Okay, so whaddya need?
A. First, a couple of general statements of context. . . 1) The ultimate decision makers will probably never meet you before approving (or disapproving) hiring you; they leave that to us, and/or to people specifically assigned such responsibilities at their advertising agencies or marketing departments. So the images they see are all they’ve got to evaluate. 2) Talent that have been around for awhile tend to accummulate many images from a lot of different photographers and occasions, and have the benefit of being able to “cherry-pick” (or edit) so that the few images we actually show are likely to be the “cream of the crop,” i.e., the very best! We need a strong commercial headshot: (open, friendly, “toothy” smile. . . clearly showing the eyes looking right at the vewer. . . focused and with attention, never murky, glazed, unfocused or “lidded.”) And because we specialize in athletic men for health, fitness, physique & figure markets, we need body shots: (upper AND lower body must be s
