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Based in New Milford, NJ (Bergen County) and serving couples across New Jersey, New York City, and the Hudson Valley, Alex Kaplan is known for creating a calm, guided, and joy-filled photography experience. Browse our latest posts for real wedding inspiration, expert tips, and behind-the-scenes moments that make your day unforgettable.
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From camera-shy to confident — real emotion, genuine connection, and moments that matter. Stories, tips, and inspiration from NJ & NYC weddings
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Actor and corporate headshots may look similar on the surface, but they are built to do completely different jobs. One is designed to create trust. The other is designed to create curiosity. That difference changes everything about how the image feels when someone sees it for the first time. Over the last 30+ years photographing […]
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Barry came in carrying something a lot of actors carry: a LinkedIn photo he’d been using as his headshot. It was a perfectly fine image for a professional networking profile. Warm smile, approachable energy, nothing technically wrong with it. But it wasn’t doing what an actor headshot is supposed to do. It wasn’t communicating range, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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: […]
