Getting Headshots..and an Agent?

If you are concentrating mainly on your education do not shell out a lot for a head shot. However if you plan to persue professional work while at school and you have the money you should invest in a nice one.

The agent search is more a question of where you are. Check out the local agents on-line before you go in. Most just want you to submit a photo/resume and "they'll call you."

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honestly, if you're a student, the best and cheapest way to go is through a student photographer.
Lots of them want to do actors headshots. You both win.
And really, if you get someone with talent, you can't tell the difference between a student shot and a pro one.

In Batesville? (Arkansas?)

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You can't throw a quarter without hitting ME.

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Being in college right now and having an agent, my experience is that you really don't need an agent until your out of college. A lot of the offerings that my agent contacts me about I am not able to do due to school work so it just makes everyone frustrated. I find that I can find shows that fit my school life just as good by myself and you don't have to dish out the 10% to your agent if you just go independently. Now right after college, you definitley should audition for an agent since it will be a full time thing. But this is just my small opinion and some will probably disagree.

I definitley agree that you should probably go with a student photographer for headshots. I spent $400 on pro headshots one year and then $35 on student headshots and the student shots looked a lot better and was exactly what I was looking for.

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Sueleen, LOVE your tiara.

I agree, don't go to college. Do not go to acting classes and listen to pointless babble. Get yourself out there with no instruction and nothing to back you up and you too can spend your days online hoping that you'll be discovered on a message board.

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Right?

Who needs an education? Everything you need to know you learn at the Puerto Rican Day Parade and riding in subways with trannies!!

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Get your money back.

Dear bwguyhottie:

Don't spend your money on headshots. Just head on over to the visitors center at Time's Square and keep passing by the camera. Then just post the pic here. An agent will call you immediately and you will be "a professional actor".

Love,

Renee

R-E-N- oohh, I thought you said B****!

And now...onto some real advice for bdwyguyhottie.

Yes. Get headshots done. They will help you when it comes to auditioning for summer stock and such. Plus, if you come to NYC for an internship one summer, you'll have them on you and you can cast your line in the big bad city (avoid at all costs the freshman fifteen. keeping the 'hottie' part of your name will only help!)

The idea of a student photographer is excellent, but, as it is with buying a new car and picking a plastic surgeon, do your research. Meet with a couple of them and see with which one you click best. Natural light is wonderful, solid shirts with a texture are recommended and please remember that the picture is representative of you and not this photographers artistic life up until this point.

As for agents, unless you are going to be in a major theatrical/film center, I'd advise against it. Concentrate on being a strong, well-rounded actor. HOWEVER, if an opportunity comes your way you feel you can't pass up, take it. They don't always come along.

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