My collaborator Aaron Gang of Aaron Gang Photography and I were planning a daylong “Pump Up Your Profile” event this spring at his beautiful studio in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago. With one visit and at one great price, professionals could get a new headshot from Aaron, and I’d do a rewrite of their bio.

Well, that isn’t happening yet. (Contact me if you want to know when it’s rescheduled.)

In the meantime, he’s launched The Open For Business Portrait Project to show us the small business owners in his neighborhood who are #openforbusiness, the entrepreneurs who are masking up every day because they want to be there for their longtime customers.

I’m sharing a few of my favorites here, but I recommend you follow him on Facebook and Instagram to see more and read Aaron’s stories about business owners around Chicago.