Hi All My daughter Anna is embarking on a career on the musical theatre stage in London (yes, I know all the jokes about keeping her hand in with burger flipping and pint pulling).
She had to get a couple of headshot pictures and, of course, asked me to do them. There's a strict formula to comply with in order to get noticed by casting directors who are going to be looking at hundreds of shots - 8x10, b&w, full face, no shoulders, eyes sharp and, when the person walks into the room, she or he must be instantly recognisable! It was a fun project and the most interesting thing was that the best casting headshot and the pictures which I think bring out Anna's personality were very different. We did 2 sessions; outdoor which was done in a wood using only natural light with a reflector: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Anna/Portfolio/Headshots/Outdoor/index.html or http://tinyurl.com/ccdaeh and studio which was done with a white sheet backdrop lit by 2 flash units and a single unit on the face: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Anna/Portfolio/Headshots/Studio/index.html or http://tinyurl.com/d37axd What do you think? Which ones would you choose for the headshots? Which ones work well as conventional portraits? What do you think of the b&w conversion? K10D mostly shot using a 135 FA2.8 and some with a 16-50 DA*. Conversion done in Lightroom. Cheers Chris http://www.fatfreddyscat.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
