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Putting together a professional
portfolio is an absolute MUST for all aspiring entertainers!
If you are trying to get your foot in the door, your headshots
are your key. It is important to your success in the industry
to select a well-established photographer that can capture your
best features to create outstanding looking headshots.
Headshots
/ Photos for actors and models
A black and white photograph of a person's head is considered
standard acting headshot. An 8x10 headshot is often thought
of as "the actor's business card", for the serious
actor professional, aspiring actor or otherwise, an actual headshot
is one of the most critical tools in your marketing arsenal.
You never know where you'll be when you meet an industry professional
whom you want to impress, and most actors carry 8x10s around
with them everywhere they go.
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Comp cards / Modeling photos
Comp cards are an excellent model marketing tools for promotion
and exposure. In today’s competitive world of modeling
and entertainment, every chance encounter could be a job opportunity.
Modeling and entertainment are a business and in any business
one factor among many affecting your degree of success is your
marketing material.
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A quick guide
to looking good in pictures!
At some point in our lives, we’ll most likely be asked
to pose for a professional photographer—for an engagement
announcement, family portrait, or work-related event. As most
photographs in drivers’ licenses and passports show,
it’s not necessarily a happy occasion. We appear frozen
with fear and discomfort, as if facing a firing squad instead
of a camera. Yet the experience need not be so torturous,
or the outcome so depressing. To come across as confident,
even radiant, simply follow the clever tips below.
Working with the photographer
1. You’d never hire a cat-sitter or house painter without
a prior meeting, nor should you a photographer. Ask friends
and co-workers for recommendations, then study his portfolio
or book of photographs.
2. Share your intentions for the photo, even bring along
samples from magazines to communicate the look you’re
after.
3. Don’t show up late. Don’t tell the photographer
how to set up lighting. And do not refuse to cooperate. An
irritated photographer may not take the time to capture your
best qualities.
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