Professional Long Island Headshots

Professional Long Island Headshots/Actor Headshots

Professional Long Island Headshots/Actor Headshots

Professional Long Island Headshots

I am so excited that Spring is finally here and that the weather is getting warmer.  I am looking forward to taking more headshot sessions outdoors.  I absolutely love the diversity of backgrounds that you can get for your professional headshots outdoors.  This featured session is of a co-worker and friend of mine.  Nathalie is a skating coach and an aspiring young actress.  She came to me to get her headshots done.    We scheduled a date and took them outside the skating rink and captured a variety of looks.  Here are some of my favorites from her headshot session.

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I love this photo.  Sometimes you just get a great natural smile.

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Long Island Headshots/Long Island Actor Headshots/Natural Light

Long Island Headshots/Long Island Actor Headshots/Natural Light

I recently had a chance to work with this beautiful young actor on her headshots.  As usual, I  strictly used natural light on this session.  It was a sunny day and the lighting was there so there was no need for me to set up strobes or continuous lighting when I had such beautiful available light in my studio.  I always prefer using natural lighting when it is available because it is the most flattering and the best representation of yourself when you step into an audition room.  Actor headshots should not be highly glamourous.  You are an actor not a model.  Your headshot needs to convey who you are  so that casting directors know what you really look like in person.  Therefore you will want photos that are perfectly lit with minimal shadows and distractions, especially if you are a female.  That is why you must make sure that your photographer understands lighting and how it works. Continue reading

Long Island Headshots/New York Actor Headshots

Long Island Headshots/New York Actor Headshots

As you may already know by now, I love taking headshots for actors, dancers and musicians.  There is so much incredible talent out there and it is always great to be able to meet such talented people and to work with them on their headshots.  Some of the actors that I meet are fairly new to the business while others are veterans that are simply looking to update their headshots.  If you are an actor, it is always a good idea to get updated headshots every two years, especially if your appearance has changed, i.e., you have a new hairstyle, changed the color of your hair, you got braces, you grew a beard, or any other change in facial appearance.  Your headshot should look like you normally look like every day of the  year.  When  you are called in to an audition, casting directors would like you to look like the headshot  you submitted.  Hence it is important that you do not appear over glammed up for your headshot photo session.  Although hair and make-up is important for your photo shoot, and you may decide to get  your hair and/or make-up done by a professional, you will still want to be able to easily replicate the look of  your headshot on the day of your audition.  So if you normally wear straight hair for your auditions, you will want to keep your hair straight for your headshot session.   So, do you need to hire a hair and/or make-up artist?   I think it is always a good idea especially for women, especially when it comes to make-up.  I know that I myself,  always find that when somebody else does my hair and make-up it always comes out a bit more “polished”.    I normally wear my hair straight and I love to treat myself to a professional blowing out my hair or flattening it out.  And even though i know how to put make-up on, I always prefer a professional to do it especially for pictures.     Here are some photos from a recent actor’s headshot session.  This young lady contacted me a couple of weeks ago for a headshot session.  She is an aspiring young actress who is really excited about pursuing her dream of being an actress.  Since she told me that she normally does not wear any make-up, we kept her make-up looking fairly natural so that she still looks like herself when she goes for auditions.

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Long Island Headshots/New York Dancer Headshots

Long Island Headshots/Dancer Headshots

I love to photograph dancers, musicians and actors.  Perhaps it’s that creative and artistic bond that we share in the creative arts.  Or maybe it is just their passion and aspiration for what they do or what they want to do.   Marissa recently contacted me for headshots.  She had an upcoming dance tryout and audition and needed a good headshot and full-body shot.  Here are some of her and my favorite images from her session.

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