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Published: 2010-08-12 00:55:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 117; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 0
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This is my friend from high school, Tobias. He's currently in the opera program at Juilliard. I decided that I wanted to change the dismal balance of my bank account by taking headshots for the theater majors at my school, and I asked him if he would like to exchange a new set of free headshots for helping me build a portfolio to show potential clients. Thankfully, he had time to meet with me and I got some great shots.I gray scaled this one for him, but I like the colored version.
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I like this one out of all of them, though the right side of the photo shows that the brick actually ends. I don't know, this one still kinda bugs me though. It shows too much of the model. To me, a headshot is exactly what it says "head shot." After taking the Intro to Theatre class at NU I recall having the profs say that the actors have to put all that information on the back of the print... height, weight, all that good stuff. Perhaps a closer shot would have more ideal. I noticed in the ones with the pillars there was a bit too much headroom. And although he is wearing something "plain" I think a suit is too formal for a theatre headshot. I failed to notice NU's male theatre majors' headshots, but the female's photos were much more "plainer" and less detailed...if you know what I mean.
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I know, the bricks ending bugs me too, but it looks even weirder cropped out and I don't know why....
Before I did this, I looked up some articles on taking headshots and most said that you present a real headshot (shot of your head) at first, and if they want more, you give them other stuff. I don't know the theater aspect of it, so I just gave him a variety that he could use. As for the suit: I left it up to him for what he should wear (he knows what he needs) and he's an opera singer, so I guess formal is better?
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This one is by far one of the better ones that you did! Although there appears to be a bit of noise on his dark blue jacket, overall the composition and expression are great, even though it's a bit larger than a headshot.
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Thanks. 
I noticed the noise too and it made me a bit angry. Oh well, you win some, you lose some.
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