My son is auditioning for Les in a community theater productions of Newsies. The audition is soon and we don’t have time to get professional head shots. Do you think any of these would be acceptable? Should he remove his earrings?
Just want to say thanks to all who offered feedback. I’ll probably take a few more shots and see if we can improve.
I’m a 4th year medical student looking to get professional headshots taken for residency and would love some photographer recommendations in NYC, Westchester, or Long Island!
I’d especially appreciate recommendations for photographers who have experience working with South Asian clients or people of color. I’ve had issues with lighting in previous photoshoots, so finding someone who knows how to photograph different skin tones well is important to me.
I’m also working with a student budget, so I’m hoping to find someone reasonably priced without compromising on quality.
Would love to hear any recommendations or personal experiences. Thank you!
What am I doing right? What am I doing wrong? I find critiques to be extremely valuable.
Hi all,
I work in a finance role and, due to being deeply uncomfortable having my photo taken and generally not liking how I look in general, I've never had a proper profile picture for LinkedIn or my work Teams account.
I recently decided to get some professional headshots done. The session went well and I ended up selecting four images: two professional shots on a white background (which I'm happy with) and two more casual shots for internal work use.
The photographer delivered colour and black-and-white versions of each image. For each photo, there is also a "Square" version, which they recommended for LinkedIn and Teams. These appear to be more tightly cropped.
What has confused me is that the square versions are actually larger files and higher resolution than the wider, more zoomed-out versions. The photographer mentioned that the wider images could be useful for things like company brochures or other future uses, but those files seem to be smaller.
For example:
Version A (wider image)
JPG
2000 × 1333 pixels
69 KB
96 x 96 dpi
Version B (square/cropped image)
JPG
2000 × 2000 pixels
148 KB
96 x 96 dpi
The square versions are probably perfect for LinkedIn and Teams, but I'm wondering whether I should ask for higher-resolution versions of the original uncropped images in case I ever want to use them for something else in the future.
I'm mainly happy overall and don't want to come across as difficult, but is this a reasonable thing to query?
If so, how would you phrase the request, and what sort of image size or resolution would you typically expect to receive from a professional headshot session?
Thanks.