WHAT TO DO DURING YOUR ACTING HEADSHOT SESSION

Breathe! Tension does strange things, none of them useful to your head shot. Fight back by breathing, even if you have to consciously command yourself to inhale.

Think! This cannot be a passive process for you. All those intangibles that will make your photo exceptional can't start to happen if you don't actively create the picture in your mind's eye first. Use your acting training here. To be noticed in a picture takes the same kind of concentration and focus (pardon the pun) that it takes to present a character on stage.

Communicate! You need to talk to the photographer. React to what he or she is doing. Tell him or her if you think the mood or emphasis of the pictures is going in the wrong direction. Lend as much information as you can about what you want the photos to do. You also need to communicate with whomever will be looking at your head shot. Try to say something with every frame. You might need to shoot through several frames to "warm up", and that's fine. The key is to keep thinking about that process of communication.

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Michael Bailey Photography does talent headshots, commercial, advertising and editorial photography in Virginia, Washington DC and surrounding areas. He is a member of ASMP with many years photography experience. For more information on his services visit http://www.michaelbaileyphoto.com or call Michael Bailey Studio @ 434-296-4295