Paul Russell has a no-nonsense post up about the truth behind agent-repped actors and why they get all the auditions.
The truth, as it turns out, is that it's just faster and easier to call an agent than it is to
Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat forever. Teach an actor to use the Net and he won't book work, but he will spend a lot of
There are many types of Twitter headshots out there: the Too Cool for School, the Intentionally Zany, The Night-Time WebCam, the Crazy GrafiXX Icon, the Specialty Avatar, the Business Logo--the list goes on and on
This weekend, I received a comment on a recent post about professional headshots and it brought up an ongoing misconception that many actors have:
'Even lighting, shallow depth of field, and a 10
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Is There Such a Thing as a Cheap NYC Headshot Photographer?
It's no secret that our nation is in a financial crisis, and between the already plunging economy, the effects of the Writer's Guild strike, and the possibilities of a SAG strike, many actors and actresses in need of the best headshots money can buy, instead find themselves buying the cheapest head shot they can find. This is not a good thing! I've already written about why choosing your headshot photographer based on money is a bad idea, so I won't go into that here--instead, I would like to take minute to discuss how an actor can:- afford a high quality New York headshot
- shoot with an established New York headshot photographer, at a discount
- make the most of the money he or she spends
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]As a professional NYC headshot photographer, I like to pay attention to how actors find my website (through Google searches, from other sites like Instagram, Facebook, etc.) . Recently, I saw a visitor (presumably an actor or actress) who reached my site through a search that I thought I could address:
- "how to take professional headshots yourself"
What You Will Need to Take Your Own Headshot
On the surface, this seems like it could be a good idea-- I'm a New York actor, in need of a new headshot, and I'm looking to save a few dollars. So, why not figure out how to take my own professional headshots?
I once knew an actor whose agent asked him to get new headshots in the middle of winter. With pilot season approaching, the agent wanted to make sure his actor had fresh new head shots that looked up to date, and weren't the same shots he'd been sending out for the past year.
The only problem? The actor chose to shoot with a photographer who only shoots outdoors.