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Your 2 hour shoot includes:On your web page, you can also choose to retouch, design your headshot with a variety of borders and fonts, crop, and order single prints and/or multiple copies. You may also order enlarged contact sheets of your favorites for easy visual reference. They're pretty handy to carry around and your images are pictured much larger than the old fashioned contact sheets! The rebate is great!! I shot a person from Julliard one month, and the next month he sent me all his classmates - so he made $50 for each and every person...YOWZA!! We don't use flash here! After modeling with Ford for 12 years, I've learned it's just too darned hard to time your "look" to the flash and stay natural. With flash, your eyes become hesitant, posed, tired, dead, stilted and Stepford wifey - exactly the opposite of what you want in a headshot! Your eyes will attract a lot more attention from agents and casting directors, when they are doing something, when they are communicating - when they are alive, approachable, spontaneous and full of light! The easiest way for us to achieve that is to shoot with natural light ! (It's also not necessary to spend extra money on a makeup artist whose main job is to combat that "jarring flash"!) Collaboration Paragraph: You and I will spend about the first 1/2 hour talking about how you'd like the shoot to go (ie., defining a "commercial" and "legit" shot, deciding which clothes work best for you...) So if you learn something new by the day of the shoot, we'll always have time to discuss it. We'll also meet Mr. Hair Mirror and Mrs. Face Mirror to address your concerns. Oh, what a joy! The Human Interest Paragraph: Nobody comes in here saying "I just can't wait to get my headshots done!". Sooo here are a few things that will make things go easier, and we actually do have fun!
One of the reasons I'm working so hard is because all
my business comes from recommendations by agents, casting directors,
managers... and clients like you! (Thank You!) What's good about that
is it's proof that my work is working out there, and that I get direct-up-to-date
feedback on what works best! Three of the most V.I.P. things that
they like in my shots are : 1) You look like yourself! An obvious, but
a usually overlooked point. 2) There's life, movement and a kind of
3-dimensionality in your shots, almost as if they were taken from an
actual movie, and 3) Your EYES, EYES, EYES!
They're full of warmth, aliveness and light! You then become expressive,
communicative and approachable! That is exactly what you want in a headshot!!
You'll see more of how we get that in my video extraordinaire. Retouching: Because of the way I shoot, most people
choose not to retouch. However, it is totally up to you! You can do
in all online thru your webpage, or sit down with some folks I can recommend
and do it one on one. However, the way I shoot is is very forgiving
and hence, more economical should you choose not to retouch! * Reshoots are $200, barring haircuts, or going in a totally different direction than what was discussed at the initial shoot. * Tax is $17.25 on the first installment payment of $200, therefore please make the first check out to Jinsey Dauk Photography, Inc. for $217.25. Total tax paid for the $650 shoot is $56.06. * No Refunds * $25 charge for bad checks *Although I am happy to give you recommendations, you are solely responsible for your choice of makeup artists. The makeup is to be applied outside of the studio (i.e. @ the makeup artists studio, your apartment...) This is a good guide sheet. In other words, if you see other photographers, make sure they answer every question I've answered for you here. By scheduling a headshot session, you are agreeing to all the terms of this info sheet. So Please Read Carefully! P.S.: A little tidbit: When I was in the eighth grade, my neighbor was in the hospital and I wanted to give her something to make her feel better. Her 5 year old son was over playing and I grabbed my Mom's camera and took these wonderful photos of him - full of life, full of spirit, full of fun! His mom loved 'em and I haven't put the camera down since. By having my own portrait photography biz throughout junior high and high school, and by teaching photography in college, it eventually led me to modeling, and acting. (50 commercials since '84.) The combination of being smack dab in the middle of the acting biz coupled with what the kids taught me about shooting people (i.e. the importance of life and spontaneity in a great portrait...) has all led me to that wonderful wacky world of HEADSHOT PHOTOGRAPHY. It's hard to believe I've been doing this since 1985 but you know what they say... "Time flies when you're having FUN!!!" 
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