Can I have someone i know take my headshot?

Question

He works in a newspaper and takes photos for it. The camera he uses takes really good pictures cani ask him to take it?

Answer 1

If you don't have to pay for it, yes, by all means, let him try. But if you are supposed to pay, definitely find someone who specializes in actor's headshots and nothing else.

Shooting news is not the same as shooting actor's headshots. He might be a great news photographer and really crappy shooting everything else. Headshots are very specific in how they should look.  So at least tell him to look up the portfolios of most expensive headshot photographers you like, and ask him to copy their style.

(Also, bear in mind that modeling headshots and highschool portraits etc, are NOT at all the same as actor's headshots!)

With some luck, he might be able to do a decent job, but don't count on it.

Oh, and the camera has very little to do with it. You can buy the most expensive camera in the world and still be a terrible photographer.

Answer 2

You could use him, but there are people who specialize especially in this part of photography. These photographers know how to put certain pieces of clothing together to get that look, they also have a makeup artist and know what poses are best for the head shot. Also head shot's usually have a specific look and has your measurments on them (usually). Plus they take a lot of pictures and pic the best one with really good equipment, and if you do this, you could get a zed card also, which is a modeling card with other photos on it to give out on modeling jobs or to modeling agents. Oh! You would also get to keep these shots that are larger to put in your portfolio.