<!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Times New Roman”; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:”"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:”"; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> An actors headshot is a must have for all those who are actors or hope to become actors. A headshot is a photograph usually from the shoulders up and is only the head and shoulders. The headshot has to truly capture your look in a great way, yet in a natural way. I speak to casting directors all the time and one of their real bug-bears is when an actors headshots that looks nothing like the actual person. Usually a headshot is a 10×8 black & white although colour is becomming more commonplace. Why is the industry standard black and white? It’s simple really. It’s a great way of judging lots of different faces, characters in a basic way so they are all standardised. Colour shots can be dominated by skin tones and hair colours that look nothing like the person in real-life. At least with black & white there are no presumptions and expectations and therefore disappointments when an actor turns up with red hair that appeared brown in the headshot