The Wow Factor - It’s All in The Eyes Of An Actors Headshot ! How to make Your Headshots Stand Out From The Crowd
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If you take a good look at a few different casting shots you’ll notice one thing in common to all the good one’s (that’s the one’s that work and one’s you like).
This is simply because the eyes are the main point of focus of the whole shot, it’s not what you’re wearing nor is it the background.
This is because they are the focal point of the whole shot, it’s not the ears nor is it the background.
It’s the eyes.
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That’s right at the person who eventually looks at your headshot.
For me that’s always directly into the camera, trying to make contact with the viewer.
This may seem obvious but there are many instances of actors looking off camera.
I’m deadly serious about this as it’s critical that there is some form of connection with the viewer.
Something you’re more likely to see on a stuffed animal.
So we don’t want your eyes to be blank and lifeless. As your key piece of visual marketing your actors headshot has to have an instant impact.
Therefore we don’t want our eyes to be blank and lifeless, do we? We want your eyes to be looking directly into the lens, focused in the correct place, and much more importantly to have some depth of emotional content in them.
Let’s make sure that whoever is looking at your shot see’s the fact that you’ve got depth to your personality.
Picking the right headshot photographer is very important - in fact it is absolutely crucial.
The same as a good director encourages and enthuses you, to give your absolute best performance.
To be honest I’ve had many actors liken the way I work to that of a good director, which I’ve always found to be a great compliment indeed as an actors headshot photographer in London
I find this one simple technique the most important to a successful actors headshot.
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I know lots of actors hate having their headshot done, they can’t stand the thought of peering into the lens, and it makes many, many actors uncomfortable.
Even though standing on a theater stage in front of hundreds of people or on a film or TV set surrounded by many crew and cast has no effect on them, they quiver at the thought of a stills camera (I’ll explain this phenomena in a future article).
I understand the reasons for this and luckily I have my techniques for getting around this, as I’m sure many other photographers do too.
In plain English we’ve established that it’s all your preparation, if you give a little thought to how you can help your actors headshot photographer to get the very best out of your headshot session then you’ll benefit tremendously by having yours stand out and make an impact.
You may even actually enjoy it.
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