First, if you are going to flag this then tell me why first please.
That's right, only $40. Why, because like you, I'm an actor and I decided that I was not going to spend hundreds on headshots. Save your money and use it at a place like Reproductions for retouching or prints. Besides, you want a place like that to do your touch-ups.
I am located in Upper Manhattan on the A train line in a nice safe neighborhood right next to Fort Tryon Park about 25 minutes from 59th street. This is what you get...
1 hour in my home set up. I use a 12 megapixel digital slr camera, a basic black or light colored background and of course lighting. I use a basic two light set up, 1 softbox and 1 umbrella stand. Pictures will be in both jpeg (for your website/email) and RAW format (for the print shops). After the session I'll load the pics on my laptop, you chose the ones you like and burn as many as you want that will fit on a cd. You can also bring along your own laptop if you wish and I'll just load the entire session to your pc.
I'm getting ready to update my own headshot so here is a link to some of the test shots I did for my site. All except for the last two were shot as jpeg (as they are for the web) and have not been touched up. The last two are the images that I am currently using and have had some minor retouching...
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