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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 to your shoot right? WRONG! ❌ Darin Juarez: Detective or PI / Hipster I stress this during my consultations, and yet actors STILL show up with just enough to shoot in, instead of bringing more options. The problem with only bringing the exact number of outfits is that you may end up with results that are outside what I call the ‘SAFE ZONE’. Lindsey Schuberth: Best Friend / BBQ Mom / Love Interest Greta Sesheta: Upscale Professional / Suburban Grandmother The “safe zone” is...
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 key marketing looks and have begun to put together the proper wardrobe for each one. 👚 Mindy Gilkerson: Creative Professional / Troubled Teen / Silicon Valley Jaylin Eaves: Girls' Night Out / Timothy Finch: Preppy Best Friend If you’ve already downloaded my Ultimate Look Guide, maybe even bought my Wardrobe Guide, but you're still struggling to figure out what wardrobe to bring, hiring a professional stylist may be your answer. Darlisa Majid-Ali: Love Interest /...
When You Hire a Photographer, What They Do Is What You Get
[Headshots Photography by Vanie] I once 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 both as a consumer and as a business owner. When you hire someone to do something for you — an artist, a skilled worker, a service provider — what they do is what you get. Dana DaRuyck: HIpster / Intern / Detective Dorian Antonacci: Edgy Tech / BBQ Dad Let me explain. I used to have a hairstylist who used a technique called wet point cutting. After he moved away, I looked high and...
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 ________ My...