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Your acting headshot is not simply a nice picture Your acting headshot is not simply a nice picture of you.

🚫 That’s a trap most novice actors fall into.

✅ Instead, your headshots need to 1️⃣, market you SPECIFICALLY for the type you’re auditioning for and 2️⃣, bring out your personality.

✨ Your type, or what I call a “marketing look,” is based on your age range.

If your age range is 18 to 23, your marketing looks may include “the guy next door” or “the hipster.”

👉 If you don’t know what looks to choose, COMMENT with the word “looks” and I’ll send you my look guide.

✨ Your personality is what’s going to sell you for the role you’re auditioning for. 

So it’s really important you work with a photographer who can bring out authentic expressions.

🔃 Share this with your newbie friends and hit the heart if you learned something new!
If you’re frustrated with only a few auditions a y If you’re frustrated with only a few auditions a year…

I know exactly how you feel because it’s my story.

I’m Vanie Poyey, the headshot photographer 📸 for actors who don’t like to pose.

I was an actor, trying to get auditions for years.

💸 I spent thousands on re-shooting headshots over and over again but never got the auditions to match.

😫 I felt hopeless.

I was doing everything “right,” but nothing was working.

That exact cycle is a huge part of why I eventually quit acting.

Now, I’m the photographer I wish I’d had.

✅ My clients are going out on MULTIPLE auditions in a week, not in a year.

✨Because my entire process is different.

❌ We don’t just take “more” headshots.

💁🏼‍♀️We create specific, personality-driven marketing looks designed to get you in the room.

Follow if you’re done wasting time and money on headshots that don’t work!
Here’s what to do instead.👇 You watch TV, observe Here’s what to do instead.👇

You watch TV, observe real life, and decide to bring wardrobe that emulates that “authenticity.”

❌ In theory, that works. In reality, it fails.

Why? Because headshots are not “Real Life.”

✨ On TV, there’s CONTEXT. You have a set, a location, other actors, music, and dialogue to tell us who the character is.

✨ In an acting headshot, there’s NO CONTEXT. It’s just a close-up of your face and wardrobe. That’s it.

If your headshot wardrobe is too subtle or “realistic,” the Casting Director has to guess who you are. And a confused Casting Director passes on your headshot.

✅ This is why you should embrace the STEREOTYPE.

Since we don’t have a set, your clothes have to do the heavy lifting. You need to be “On-The-Nose.”

  The “Real” Gamer wears whatever they want.

 ✅ The Headshot Gamer wears a graphic tee.

  The “Real” Lawyer might wear a polo.

 ✅ The Headshot Lawyer wears a suit or sharp blazer like actress Meredith does here!

Don’t dress for the reality. Dress for the Quick Read.

❤️ Comment with the word ✨wardrobe✨to get my Ultimate Wardrobe Guide ($4.97) with visual samples describing what to wear for each look in your category. $4.97 or free when you book a headshot session!
Getting this right means more auditions.👇 ❌Gettin Getting this right means more auditions.👇

❌Getting specific with your headshots isn’t just about changing outfits.

You have two tools to convey those characters in your acting headshots

✨Your wardrobe

AND 

✨Your personality

So just as you would dress the part AND emobdy the character at an audition

✅ Same goes for your headshots

✅ You need to dress the part but also embody the essence of the character

✅ You need a photographer who directs you like an actor and doesn’t just pose you like a model

If this resonates, share to other actors in your stories or repost!🫶
Here’s how to pick your own looks👇 Comment with t Here’s how to pick your own looks👇

Comment with the word ✨looks✨ and I’ll send The Ultimate Look Guide for Actors straight to your DM.

THEN...

✨ Simply pick out the headshot looks that resonate with you as an actor.

❌ Don’t over complicate this process.

Ask yourself these two questions...

✅ What roles can I believably play based on how I look?

AND

✅ What roles can I believably play based on my essence?

Once you prepare the looks you’ve picked out, the day of your headshot session, we’ll have a mini clothing and look consult!

That’s when I’ll help you figure out:⬇️

⚡️Which looks will market you best.
⚡️Which looks will get you the most auditions.
⚡️And which wardrobe best conveys those looks.

🔃 Share in your stories with friends who could use the look guide too!
If you’re worried about how to pose... ❌ You’re w If you’re worried about how to pose...

❌ You’re working with the wrong headshot photographer.

Wanna try improv games on camera so that your authentic personality comes through as an actor without you having to think about what your face is doing?

Wanna create real looks instead of just oufit changes that has agents saying “all your headshots look the same?”

Then it’s time to try something different!

🤗 Hi, I’m Vanie (Vah-nee), the LA headshot photographer for actors who don’t like to pose.

✨Follow and hit that love button if I resonate with you!
If you’re worried about how to pose... ❌ You’re w If you’re worried about how to pose...

❌ You’re working with the wrong headshot photographer.

Wanna try improv games on camera so that your authentic personality comes through as an actor without you having to think about what your face is doing?

Wanna create real looks instead of just oufit changes that has agents saying “all your headshots look the same?”

Then it’s time to try something different!

🤗 Hi, I’m Vanie (Vah-nee), the LA headshot photographer for actors who don’t like to pose.

✨Follow for daily tips so you nail your next headshot session!
Beautiful AND she can act. ❤️Tap the heart if you Beautiful AND she can act.

❤️Tap the heart if you agree.

Cuz it was easy to transform her from the Girl Next Door to the Professional to the Sci-Fi Heroinne. Which one’s your fave? Mine is the first one!

🎭 Headshots of actress Kristen Messer.

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