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Re:Headshot critique - 2008/03/13 00:45
I like #'s 3, 4 & 5 best.
I live in Hollywood and out here they ONLY except color shots. Black & White is considered old time. Casting Directors will not even look at or consider anything but color.
The most important thing people do wrong: I'm sure this is not the case with you --- But some people get photos done and they don't look like their photo in real lilfe!!!!!! What ever you do in your photos - make sure you can duplicate the look exactly when you walk into a casting office or an audition. Your hair might be a little different from the photo and that is OK, but nothing else should be different. Now that your braces are off - put these photos away and never use them again. You don't look like them any more. Sometimes people give out photos of themself that is 10 years old and since the photo was taken, they've put on 30 pounds!!!! They walk into a casting office and the Casting Director goes "who are you"????? They don't look anything like the photo. Casting Directors Hate that!!!!!! They want to see the person in the photo walk into the room.
For a future shoot: Wear solid color tops or dresses. Don't let prints take away from your face. Never wear anything Black or White --- colors only. Even dark navy blue might be considered too dark. With your dark hair, wear something bright and colorful. No earrings. No sequins or anything that sparkles on your tops, ears. No Jewelry on your neck or wrists. They probably won't see your hands. You also should have different outfits in your shots to give you a different look.
Hair: You can have more than 1 style if you usually wear your hair in different styles in real life. Since you have long hair (I assume you still do) I'd do different things with your hair. You can use the same style you already have in these shots, but how about other styles too. Some folks, like me, never change their hair style because it is short. But if you wear your hair back or curl it sometimes, you may want to do it for your shoot too so that you can get some different looks.
Looks: By this, I noticed that all your shots were of you smiling. You have a great smile. Next time you also want to do what we call "theatrical" shots along with your "smiling" shots. Smiling shots like you already have here are also sometimes called "commercial" shots. "Theatrical" shots are more serious. In other words, shots of you NOT smiling. You would use these shots for more serious roles you would audition for. You want to have different looks to choose from for different types of shows.
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