Guide to Take a Headshot

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Takeaways:

Finding the Location:

1) Corner Technique: creates directional lighting

(slightly more on one side vs another).

2)

Shadow Line Technique

3) Separation between subject and background

a.

Even background lighting

4) Natural Reflectors

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a. Test the exosure !ith these settings" then ad#ust the en+iron,ent% pose%

,odifier -not the ca,era settings.*

Steps to getting a good shot:

$irst" teach the s%uinch" #a!line" and hook.

1) /reshot: Find their 0ood Side and 1sweet spot2:

a. side you art your hair on.

b. &o you have a side that you love'

c.

d#ust or eye si*e dierences.

d. +,- o eole have their let as their good side.

2) /osition the 3ody:

a. ook back o head (no slouch).

b. rms to the side (thinner).

c.

/tart straight on" then turn body dierent !ays.

i. /houlders one !ay" head turned the other !ay (thinning).

3) /osition the 4ead:

a. 5ethod: $ree*e body and suction cu0karate cho techni%ue to osition

head.

b.

Forehead down and out toward ca,era to e,phasi6e jawline

-w"sharper shadow.:

i. Show scrunch or double chin.

ii.

Show orehead do!n and out" but relaxed. E/iii. 6 turned a!ay rom camera" turn the neck to move the head to!ard

the same angle as camera beore doing orehead move.

c. 7ropshoulder by saying 7lean toward ca,era2to emhasi*e #a!line.

d.

4ook on to o head ulling u to!ard ceiling.

i. r increase distance b0! earlobes and shoulders.


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ii. Reasoning: This resets the body and removes any slouching"

overleaning" and also elongates the neck" body" and #a!.

e.

Tilt"ntilt: to remove neck !rinkles0straighten #a!line0remove hair near

eye 8 tilt camera !ith them to straighten.

4)

Fi8 4air"Clothing if needed:

a.

5ethod: ointer ingers to back o head9 slit hair and trace do!n to middle

o chest to revent hair on shoulders.

b.

:eole are articular !ith hair9 show the, earlyand ask i hair looks okay

beore roceeding

c.

;oth sides do!n" one side do!n (al!ays on the shoulder awayrom

camera)" onytail (tie at occiital 8 not too high 8 and shake out the onytail

and sho! a little bit near the back shoulder)

d. smile

e. ;ro!s

. Shoot and repeat 3T C49N0; T4; /'S; S'5;4'


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3) 7" e" i" o" u>

4) . Lens: 1,, mm" 4 (deends on ho! messy background is).

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;8pressions:

a* Fra,e of ,ind:get them a!ay rom thinking there is a camera in ront o

them. vs. 7is this right'>

b* :ositive reinorcement (though not excessive)

c* &ierent tyes o eole !hen in ront o camera9 some !ill need more

reinorcement than others.

d*

7eels !eird but looks good>e*

6 am the mirror or the sub#ect 8 eole donKt really kno! !hat their ace

looks like.

f* 5isdirection: 7anything !e do as hotograhers to reare our sub#ect or

being hotograhed takes them arther a!ay rom their true selves>
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i* Solution: get them to think o anything besides the camera /lay

,ode= &o direct direction irst to get them in lace" then thro! in

misdirection.

ii* ;8a,ples: start o small !hen theyKre a 7thread"> then build u.

!*

7donKt look so miserable>

?*

7tilt head0turn to!ard Dlace e.g. the Emire state building>

@* 7ull corners o your mouth slightly to!ard =ercury> (or

smile)

(* 7sneaky look> or 7sneaking u on an Danimal>

#*

7give me a look like you #ust L>

a* ou #ust snee*ed" you got struck by lightning"

* :uckering0lattening0urro!0collase bro! (or bro! action)

>* Think about Drandom ob#ect0thing

)* 7slightly lex your L>

A*

6mersonate Dcharacter" animal!$*$unny aces Dblo!ish on crack

!!*d#ective list (see above)

A.

3eady ;ye Syndro,e: s%uinch only the bigger eye.

!$. Crop: leave shoulders (idea o clothing)

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2) ;8tra: 1Sneaky2 exression or mystery" intrigue.

Teaching the /%uinch

1) Try telling them to squint irst.

2) Exlain !hy (conidence)

a.

Say: ou must belie+e in yourself"squinch to have it come across.3) ?e !ant the lower eyelids to go u !ithout the uer eyelids to go do!n too much.

4)

&,agery eyechart" sandstorm"

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Guide to Take a Headshot