A neighbor recently told me her first professional headshots were “fine”… except she didn’t wear the right thing. That small detail is more common than you think. In this post, I break down why wardrobe matters more than most actors realize, how certain fabrics can sabotage a shot, and how to choose clothes that support you instead of stealing focus.
Sometimes shooting in the cold weather to do natural light headshots presents some interesting challenges. I love the crispy cold air and light.
When I'm shooting a session outdoors in NYC, it isn't much of an issue as we can go outside for quick trips and pop back in to my place to warm up. But when I'm on the road, I don't always have a home base, so to speak, and we're often left to our own ingenuity to get the shots we need all the while battling the elements.
Here are some tips and tricks that you can do if you may be shooting your next headshot session outside in the cold.
Design trends are changing, online profiles are changing, social media has certain ratio requirements for thumbnails and photos, theatre will always want...
Your mirror is a liar. My mirror is a liar. We have spent our entire lives looking at an inverted image of ourselves. A mirrored image. And that flipped image is what can make photos of ourselves seem unsettling and unfamiliar. The Mere-Exposure Effect and what it means when you're looking at your headshots.
"Giving people the right visual cues immediately is critical to getting their attention and gaining their trust....To use and/or post a headshot which does not reflect your “current look” is to appear disingenuous or vain; neither a positive take away." - LawMarketing.com
"Research has shown that when people hear information, they are likely to remember only 10% of that information 3 days later. However, if a relevant image is paired with that same information, people retained 65% of the information 3 days later." - http://www.brainrules.net/vision
