Headshot Session Preparation

General Tips

Hair

Please come with your hair looking fresh and natural and ready to be photographed. That means prep it like you would if you are going to an audition! Hair should be polished yet natural without a ton of additional products or accessories. Your face is the main attraction, your hair should simply be there to accentuate it.

Skin and Makeup

Now I know our skin doesn’t always cooperate, especially during headshot time. But if you have had plenty of sleep and water as instructed above you should have less problems.

If you are wearing make up to your session please come with your “natural” makeup look already on and bring your darker options to apply together as we move through the session. Starting light and adding on the darker lips and eyes as you go is usually easier.

*If you are experiencing a big break out, please do not try and erase it with tons of make up. It is easier for me to edit out a blemish then even out heavy powder and foundation.

Clothes

Make sure to check out my website for full suggestions on what kinds of tops to bring. But a general note on clothes I’ll add here is that there is no need to bring pant options (since I won’t see most of them!) so please bring plenty of top options. I will refrain from listing a number but I’d rather us have more to choose from them not enough! Think layers for easy look changes.

Uses

For everyone, the internet has made having a professional photo of yourself absolutely necessary. Please do yourself a favor and have your prole pictures match across all platforms so that you are easy to nd in the digital space! Headshots make great additions to business cards and websites too.

For my actors and your printed headshots, please be sure to either have myself or your printer put a border and your name on your printed headshot. It is a pretty bad and unprofessional look to show up with a headshot that, once removed from your resume, will not identify you at all. Make it easy for the casting director to nd you!

A border gives your headshot a frame since your face is a work of art! The name in the border allows for clear reading. Basic design principles really! Without a border, your name is harder to nd and encroaches on the very pretious space of your image.

Now go forth and prosper!