Head-shots for child actors/ models advice

TacCPhotography · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

A kid that I know is a professional child actor. He is signed with an agency and has been in a couples films. He just recently asked me if I could do head-shots for his next comp card, and he even said that he would recommend me to his other friends that he has in the business. Being a fairly new high school photographer, I figured it would be a great way to get my foot in the door, and hopefully if I am any good, I could have a nice little side business doing head-shots when I am older.
I was wondering if any of you had done head-shots, and if you have, to please lend me some advice on how to shoot good ones, or even as far as how you connect with the kid, because I know it is much more fun and easier to shoot if you both are comfortable with each other.
All advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.

Mark1 · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

The short answer.. Find everything Peter Hurley has put on the web. He is the current goto headshot guy. He teaches more in concepts than hard info so you may have to watch things more than once.

TacCPhotography · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

Will do. Thanks for the response.

DarkBoxPhotography · 5th of May 2012 (Sat)

There you go. 2 hours of Peter Hurley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=MIMCFVlbEz8

TacCPhotography · 5th of May 2012 (Sat)

Thanks!

child_photographer · 14th of May 2012 (Mon)

Yes Peter Hurley is like the God of headshot photography, I shoot modeling headshots and picked up a lot of pointers from him over the years.

TacCPhotography · 14th of May 2012 (Mon)

I watched that 2 hours video. I learned so much. I'm hoping to go to his weekend long head-shot class.

Mark1 · 14th of May 2012 (Mon)

I want to go to that as well. But at $1500 its kinda hard to justify it to the wife.

TacCPhotography · 14th of May 2012 (Mon)

Same here...

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#1
TacCPhotography Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 384 IMAGE EDITING OK	Head-shots for child actors/ models advice A kid that I know is a professional child actor. He is signed with an agency and has been in a couples films. He just recently asked me if I could do head-shots for his next comp card, and he even said that he would recommend me to his other friends that he has in the business. Being a fairly new high school photographer, I figured it would be a great way to get my foot in the door, and hopefully if I am any good, I could have a nice little side business doing head-shots when I am older. I was wondering if any of you had done head-shots, and if you have, to please lend me some advice on how to shoot good ones, or even as far as how you connect with the kid, because I know it is much more fun and easier to shoot if you both are comfortable with each other. All advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance. __________________ -Tac 6D, Rebel T3, 28-135 3.5-5.6, 70-200 2.8L, 430 EXII Website- http://taccphotography.photoreflect....ore/store.aspx FB page- https://www.facebook.com/TacCPhotography1

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#2
Mark1 Cream of the Crop Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 6,659 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Head-shots for child actors/ models advice The short answer.. Find everything Peter Hurley has put on the web. He is the current goto headshot guy. He teaches more in concepts than hard info so you may have to watch things more than once. __________________ Keep in mind "Its not the camera, its the photographer" works just as well for bad pictures as it does for good ones. www.the6by6frame.wordpress.com

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#3
TacCPhotography Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 384 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Head-shots for child actors/ models advice Will do. Thanks for the response. __________________ -Tac 6D, Rebel T3, 28-135 3.5-5.6, 70-200 2.8L, 430 EXII Website- http://taccphotography.photoreflect....ore/store.aspx FB page- https://www.facebook.com/TacCPhotography1

5th of May 2012 (Sat)	#4
DarkBoxPhotography Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Posts: 380	Re: Head-shots for child actors/ models advice There you go. 2 hours of Peter Hurley http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=MIMCFVlbEz8 __________________ Adrian Gear My website

5th of May 2012 (Sat)	#5
TacCPhotography Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 384 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Head-shots for child actors/ models advice Thanks! __________________ -Tac 6D, Rebel T3, 28-135 3.5-5.6, 70-200 2.8L, 430 EXII Website- http://taccphotography.photoreflect....ore/store.aspx FB page- https://www.facebook.com/TacCPhotography1

14th of May 2012 (Mon)	#6
child_photographer Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Houston/Sugar Land Texas Posts: 7	Re: Head-shots for child actors/ models advice Yes Peter Hurley is like the God of headshot photography, I shoot modeling headshots and picked up a lot of pointers from him over the years. __________________ Natural Light all day everyday!! Tonya Dailey Photography http://tonyadaileylifestyle.com http://lifestylelessonsblog.com

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