Theatrical :

1.

2.

3.

Commercial :

1.

2.

3.

From what I'm getting from your photos, this photographer might not specialize in headshots. If he did, he would have given you much better backgrounds and angles to work with. However, out of these I like #2 theatrical and #1 commercial. The bad thing is these shots are extremely similar except for the smile.

Why the others don't work:
theatrical #1 reminds me of senior portraits in high school. I wouldn't suggest the white background in Theatrical #3 especially when you are already wearing a white shirt. Also, I am not a huge fan of the angle.

Commercial 2 and 3 aren't bad but 3 has too much body. Now that I think about it you should probably use theatrical 2 and commercial 2 to have some diversity with clothing, backgrounds and angles.


Best of luck!

I pretty much agree. I would like to know if you HAVE to use any of these or can you get more done?

If you HAVE to, I would like to know if you have number 1. commercial shot uncropped and unretouched as all of these shots are too airbrushed. Also, the cropping of this shot could save it if you need it in a jam. The way it is now, your eyes are nearly in the center of the page and many effective headshots are cropped/shot so that the eyes are in the top third of the frame, thus attracting the viewer's attention more effectively. So, please post the raw, uncropped proof of that shot as I want to try something with it.

The good news is YOU are lovely and what a great smile and energy in those smiling shots!

Finally and so sorry but there is no energy in the theatrical shots and so none of those are usable.

Find someone else who can bring out the lovely YOU as you are gorgeous. WOW.

I agree Miss Stone, I see too much photoshop as well. I'm actually confused as to why they decided to do that, I don't have terrible skin or anything, I mean occasional breakouts but nothing too bad.

Also, here's the picture without the cropping:





Also, thank you both for the constructive criticism ! I have taken them into consideration and am already saving up for new/better headshots.

I meant the commercial shot with no cropping.

if we had to pick from these, i'd go with 2 and 2.

i really like the commercial 2! it's my fave of the bunch. it just seems like a real, fun expression, great angle and wardrobe. really like it.

thea 1 looks like a bad school photo and thea 3 just isn't good at all. boring, flat.

comm 1 and 3 are pretty, but they aren't headshots.

thea 2 isn't a great shot either, but if we had to pick... and again, i really like comm 2!

You are gorgeous but your photos do not show that off.

I agree with the above. Weird angles, dull backgrounds, bad lighting.

I think you can do much much better!

I agree with the above.

You are beautiful, but these are snapshots. If you get legit headshots from a competent photographer, you will be very, very happy!

Good luck!

Ron

You have a beautiful mouth and a good photographer would have showcased those lips in a great headshot.

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Originally posted by miss stone:
I meant the commercial shot with no cropping.

I can't find that picture not cropped, sorry. Thank you for your feedback though, I really appreciate it.

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Originally posted by AmantDeVie:

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Originally posted by miss stone:
I meant the commercial shot with no cropping.

I can't find that picture not cropped, sorry. Thank you for your feedback though, I really appreciate it.

You are welcome. Plese do get some new shots that do you justice as I know you would be a knock-out with the right shots- as you already are!!

My favorites are Theatrical 2 and Commercial 2.

With that said I think you can do better than these. The angles are a little odd, and there's a bit too much retouching. You are beautiful by the way.