<p>Is it alright to use one of my senior portraits for auditions for schools? I really can’t get headshots professionally done right now and I’m really happy with the way that my senior portraits came out. I don’t think it will be too big a deal, but I just want to make sure.</p>
<p>Yes, you do not need professional head shots for college auditions and your senior portrait will be fine. Down the line, if you stay in this field, you will need an actor head shot which is not really the same as a senior portrait usually. But a senior portrait is just fine for college auditions and they don’t expect you to necessarily have a professional actor head shot. </p>
<p>IF you had not yet paid to get senior portraits, I would have recommended getting actor head shots instead and using them also for senior portraits. That’s what we did. Then, the actor head shot was used for auditions the first two years of college, and summers. </p>
<p>Again, you will be just fine.</p>
<p>My D used hers and it worked out fine, happily ever after some might say.</p>
<p>At my school, all seniors are required to get our pictures from one studio. Since I can’t go to another place and get headshots instead, I plan on asking for some poses to be the traditional senior portraits, and other poses to be taken as a headshot. I’ll bring in examples of headshots for reference just in case.</p>
<p>^^^That sounds like a good plan. </p>
<p>At our high school, everyone was on their own to get senior portraits. So, for example, with my non-MT kid, we had to go to a photography studio and purchase them there. So, for the MT kid, rather than spend all those bucks at that photographer, instead she went to a head shot photographer to use for college auditions and she had had actor headshots taken every two years since she was about 11. Then, we just used the head shots also for senior portrait for yearbook and for family/friends. </p>
<p>Your idea, 62442, sounds like an excellent plan and since the photographer is not typically a head shot photographer, bringing samples, like you thought to do, would help. Good luck!</p>
<p>What is the recommendation for the audition headshot: serious or smiling? We have one of each and both are equally good-Is one preferred over the other? Also, is it better to have them printed on glossy or matte paper? Thanks!</p>
<p>I’ve heard serious, but don’t hold me to that. :)</p>
<p>We like “lustre”. It is a combo of glossy and matte and produces a lovely finish.</p>
<p>I just cut my hair, and while my hair in my headshot is the same color as it is now, it is longer than my current hair. Is this a problem?</p>
<p>I would say not to worry about headshots! Use whatever you have been using in auditions so far! Mine is a serious, horizontal, color that I have reproduced on matte paper. This is the type of headshot my freelancer told me to get, and its worked like a charm so far! This is the same headshot I’m giving colleges!</p>
<p>claire – hair length is not a serious problem for college headshots, unless it is radically different.</p>
<p>It’s about 3.5 inches shorter…haha maybe I’m reading way too much into this</p>
<p>i have an audition on sunday and i dont have professional headshots but i have nice close up pictures of myself …would this be good enough if i get them printed with my name on the bottom or would this hurt my chances at all at college auditions.</p>
<p>The pictures should be fine if they are posed closeups and you print them in 8x10 or whatever size is consistent with any info provided on the school’s website. Don’t sweat it; some schools even take Polaroid shots of auditioning students and use them even though the students bring formal head shots. Just follow the schools instructions, if any, and the pictures will be fine.</p>
<p>thanks for that i was really worried</p>
<p>haha claire, im the same. </p>
<p>in my senior pictures i have long curly hair. and then the other day i went to get a trim and came out at least four inches shorter with straight hair and layers. and i have auditions in 5 days. im thinking i should redo them?? i mean my face looks the same haha but the hair is pretty drastic.</p>
<p>anyone know the basic format for a resume? im completely new to this is it:</p>
<p>name
objective
education
triaining
experience
references</p>
<p>??</p>
<p>Hi mollyklc - There have been lots of posts and threads about resumes - you can find these by using the “search this forum” feature at the top right of the list of threads.</p>
<p>I just bumped a fairly recent one for you (it should show up right above this thread) - looks like it has several links to click on to see sample resumes/formats. </p>
<p>Break a leg!</p>
<p>thank you :D</p>
<p>I just worked the auditions for a regional theater company doing a musical here in So Cal. Many of the actors were equity with a lot of credits. The majority had colored headshots with their name in the border. Every one of them had a separate resume stapled back to back with the headshot. </p>
<p>This is also what my daughter does. We do not spend a fortune of headshots. We have photo-student friend do them and then print them at Kinkos. That way we can update the photos more often as her look changes- which is frequently!</p>
<p>Kiddo is going to get senior pics done soon and the studio is also willing to do a new headshot (hers was last done when she was 14…) for college auditions. Am wondering what’s the current “trend” – serious vs smiling, horizontal (have seen a few of those) vs vertical, close-cropped vs more head and shoulders, etc?!? Hoping these will last her a few years through college admissions and some auditions… Clothing recommendations? Solid color still a good bet? She has the option to purchase reproduction rights for 2 (or more…) pics – serious and smiling? Head and body shot? Ideas?</p>