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The Truth About Wearing Glasses in Headshots ★★★★★ “Alex does a great job making you feel comfortable and was very happy with how my photos turned out. Very professional, got my headshots done quickly and was thrilled with how it turned out.” — Michael, Google Review Glasses don’t ruin headshots. Poor lighting does. That’s the part […]

Most actor headshots don’t fail because they’re bad photos. They fail because they’re solving the wrong problem. The assumption is: if I look good, auditions follow. Casting decisions don’t work that way. They happen in seconds, based on a question that has nothing to do with how attractive you are or how well you were […]

A few years ago I photographed a physician at a rented studio space in Northern New Jersey. The session went well. Clean lighting, sharp images, everything exactly as it should be. He looked professional. He was professional. A few months later he called back. He had been looking at his headshot on his practice website […]

Most actors in NYC and New Jersey who aren’t getting signed aren’t being held back by talent. They’re being held back by materials that aren’t ready- and most of them don’t know it yet. If that sounds familiar, here’s what’s actually going on and how to fix it. Why Actors in NYC and New Jersey […]

Most people assume outdoor headshots are a warm weather thing. Schedule in October and you might get a few raised eyebrows. Push it to January and people start asking if you’re serious. I get it. The instinct makes sense. But after 30 years photographing professionals across Northern New Jersey and the New York metro area, […]

You’ve done everything right. You’re in class. You’ve built a reel. You finally invest in a headshot session, walk out feeling genuinely good about the shots, and then nothing happens. Submissions go unanswered. Auditions don’t come. Here’s what I’ve watched happen over 30 years of photographing actors across actor headshots in NYC and Northern NJ: […]