Head Shots & Portraits for Actor Clara James

September 07, 2022 in Headshots

A few weeks back Actor Clara James paid a visit to the studio for some updated head shots and portraits.

It was great to finally meet her and of course shoot new headshots and portraits for her actor portfolio.

For headshot sessions I always start with a chat and getting to know session, we discuss looks, outfits and the results wanted before heading on set and starting to shoot the first few frames. Sometimes the first 10 mins of shooting is the warmup and other times we just jump straight in. Clara was at home in front of the lens and a joy to shoot.

#makeportraits - Ann

February 15, 2019 in #makeportraits

Ann was kind enough to give up some of her time for me to photographer her for this project. So far I have photographed 5 people for it in between client work and I am not done yet.

These sessions are not always planned out or premeditated. Sometimes you just have to get together with a person, camera and some light and make portraits.

That said I did have an idea that I wanted to try for this session… more on that later.

Portraits Of: Katie

January 14, 2019 in Portrait

This is one of those shoot’s I meant to blog but then got busy and totally forgot. #mybad

Back in Feb 2017 Katie visited the studio for a shoot. Pretty sure it has been a good 2-3 years since we last worked together. Must not let that happen again.

The title image of this blog post shows the BTS. It’s rare I will shoot on a tripod unless I’m shooting product work but at times it is worth it for portraits to give you a consistent framing and a fixed camera position for the subject to play to.

To start with we worked with seated portraits on the ridiculously high stool I bought from Tesco’s last year.

I find that having a client or subject sit down is an easier way to start a shoot and it can help make them feel at ease. Katie has no problem getting straight in to a shoot.

On to some images.

Portraits of Ozzy

December 22, 2018 in Portrait

After shooting some head shots for Ozzy I asked if it’s ok to shoot some additional images, he kindly said yes.

Whenever I can I will get the shots wanted in the bag and then try to shoot something extra or different. It gives me new images and it can give a client options.