I am a new actor to the LA Market and I am working on getting headhots and I have a couple of qustions to ask regarding this. Which photographer should I use? Who should I use for duplication? Who should I use for touchups? Should I have seperate commercial and theatrical headshots? Should I do commercial print? Will I need a portfolio? Will I need comp or zed cards?

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And to answer the rest of your questions:

-If you want to get touchups, reproductions, etc., you can go to top ranked places like Argentum, Reproductions, Paragon just to name a few.

-Yes you should have headshots that you use for commercials and other headshots for theatrical. Sometimes you can use your commercial headshots for theatrical, but not the theatrical for commercials.

-What do you look like? It's your choice if you want to do commercial print. It's good short term money. Most commercial agents handle commercials, industrials, and commercial print.

However, there are no unions for commercial print so you can actually have more than one commercial print agent, granted that you don't sign some exclusivity agreement. Of course give the commission to whomever notified you of the audition first.

A commercial headshot is fine when starting out for commercial print. Over time, you can put together a comp card. You can also join model mayhem or look for budding photographers who will trade for print. Even at commercial print auditions, I hardly ever see people with comp cards these days.

Thank you so much for answering my questions. Your advice was very helpful.

Be sure to check out both Argentum and Reproductions for not only an extensive list of professional photographers in LA but exceptional printing. I've used both extensively in the past.

Good luck!