So, this week I had an audition for Milwaukee Rep. It went really well, in my opinion…which (if you audition, you know), is mostly wrong about those things. You never really know how you did in their opinion, which matters a hell of a lot more than your opinion does about your audition. So, really what does it matter if you think you did well. Make sense?
Anyway, as I was monitoring it for Equity, I was there all day. At the end of the audition the casting director asked me if it was alright if she voiced an opinion about me. A Casting Director Voicing an Opinion? Is she crazy….of course I wanted to know what she thought!!!
She told me that my picture made me look older and less fit and didn’t show me in my best light.
This brings up the topic for the day.
How do you take good pictures? I watch America’s next top model. I know what a good pose is. Jay and Tyra take me through the motions each week. I know that I shouldn’t crinkle up my nose or squint up my eyes when I smile. But, when I don’t do those things, so that I get a good photo…I take away part of my soul. Because, when I smile…I crinkle up my nose and squint up my eyes. Doesn’t everybody? But, when I do, it sucks. You can’t see my eyes at all. It’s candid and fun, but not very professional.
Plus, headshots are expensive. To continue to get them done every time you lose weight or change your hair style is so costly. Oh sure, they tell you in school that you should always look like your picture. But, that advice was given when mommy and daddy was still footing the bill, in most cases. What are you supposed to do now, when they cost (after the sitting and the duplicating) about $650?
What to do?
