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If your headshot makes you look green, agents assume you can’t act.
[Los Angeles Headshot Photography by Vanie] Guest Blog by Sinclair Jones of 2nd Street Artist Management I recently had the pleasure of working with Sinclair Jones, who has built a successful career as a manager placing talent in shows like Prison Break, Law & Order, CSI, Southland, and a number of feature films. I was pleasantly surprised by what Sinclair had to say about the importance of quality when it came to headshots. I had learned from a SAG panel I attended that cheap headshots make an actor look green-- a sure deterrent from calling him in, but little did I realize agents also...
The number one headshot mistake
[Best Headshot Photographers by Vanie] Hey look at me and how pretty I am. That’s what I see in headshots over and over again. And over and over, agents ask actors to re-shoot their headshots. Why? Because though pretty, their headshots lack personality--it’s simple, really! Unless you're a model or one of the pretty people in town, you shouldn’t shoot pretty, because pretty won’t sell you when you walk in the door---your personality will. Lisa Marie Morabito: Young Mom / Young Professional Luke Gioiosa: Blue Collar / Mafioso Rachael Greeley: Hip / Danielle Cohen: Quirky NOW, I'M NOT SAYING...
How to alleviate your headshot anxiety
[Los Angeles Headshots by Vanie] Have you ever seen a friend’s headshot, fallen in love with the picture, asked who the photographer is, and made an appointment with that photographer, only to get mediocre results and worse yet, a bad experience? I hear that story frequently. I also get those phone calls myself, and I stop that potential client from making an appointment and insist on a consultation first. Jona Xiao: Anti Hero / Regena Robinson: Girl Next Door Jay John Viera: Urban Hip / Love Interest FOR ME, IT'S ABOUT SETTING EXPECTATIONS, communicating what the shoot will entail, and...
“When you try to be everything to everyone, you accomplish being nothing to anyone.”
[Commercial and Theatrical Headshots by Vanie] “WHEN YOU TRY TO BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE, YOU ACCOMPLISH BEING NOTHING TO ANYONE.” I wish I could write like Bonnie Gillespie! That is a direct quote from one of her newsletters. If you’re an actor, and you’re not subscribed to Bonnie’s newsletter, you are missing out, so click HERE and subscribe! She’s a former actress, current casting director, blogger and contributor to a weekly column on Actor's Access called The Actors Voice. Her tagline is, “Living my dreams by helping others figure out how to live theirs”. It’s brilliant and describes...