Headshots by Film Industry Photographer in Santa Barbara Los Angeles and Ventura California.

Headshot Photographer in Ventura and Santa Barbara.

Headshot photography is a specialized field, to capture a persons energy and look along with an absolute honest representation of someone's appearance requires exceptional skill with a still camera and lighting techniques. It also requires a photographer with the ability to connect with and bring out that personality and that look, and is willing to take the time to get "that shot". Headshot Photographers also must have the insight of how that image will come across to that Casting Director or Agent who's attention you are trying to catch. Daniel Colegrove has had nearly three decades of experience in the Visual Communication Industry and a deep understanding of people and how they perceive imagery.

The entertainment business is extremely visual, more so than any other profession. Your first impression more often than not, is the only impression you get to make. Though your headshot should be a flattering image, the headshot must look like you. If you send a picture to a casting director and you get called in, and you don’t look like your headshot, you automatically blow the audition (trust me on this, they hate a great head shot picture of someone that doesn't really exist).

Don't short sell yourself by submitting a snap shot rather than a professional headshot to casting agents or directors. It will get you nowhere, they just won't take you seriously. From their perspective it's just not worth their time.

This isn't just a headshot it is your headshot. I have seen aspiring entertainers lined up in the street to get headshots done in Hollywood and Los Angeles. These are literally "headshot mills" you walk in the front pay your money they stick you in front of the camera you walk out the side door. "The finest headshot cannot guarantee success, but a "run of the mill" headshot is just one in a pile of many and certainly wont improve your chances."

Work one on one with your photographer. Daniel takes the time to draw you out, capture your individualism and diversity of looks using multiple lighting and camera techniques. Just as important as the images visual impact is how and to who that images conveys it's message. It's not the head shot photographers style it is your style that is the focus.

Headshots for Actors , Dancers, Models and Musicians.

Digital Headshot Photography in Studio or on Location located in Ventura, California (40 miles north of Los Angeles and 40 miles south of Santa Barbara). Color and Black & White head shots. Commercial and Theatrical Head shots, Publicity photos.