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How to stay in the “Safe Zone” with your wardrobe choices
[Professional Headshots Near Me by Vanie] If your headshot package includes four outfits, you should bring four outfits, right? Darin Juarez: Detective or PI / Hipster WRONG! I stress this over and over during my consultations, and yet actors STILL put together their final wardrobe choices and show up with just enough to shoot in, instead of bringing many options. The problem with only bringing the exact number of outfits is that you may be limiting your photographer from a technical standpoint, and may end up with results that are outside what I call the 'SAFE ZONE'. Lindsey Schuberth: Best...
4 Tips When Hiring a Stylist
[Acting Headshots Examples by Vanie] Hopefully, you've done your research before your headshot session-- you've determined your marketing looks and put together the proper wardrobe for each look. Mindy Gilkerson: Creative Professional / Troubled Teen / Silicon Valley Jaylin Eaves: Girls' Night Out / Timothy Finch: Preppy Best Friend If you've already gone through my sample blog photos (each marketing look is indicated) and downloaded my wardrobe tips, but you still can't figure out what wardrobe to bring, hiring a stylist may be your answer. Darlisa Majid-Ali: Love Interest / Fitness /...
When You Hire a Photographer, What They Do Is What You Get
[Headshots Photography by Vanie] I recently had the unfortunate luck of shooting with a client who should have hired another photographer. I'll explain in a moment, but first, here's what I've learned over the years as both a consumer and a business owner. Dana DaRuyck: HIpster / Intern / Detective Dorian Antonacci: Edgy Tech / BBQ Dad When you hire someone to do something for you -- an artist, a skilled worker, or anyone for that matter -- what they do is what you get. Let me elaborate. I used to have a hair stylist who used a technique called wet point cutting. After he moved away, I...
Headshot Horror and How to Deal With It: Advice from a Fellow Thespian.
[Headshot Photographers by Vanie] Guest Blog by my client Joanna Kelly Born and raised in Houston, Texas and a graduate of New York University, Joanna Kelly now resides in Los Angeles where she works as an actress and writer. Favorite past roles include the shows Comedy Bang Bang, Scandal, and the Dierks Bentley music video Drunk on a Plane. Joanna also overshares in a blog, contributes to FLIP Magazine, and is working on an ensemble comedy movie script. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, yoga and drinking copious amounts of wine. www.waitingforlefty.blogspot.com ________...