THE BLOG

If you have spent any time on Actors Access, you have probably seen the term slate shot sitting next to one of your photos and wondered whether it was something you were supposed to have. Most actors find out about it sideways. An agent mentions it in passing, or a submission screen asks for one, […]

New Jersey is having a moment. Netflix is building a production hub at Fort Monmouth in Monmouth County, Lionsgate has broken ground in Newark’s South Ward, and Paramount has signed on as an anchor tenant for a new studio complex in Bayonne. For the first time in decades, this state isn’t just a place productions […]

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 […]

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 […]

You can usually tell within the first five minutes whether someone’s comfortable in front of a camera. With Maximo Masefield, a young actor from Ridgewood, it took about thirty seconds. As a Northern NJ actor headshot photographer, I could see right away that he was a natural in front of the lens. Kid’s been working […]