Comments on: How Often Does Your Child Need Headshots? http://www.youryoungactor.com/2009/03/15/how-often-does-your-child-need-headshots/ Tips for Helping Your Child Get Into Showbiz Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:41:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nick@Actors Headshots http://www.youryoungactor.com/2009/03/15/how-often-does-your-child-need-headshots/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Nick@Actors Headshots Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:21:53 +0000 http://www.youryoungactor.com/?p=262#comment-869 In my 18 years experience as a headshot photographer in London I can only say that your child's headshot needs to be a true likeness of them. In particular in the UK market (but I would assume in the USA too) often kids are booked directly from their headshot and are expected to look like it. So if your child has had their long hair cut short - get e new headshot. Likewise if they have changed dramatically facially (as some teenagers do) then get tehm a new headshot. On the reverse side of this, if they haven't changed much then use the same shot. The risk of using an out of date headshot is appearing unprofessional, losing a job that your child could have secured, and upsetting your representation by making them look bad sending out children who do not look like the photograph. I hope this helps. http://www.nickgregan.com Nick ;-) In my 18 years experience as a headshot photographer in London I can only say that your child’s headshot needs to be a true likeness of them. In particular in the UK market (but I would assume in the USA too) often kids are booked directly from their headshot and are expected to look like it. So if your child has had their long hair cut short – get e new headshot. Likewise if they have changed dramatically facially (as some teenagers do) then get tehm a new headshot. On the reverse side of this, if they haven’t changed much then use the same shot.
The risk of using an out of date headshot is appearing unprofessional, losing a job that your child could have secured, and upsetting your representation by making them look bad sending out children who do not look like the photograph.
I hope this helps.

http://www.nickgregan.com

Nick ;-)

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