Headshot: Zion

As I have shared here previously, I have taught a few photography courses of the past year and a half.  So it was a pleasure when one of my former students asked me to photograph her son's headshot. 

I love working with artists, whether it be for album covers or headshots.  My first intro to the arts was an actor during my teen years so headshots are very familiar to me.  It also helped that I knew the family and had seen Zion in numerous photos already (on FB and Instagram).

As always I start off by establishing relationship with the people I am working with.  Zion is the same age as my nephew so I immediately took an interest into Zion's love of music and acting.  He is also the oldest of his siblings as I am too.  I reminded him that we were in Central Park to have fun during our 45 minute shoot.  He took direction very well.  And his smile is amazing.

Check it for yourself.

Dancer/Actress - Amy Lee

PORTRAITURE

I was delighted when Amy Lee asked me to photograph her new headshots. We went over in detail the kind of photographs she was looking for and how best to achieve that look with the kinds of clothes as well as the colors.

The portrait below was the last location of the shoot. Although it was 30 plus degrees outside Amy remained cool and collective, at least until I stopped photographing. Then she through her scarf over herself.

This is one of the six headshots she selected.

Actor Headshot - Christian Simmons

ACTOR HEADSHOT

Trained as a musician, Christian Simmons took a stab at acting in the recent Mitchell Torres play "Redeemed", which was performed last month in New York. He did so well and enjoyed it so much he decided to take some professional headshots.

Last week we had a cool time shooting headshots in the Bronx studio and on location. I wanted to highlight one of the headshots he selected.

Actor Headshot