Why does smiling become the hardest task when you are taking headshots? It seems simple enough, right? In everyday life you never stop to think about what your smile looks like…but a funny thing happens when you get in front of the camera. You start second guessing what you look like. Your smile becomes frozen and faded which translates in your headshot that your personality and energy is also frozen and faded. Here is one simple thing to do when it comes time to “say cheese”…laugh!

Laughing will get you out of your head and snap you back into the present time. A good photographer will have a rapport with you that will make you feel comfortable whether you are laughing at a joke or laughing out loud at nothing. The end result is that your headshots will have life, energy and your personality stamped all over them:0)

When your headshot has active thoughts and energy, the casting director who is looking at your mug, will see exactly what you look like and who you are.

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