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Thoughts on your Professional Headshots
Strong personal Headshot photos can help you stand out to that commercial or theatrical agent or casting. It is also important to connect with the photographer as one should make you feel at ease so you can relax and allow your soul to shine through the lens. It gives us a sense of the essence of who you are. Like acting, you don't need to pose for the camera. Just showing your authentic you is the best source for a great headshot. Just like branding it is good to know what your target market would be both commercially and theatrically for film, television, print. Know your audience.
Why Branding your Headshot is important
Believe it or not! This is how casting will see you! You may want to play a role that is way outside your branding. Which may be the complete opposite of the role you may want to play. Besides a great headshot, it is also important to know and understand your market and how casting agents and managers might perceive you. Most casting is typically cast by the role type they are looking for and how you fit that role. There are countless beautiful people, so it's not all about that! It's about who will be the best person or character that may best fit for that role. From personality to - do they look like they could be related to the parents. So casting is looking at all these different avenues. You could be the best actor in the world but if the role is not your type they will choose the one that is available for times dates and shooting dates. Can they act and do what they best and authentically fit the role? There are little and big things that may cause a producer or director to decide on who will be the right fit for the role, so don't get discouraged. Just be prepared to take on the scene, do your homework, and have a great authentic headshot that can get you noticed among countless other headshots that casting will see across the board.
Is your Headshot the same as personal branding
A Headshot photoshoot is a strategic photoshoot where you receive a library of professional photos that showcase you, your brand, and your personality. The final photos you receive from a branding session are headshots with flair. They are thoughtful, planned-out, and strategic. Your personality is reflected in them.
With a headshot, the subject generally looks directly toward the camera in a relatively formal standard pose. With personal branding photos, the subject can be looking at the camera, or away from it, or even interacting with props. Furthermore, personal branding tends to employ more relaxed and casual poses.
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Three reasons to also brand your headshot.
- You are the product! And will you blend and represent your product or the clients' major branding. It helps the client, producers and directors identify if you will fit the overall vision for that particular commercial or print job or for a professional in their business module.
- Knowing your brand as an actor will also put you ahead of the game as to what will make you stand out among the competition.
- Branding helps you connect emotionally. It also gives you a stand to make strong choices where you will appear confident and professional, and to step into the role. It puts you a couple of steps ahead of the game. Sometimes casting is not sure what they are quite looking for until you walk in the door and they see you as that part. Knowing your brand also helps them place you therefore making their life a little bit easier in placing and remembering you for certain roles that may come up.
- By knowing your brand it is easier to place you. It provides casting with a clear vision of what they can expect from you as an actor.
The answer is yes! So why are headshots so important? Because they are one of the best ways to market yourself as an actor and get seen by the people who matter most. Make sure you have a great professional headshot that really shows off who you are and what you can bring to the table, and you will be well on your way to success.
Headshots are the first impression an actor makes on casting directors, agents, and managers. When you are an actor you are a brand for your film, TV, print or commercial.
I want my clients' photos to be an authentic reflection of their brand, because that is what is going to make "you" stand out from the crowd.
Rachel Ames
Investing in your brand. Why?
It gives you more leverage and flexibility
Helps your brand as an actor build a better connection with you and for casting to see who you are
It encourages growth and a personal touch with connection and accountability that makes you a professional.
You and your brand stand out in an authentic way while demonstrating what makes you unique as an actor.
So it comes down to this...
As an entrepreneur or actor, branding is a strategic photoshoot that shows your personality, that essence that makes you unique to your potential brand.