Is it All Really In The Eyes Of An Actors Headshot? How To Give Your Headshot The Edge!

When you take a good look at several actors headshots shots you’ll notice they all have something in common, without realising it you’ll be drawn towards the eyes.
It’s always the eyes.
It’s always the eyes and they should be in the crispest of focus and be full of emotional content.
Once we’ve ascertained that the eyes are the focal point how can we ensure they’re at their very best for your headshot? Firstly the eyes need to be looking in the correct direction.

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That’s right at the person who eventually looks at your headshot.
For me that’s always directly into the camera, trying to make contact with the viewer.
This may seem as though I’m trying to teach you the very basics – and I am. But I’m deadly serious.
Without getting the basics right you’ll always be struggling to make that great first impression.
If you look at some shots you’ll see the actors looking over the shoulder of the photographer or even worse staring off into the distance with the kind of glazed eyes you’re more likely to see on a dead fish.

As your primary piece of visual marketing your headshot must have impact.
Therefore we don’t want our eyes to be blank and lifeless, do we? We want your eyes to be looking directly into the lens, focused in the correct place, and much more importantly to have some depth of emotional content in them.
This is the way to make sure that whoever is looking at your headshot can see that you have more depth to your personality as an actor.
Picking the right headshot photographer is very important - in fact it is absolutely crucial.
The same as a good director encourages and enthuses you, to give your absolute best performance.
To be honest I’ve had many actors liken the way I work to that of a good director, which I’ve always found to be a great compliment indeed as an actors headshot photographer in London
I find this one simple technique the most important to a successful actors headshot.

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I’m aware that lots of actors cringe at the very thought of having their headshot taken, they find it uncomfortable looking straight into the lens, and worry about their minor imperfections and idiosyncrasies.
Even though standing on a theater stage in front of hundreds of people or on a film or TV set surrounded by many crew and cast has no effect on them, they quiver at the thought of a stills camera (I’ll explain this phenomena in a future article).
I fully understand the many reasons why actors find having a new headshot done so difficult and luckily I have my own style and techniques for getting around this.

In plain English we’ve established that it’s all your preparation, if you give a little thought to how you can help your actors headshot photographer to get the very best out of your headshot session then you’ll benefit tremendously by having yours stand out and make an impact.
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