Headshot hell
This fall I had a heck of a time creating a headshot for an article that was coming out in a magazine this month. I just got it in the mail yesterday.
I have no idea why I can’t simply go to a silly studio and take some professional shots of me looking like a professional copywriter. My ex-boyfriend took these pictures at his campus studio after we broke up. I’ve been told that the one I use for this blog (on the right column) looks like Trixie McGee or someone.
So, I wouldn’t go to the studio to take a professional photograph for $70, but I did just commission a little cartoon of myself for $80! I haven’t figured out what to do with it yet, and my dad says it looks like Hillary Clinton. A different ex-boyfriend says she looks too skinny to be me (thanks, Drew). D.J. enjoyed some of the anatomical incorrectness of the first version (on right). My friend Erin said she looked like she was doing the peepee dance.
I asked the artist to take out the curves and put her in a suit.
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D.J. on 22 Jan 2008 at 5:26 pm #
I still dig the one on the right.
D.J.
"C" on 25 Jan 2008 at 6:24 am #
Is the hair darker on the suited Beth? I like it! One (stupid or not realistic?) idea is to call the Chamber of Commerce and ask if any NEW photographers have joined and are looking for new biz. THEN propose you will document the experience on your blog and see if you can get a discount.