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Actor Advice: What Every Actor Needs to Know Before Getting Headshots
If you're serious about working as an actor in Los Angeles, your actor headshots are not optional. They are the first thing a casting director, agent, or manager sees before they ever meet you in person. And if those headshots don't stop someone mid-scroll, you've already lost the audition before it started. The entertainment industry is brutally competitive, and the actors who book consistently understand something most beginners don't: your headshot is a marketing tool, not a portrait. Here's the actor advice you actually need to hear before you invest in your next session. Why Do Actor...
How to Take Great Headshots Without Following the Rules
[Female Headshot Photographer in Los Angeles, Vanie Poyey] Headshot rules exist because somebody somewhere messed up. (Dat be-😉 an amateur photographer) causing reps not to be able to use the headshot effectively and therefore creating blanket rules for everyone. CAN YOU BLAME THEM? As laymen, they look at a photo, identify the problem and say, "I never want to see that again." Aaron Pruner: American Tourist / Edgy Down and Out Emily Brandau: Student / Best Friend However, the choice the photographer made isn't the problem– it's how that choice was executed. The bigger reps know this and...
How to Nail Your Headshot Session
[Headshots Los Angeles By Vanie] Have you heard of Jordan Ancel? Jordan is an award-winning producer, director, writer, author, artist, and entrepreneur. Amazing, right? This level of experience allows him to provide some GREAT insight for actors looking to become more successful by teaching you to run your acting career like a business. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF joining him for a live interview earlier this week where we discussed how to get killer headshots every single time-- hopefully some of you were able to attend! If you missed it, you can watch the recording here after joining...
You’re Not The Lead Just Because Your Headshots Say So
[Headshot Photographers Los Angeles By Vanie] The look I talk most people out of photographing is the lead, whether in the form of the Love Interest or the Hero. The two elements that decide what characters you’re able to sell are 1: your look, and 2: your essence-- NOT how you’re able to photograph.🙅♀️ Lucas Ethington: Anti-Hero / Olivia Harrington: Heroine It takes a great deal of self-awareness to understand what you can sell to the general public and how you are perceived. If you don’t have that self-awareness, what makes it difficult for you to figure this out is the fact that actors...