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7 Ways To Know You Need A New Theatre Headshot |
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Written by triplethreat
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- Your headshot doesn't look like you.
If your headshot looks more like a "glamour shot" with way more makeup and hair dressing than you would do normally at an audition, it is not representing you accurately. Similarly, if anyone ever says something to the tune of "Wow, that's YOU?" then it's not a good shot.
- There is a distracting background.
This is normally the dead giveaway of a "homemade" head shot. A professional looking shot will have a neutral background - usually, either plain black or white or appropriately blurred using the camera focus.
- The lighting and/or shadows are distracting.
Lighting needs to be diffused and coming from more than one direction so that you don't have shadows cast across your face or on your backdrop. This is another common giveaway of amateur shots.
- Your headshot looks like you are trying to be a model.
In modeling, it is common to have a portfolio of different shots, showing you achieving different looks or emotions. In theatre, your headshot should be much more natural.
- You are wearing a costume or are using props.
I repeat, a headshot is meant to show what you look like and remind the audition panel who you are during and after the audition. If you are wearing or doing anything in the shot that you would not do at the audition, it's not a good headshot.
- You can't see your whole head.
Maybe it's because of camera phones, but it seems we've become obsessed with ultra-closeup photos that look like you might have taken them yourself. Remember, it's called a headshot - and we need to see all of it.
- Your headshot (intentionally or otherwise) makes you look younger/older than you really look in person.
As soon as they see you in person, they'll know the truth. Make sure you're not trying to look like something you are not.
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