Youth

I will get in touch with you via email within 48 hours to schedule your session once your order is complete.

Your session includes 2 headshots per look, however, all of the un-edited images from the session are available for an additional fee of $100. If you find that you would like all of them once you see them, I will guide you to where you can order the full set :)

Child Acting Headshots and Teen Acting Headshots

Let’s talk about what’s included in your child’s acting headshot session! Every session is unique to your young actor. We will select the most appropriate lighting, backgrounds, props, and encourage expressions and poses that will best represent your child. Your child’s agency (if they’re in commercial and film/TV) needs headshots that will really pop off the page and get you and your child audition opportunities.We will design the session with this in mind, knowing how competitive the market is, so that your child stands out to casting directors.

If your child is a theater actor, we will create a full set of images that will showcase their expertise, talents, and most of all, their personality! These headshots will need to look good on marketing posters, programs, and printed audition headshots that your child will likely bring with them for new show tryouts.

Knowing that the acting industry is so.. well.. picky… how do we going about creating headshots that work? Let’s talk a bit more so you know what to expect and what standards your child’s headshot needs to live up to.

What makes a good children’s headshot for commercial work?

Commercial headshots for children and teens have simple, but specific requirements to be considered effective. We are trying to communicate youthfulness, happiness, confidence, professionalism, and unique personality in their headshots (and give casting directors a desire to see more!). We do this with a few important details, each uniquely tailored to your child’s personality, outfit color, hair color, eye color, and skin tone, so they look their absolute best.

An effective, working commercial headshot also needs these vital details in order for your actor to succeed:

• Bright, friendly smiles. Like, your child has nothing to hide, is fully present, comfortable, fun, and youthful. I strongly recommend having your child practice their best smiles at home, and learning how to smile on demand in a way that is authentic. We don’t have room for school-picture smiles, which often read as forced. It’s very important that casting directors know your child can smile naturally and realistically when they are asked to on set.

• A clean, simple, lighter background. We will pick a backdrop that makes your child shine, and carries the same uplifting tone and vibe.

• A straight-on to near-straight-on pose with your child’s face. Seems like an odd detail, but casting directors usually like to see a straight-forward headshot with that bright, confident smile. It reads as capable and present.

• Bright, relatively even lighting. We like to add a touch of “punch” to our lighting quite often, but commercial headshot need to be very well-lit, without being over-exposed. Sometimes we use fully natural light (in a controlled way!), sometimes we use full studio lighting, and most often, we do a combination of both. This ensures that your child’s face and expression has nothing hidden, your child’s hair color is true, and their eyes have a chance to sparkle and shine.

What makes a good children’s actor headshot for theater?