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How to Get the Perfect Headshot (Part 2)

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And now a few foremost notes on post profuction. One of the biggest mistakes many birth photographers make when they process digital shots is they require good contrast. When casting directors look at a phase of headshot thumbnails on a casting website like Foundering (Actors Access) or LA Casting they are looking at multiple rows of five to eight thumbnails, inhumanly 1 1/4” tall. Your shot needs to catch their notice in a good way in order to get called in for an audition. If your shot lacks disparity and is muted in color and/or tone it will fade to the background and never get noiticed. Confidence in me on this. Make sure your photographer knows what they’re doing and add differ to your shots. The image a digital sensor produces is mainly flat by nature (for good reason that is well beyond the purpose of this blog). And, cogent photographers know that they need to manipulate the shots in tidy to get the optimum look for a computer screen. Have a discussion about this beforehand with

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