How To Take a Great Headshot, Part 1 of 5

Hey everyone,
How are you today? So today, let’s talk about headshots. Early in your career, that’s going to be one of your most important calling cards. You don’t have a lot of credits, you don’t have a lot of tape, you don’t have a lot of relationships. The one thing you have, that you have control over, is your headshot, and with the advent of digital cameras, so many people are relying on having a friend or somebody they know who has a nice digital camera to shoot their headshot.
Sure, you can get something, but the main thing you’re going to get is a lot of practice. There’s a world of difference between that and a professional photographer, a professional headshot. Not just the shot, but the lens, the lighting, the framing, everything that goes into it. This is not a commercial. I get nothing from this in terms of recommending somebody, but I’m just saying that so many people try to cut corners in an area that they cannot afford to cut corners, especially early in their career. You need a killer headshot. You need something that absolutely pops, and to do that, you need somebody talented on the other side of that camera to support you. So here’s my advice – this will be a series. I’ll probably do 3 or 4 of these on headshots, okay?
So this is Part One. This one is all about practicing, first and foremost, before you go and pay that fee, and we’ll talk about range and fees and what those should be, but before you go pay that money, my recommendation is that you do get someone’s nice camera and get it in your face, and get comfortable with that thing in your face, because we don’t like a camera in our face. And just practice the process, which I’m going to share with you over the next several episodes. Practice the process of getting comfortable in front of that lens so that you’re not wasting a bunch of money when it really matters, and then we feel pressure to get a good shot.
Does that make sense? In other words, get a digital camera, get someone to shoot a ton of pictures, get comfortable with it, apply the things that we’re about to share with you over the next several weeks, but then when it comes time to really shoot it, go to a pro. That’s my advice, okay? So we’ll start with that, and we’ll see you next week. Cool.
 
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