As Sue rightly says, it all depends on the value you put on your image or your product's image to your potential market. If you wish to convey a professional attitude and service, it's hard to do with a holiday snap or a wedding photo with part of your face obscured by another guest. There's a great phrase which sums this up. "How you do anything is how you do everything". If you saw the following images in some marketing material, which person would you be inclined to approach to do business with or buy a service from? http://callumw.com/images/blog/professional_image.jpg If you have a tight budget then pooling a session with others can split your cost plus you can have passport photos done at the same time (soooo much better quality than a photo booth outside a wet 'n windy train station). Hope that was useful CallumW