ARghhh Head Shots
ARghhh Head Shots
#0ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 1:03am
So anyway....I've been trying all friggin' weekend to get some decent head shots taken b/c I'm tired of digital cameras instead of a really good picture.
Sigh. Being 17 and poor really dosn't help much, does it?
I refuse to pay $300 for a bunch of pictures. Not gonna happen. So...it's back to the old digital camera again.
Any suggestions on how to get good pictures from a digi cam?
Was that a fat joke?
Joshua488
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/29/04
#1re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 1:04am
Lighting, lighting, lighting.
Try to eliminate all shadows.
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#2re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 1:06amI hate to say it but you really must get a proper photographer to do your shots. It doesn't have to cost $300. I know it's horrible, I got new shots done yesterday, but they will pay off in the long run.
#3re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 1:07amUGH. don't remind me. I gotta get a new one for my ragtime auditions and I'm dreading it. I hate head shots. hate em, hate em, hate em!
wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#5re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 1:24ammeh....the problem isn't lighting...I know how to properly light a photo. The problem is is that I have no idea what to do!! Should I like, just stand there? Be serious? Smile? Sit? Be draped over a chair?? most perplexing!!!
Was that a fat joke?
#6re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 1:26am
It all depends.
Is it a theatre headshot? Commercial headshot? Film headshot?
All have different aspects that work better.
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wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#7re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 1:29amThat's why you need a pro, so you can do all those things and pick the ones you like from proof sheets. Now why didn't I think of chair draping...?
#8re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 1:36am
heh...or you could drape yourself on a table...that could work :)
and it's for theatre..but I guess I need a commercial one too, now that I think on it..but could I just use the same one?? It's local commericals..so it's not like anyone would know the difference
Was that a fat joke?
Ebonic_Singer
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/18/04
#10re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 2:26amI know Rath was getting headshots done today...hope they turned out well!
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#11re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 2:28amor you could just be like priest and no matter what you do your pictures turn out fu*k hot just because of your smile...
#12re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 2:36amPriest, I gotta say, thats a damn good smile!
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wildcat
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/04
#13re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 2:45amThis is not helpful unless one would like Priest to get all our work.
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#14re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 11:58am
budget makes it hard. Try this....research your local Vo-Tech, which might offer photography training. Advertise there you'd like good photos taken, and someone might do it for free to build their portfolio. Hell, a teacher might make it a classroom assignment. You might also try local colleges with art departments for the picture snapper aspect.
as for the posing, do some online research. Google for headshots or actor websites or casting websites, print out examples of what you like, and mimic them with the help of your hopefully free photography student.
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TxTwoStep
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#16re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 6:52pmvery hot, and with such a good handle. *swoon*
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
#17re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 7:31pmCatie, I know how you feel because I have digital camera headshots(but they are pretty awesome because my resume is printed right on the back:))No, they're stupid! Ahhh!! and I just sent it to a person casting an independant film, great. I like to blame them on my unemployment sometimes. I always say, as soon as I get into a show, I will get professional headshots, but it's like, I can't get into a show because I have crappy headshots! but good luck with that. My advice is make eye contact with the camera, because the people casting the show will look at your headshot and they won't be able to reject you because you'll just be looking them right in the eye.
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#18re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 8:33pmI just went to my first photo shoot last week and it was so amazingly fun!!!! It didn't cost that much either and they came out adorrible! I suggest to go and get them done! I had so many poses taken, too. If you insist to do it by yourself go againt a brick wall on a stairway and lean against it and take a pic, that was one of mine and it came out awesome! it was so much fun!!!!
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#19re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 9:09pmis theatre switching to color headshots? or is that just film... Updated On: 2/27/05 at 09:09 PM
Mattio98
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/10/03
#20re: ARghhh Head Shots
Posted: 2/27/05 at 9:25pmYou can get good headshots for about $175 for a one roll session and 100 prints. It's worth it.
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