michael W Rogers

12/01/2025

Redefine Authority. They’re Buying Experience, Not Exposure.

This image projects the quiet, seasoned confidence of an executive who has achieved high success and knows their worth. The bold color commands attention, while the expression assures clients that they are looking at a reliable, experienced hand.

Your headshot is the instant verification that answers:
Does he have the decades of experience required? (Yes.)
Does he bring an undeniable presence? (Absolutely.)
Can he secure the outcome? (The look of a sure thing.)

If you are operating at a level where every relationship is high-value, your digital asset must reinforce that authority. This is not a picture; it’s your statement of legacy and capability.

We talk before we shoot. Share your vision.
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Michael W Rogers

12/01/2025

11/30/2025

Thirteen years ago, someone told me something I never forgot:

“You bring REAL in a make-believe town.
That’s your problem.
Don’t change, whatever you do.”

I didn’t understand it then.
I just carried it — quietly — because it felt true in a way I couldn’t explain.

And now, all these years later, I finally see it:

It was never a problem.
It was a prediction.
A warning.
A truth.

The reason I struggled.
The reason I never fit the mold.
The reason people didn’t always know what to do with me.

But also the reason I’m still here — creating work that’s real, honest, and impossible to fake.

I didn’t grow out of that line.
I grew into it.

11/29/2025

Purchase a jigsaw puzzle featuring the photograph "The Union Pacific Railroad by Apex Underpass" by Michael W Rogers. A long yellow freight train travels through a desert landscape. The train is passing by the Apex Underpass with a clear blue sky overhead.

11/25/2025

If you could go back in time and talk to your 20-year-old self, what would you tell them?

I WOULD NOT SAY ANYTHING. JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE. THEY WILL FIGURE IT OUT. HEADSHOTS ARE THE EASIEST THING I LEARNED BECAUSE I KNEW ALL ALONG THAT IF I JUST WATCHED PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY DO, I WOULD FIGURE IT OUT. IF YOU TOLD ME HOW TO DO IT I WOULD NOT LISTEN TO YOU. JUST LEAVE ME ALONE. I WILL FIGURE IT OUT. AND I DID.

PEOPLE PLEASING WAS A BIG HELP, BUT I FIGURED IT OUT. NOW TO FIGURE IT OUT YOU HAVE TO SUCK AT IT. THAT IS HOW YOU LEARN. AND I LEARNED IT ALL BY MYSELF. I DID NOT GET THE MONEY END OF IT BECAUSE I SOLD MYSELF TOO SHORT. THEN I FIGURED THAT OUT. JUST LEAVE ME BE. I WILL FIGURE IT OUT. I ALWAYS DO.