The High Cost of Free Test Shoots: Why I Changed My Approach
Test shoots are a common practice for photographers, from emerging artists to established professionals, and have been used by many iconic photographers […]
WHO OWNS YOUR HEADSHOTS?
If you’re an actor and you hire and pay a photographer to take headshots of you it stands to reason for most […]
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PHOTO FILE SIZE CHEAT SHEET
An easy guide to maximum photo file sizes for casting websites by Chris Violette Actors and models have many online portals to […]
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CONTRACT TIP FOR ACTORS – INITIAL EVERY PAGE
By Chris Violette Every written contract will typically have a signature line(s) for the participating parties to sign their names. These lines […]
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THE BUSINESS OF ACTING – ARTISTS KILL WITH THESE BUSINESS SKILLS
By Chris Violette Successful business people and successful artists are not polar opposites. One may primarily be a left-brain thinker, the other right-brain, […]
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THE 8 MOST COMMON MISTAKES ACTORS MAKE WITH HEADSHOTS – PART IV
By Chris Violette The Final Entry In A Four Part Series Mistakes 2 & 1 Last week’s entry, detailing the 3rd and […]
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THE 8 MOST COMMON MISTAKES ACTORS MAKE WITH HEADSHOTS – PART III
By Chris Violette The Third In A Four Part Series Mistakes 4 & 3 I’ve been looking forward to sharing the final […]
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THE 8 MOST COMMON MISTAKES ACTORS MAKE WITH HEADSHOTS – PART II
By Chris Violette The Second In A Four Part Series MISTAKES 6 & 5 While the photographer may be taking your picture, […]
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THE 8 MOST COMMON MISTAKES ACTORS MAKE WITH HEADSHOTS
By Chris Violette The First In A Four Part Series MISTAKES 8 & 7 June 29th, 2015 If you’ve ever walked into […]