Tucson Northwest Photoshop Professional

The actor's headshot is a slightly different type of photography than corporate images or glamour/portraiture. It is a type of portrait that needs to be attractive and engaging, but accurate as well. As a rule, I will only change minor temporary blemishes to an actor's headshot, and minor improvements to the image to represent what I saw when I photographed the actor. In this image of actress Lily Delamere, I wanted to convey her stoic beauty while maintaining faith to her superficial beauty. I chose to use a soft, mostly flat light to not over-light the image and allow the casting director to see her under a more natural, flat light. This choice flattened her appearance a bit in ways that I wanted to fix in Photoshop. I re-applied highlights to her hair and added some lashes and eyeliner, cleaned up a few stray flyaway hairs. The resulting image is quite stunning:

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Photographed with a Nikon D7000, 60MM lens and Bowens studio strobes. Light modifiers consisted of a Small Softbox and a beayty dish, using the wall as a fill reflector.