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Why your friends’ headshot opinions are probably misguided
[Headshots Los Angeles by Vanie] Do you know what you'll get if you ask 50 people what they think of your headshots? Youāll get 50 different opinionsā thatās just a fact. šāāļøĀ Everyone has an opinion, and almost everyone with an opinion on headshots is sadly misguided. Iāve heard opinions range from: āyou shouldnāt have arms in your photoā āyou should show a little bodyā āyour head should be centeredā āmost of your head should fill the frameā āYour photo is too closeā āthere should be no shadows in your photoā āthe background should be realā "background should be whiteā Etc. etc. etc. All...
I spent good money on them; why aren’t my headshots working online?
[Los Angeles Headshot Photographer Vanie] āI spent good money on them; why aren't my headshots working online?āĀ I get asked this question all the time, and I consistently see actors making the same mistakeā overwhelming the ābuyerā with too many choices. The ābuyerā being the casting director. Think of it this way; youāre a salesman selling your product š° (in this case, your look), and if you give the buyer too many choices, he will move on. Itās basic Sales 101. Have you ever just given up with the Cheesecake Factory menu and just pointed to an item and ordered when the waiter came around...
“To walk into a session with frustration and doubt only produces frustration and doubt.”
[Headshot Photographer Vanie] Guest Blog by actress Sara Erickson I recently had the pleasure of working with Sara Erickson, who's notable credits include a series regular on the sketch comedy show with Jeff Foxworthy called "Foxworthy's Big Night Out". Despite repeated headshot sessions that failed to please her agent, Sara arrived to the studio with a positive attitude willing to make the best of yet another headshot session.Ā And indeed, she did make the best of it, because her positivity couldn't help but rub off on me resulting in my work being more inspired! When I asked her how she...
Headshot trends changeāstay current!
[LA Headshot Photographer Vanie] This is a blog I like to bring back from the archives every once in a while, only because as the title suggests, headshot trends change and well, so does this blog and my images! Before digital, there was film, the mystery of black and white, and a whole lot of freedom. Those were the days when I didn't have to accommodate the demands of internet directories, forcing headshot photographers to frame tighter, taking away the ability to use the subject's body as a means to communicate. Those were the days when a 3/4 image was perfectly acceptable, because there...