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Feb 25, 2022

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If you agree, share 🔃 this post to help spread If you agree, share 🔃 this post to help spread the word to other actors!

Wanna see my headshot portfolio? Comment with the word ✨portfolio✨ and I’ll send the link. 

#actingheadshots #headshotphotographerlosangeles
This might be hard to hear for some actors👇 Re This might be hard to hear for some actors👇

Read at your own risk.

💁🏼‍♀️ You’re not the lead just because your headshots make you look like one.

The two elements that decide what characters you’re able to realistically sell are 1, your look and 2, your ESSENCE.

❌ NOT how you’re able to photograph.

Actors are constantly being photographed to look good in their headshots

BUT

❌ That doesn’t mean their essence supports that look. 

👉 FACT: ANYONE CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED TO LOOK GOOD.

If you happen to have great cheekbones and a structured face which makes it easy to photograph “good looking”, but you have a nerdy personality, you’re not doing yourself any favors by getting “good looking” headshots.

So your reps are submiting you for the wrong parts and you’re not getting call backs and your auditions are dwindling off (because casting learnds you’re not the person in the headshots)

OR

Your reps are submiting you for the right roles but there’s a disconnect between who you can play and who your headshots represent so you’re not getting audtitions.

✅ Instead, get specific headshots that match both how you look AND your essence. 

⏫ And watch your audtiions go up!

If you don’t know what looks to get, comment with the word ✨looks✨ and I’ll send you my ultimate look guide with the most popular looks reps are asking for right now in your age group!👇
This might be hard to hear for some actors👇 Re This might be hard to hear for some actors👇

Read at your own risk.

💁🏼‍♀️ You’re not the lead just because your headshots make you look like one.

The two elements that decide what characters you’re able to realistically sell are 1, your look and 2, your ESSENCE.

❌ NOT how you’re able to photograph.

Actors are constantly being photographed to look good in their headshots

BUT

❌ That doesn’t mean their essence supports that look. 

👉 FACT: ANYONE CAN BE PHOTOGRAPHED TO LOOK GOOD.

If you happen to have great cheekbones and a structured face which makes it easy to photograph “good looking”, but you have a nerdy personality, you’re not doing yourself any favors by getting “good looking” headshots.

So your reps are submiting you for the wrong parts and you’re not getting call backs and your auditions are dwindling off (because casting learnds you’re not the person in the headshots)

OR

Your reps are submiting you for the right roles but there’s a disconnect between who you can play and who your headshots represent so you’re not getting audtitions.

✅ Instead, get specific headshots that match both how you look AND your essence. 

⏫ And watch your audtiions go up!

If you don’t know what looks to get, comment with the word ✨looks✨ and I’ll send you my ultimate look guide with the most popular looks reps are asking for right now in your age group!👇
It seems logical to copy the wardrobe you see on T It seems logical to copy the wardrobe you see on TV 👇

❌ But it’s one of the most common mistakes acting headshot mistakes.

✅ An actor headshot has no context, so your wardrobe has to do the heavy lifting along with your essence of course. 

Let me know in the comments if this changes how you’ll prep for your next headshot photography session!

#HeadshotTips #ActorProblems #ActorWardrobe #HeadshotPrep #headshotphotographerla
What are staple looks for actors?👇 The basic 4 What are staple looks for actors?👇

The basic 4 headshots hat almost every actor needs.

1. Business

2. Girl/Guy Next Door

3. Mom/Dad

3. Edgy

Of course each of these categories have specific looks within them.

Don’t know what looks to get?

Comment with the word ✨looks✨ and I’ll send you my Ultimate Look Guide with the popular headshot looks agents and managers are asking for right now in your age group!
This list is my entire headshot philosophy.👇 T This list is my entire headshot philosophy.👇

The industry will pressure you to be polished, perfect, and palatable.

To hide your quirks.

To smooth out your personality so you fit into a neat little box.

💁🏼‍♀️ My job is to do the exact opposite for actors.

✅ My job is to create a space where the real, unique, slightly weird, and wonderfully authentic YOU can come out to play—because that’s the acting headshot that gets noticed.

✅ That’s the actor who gets cast.

What’s one thing you unapologetically love about your actor self? Let me know in the comments! 👇

#HeadshotTips #Authenticity #PersonalBrandingForActors #CharacterActor #LAHeadshots
The secret to headshots that work👇 Actors, lis The secret to headshots that work👇

Actors, listen up!

You’re spending your money on the wrong kind of headshots.

❌Forget about “pretty” headshots that waste your time and money.

Pretty looks good on Mom’s mantle but it doesn’t sell you as the real you. 

You CAN start auditioning and booking NOW and without wasting your money on yet another set of headshots that gets agents asking for a re-shoot.🎉

Here’s the deal.

❌ Headshots are NOT an opportunity to play “dress-up”.

✅ Headshots are a marketing tool.

✨Headshots work when you get specific with your looks (based on the roles you’ll be auditioning for in your age group) AND when your personality comes through… preferably as the character.

Hate posing in front of the camera?

⚡️When you work with me, you’re not going to pose, you’re going to act! Cuz, duh, you’re an actor, not a model. This is the key to authenticity!

Follow for more daily headshot tips like this one!❤️

#headshotsession
#headshotstudio
#headshotsforactors
#headshotswithpersonality
#headshotphotographerlosangeles
This list is my entire headshot philosophy.👇 T This list is my entire headshot philosophy.👇

The industry will pressure you to be polished, perfect, and palatable.

To hide your quirks.

To smooth out your personality so you fit into a neat little box.

💁🏼‍♀️ My job is to do the exact opposite for actors.

✅ My job is to create a space where the real, unique, slightly weird, and wonderfully authentic YOU can come out to play—because that’s the acting headshot that gets noticed.

✅ That’s the actor who gets cast.

What’s one thing you unapologetically love about your actor self? Let me know in the comments! 👇

#HeadshotTips #Authenticity #PersonalBrandingForActors #CharacterActor #LAHeadshots

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