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Model

The Red Menace

Posts: 26

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

My MM porfolio is a really mixed bag (built without money) but I'm heading to hawk myself to some acting/performers agents soon and wondering what I really need to make sure I have in my portfolio. I'm a trained opera singer and actor (Bachelors Degree from Australia in both) and looking to get more work doing both these things.

Which images should I bring with me and what else should I try to put together before I show up?

Any feedback would be appreciated smile

* Note- already working on show reel of my singing.

Mar 04 14 07:40 am Link

Photographer

AJ_In_Atlanta

Posts: 13053

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Clean beauty shot, less processed than what you have now.

twocents

Mar 04 14 07:51 am Link

Model

The Red Menace

Posts: 26

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cheers smile

Mar 04 14 07:57 am Link

Photographer

SoftLights

Posts: 5426

New Orleans, Louisiana, US

AJScalzitti wrote:
Clean beauty shot, less processed than what you have now.

twocents

Agree. Maybe some plain old strait ahead, uncluttered, full length, no makeup polaroid type shots. You have some very nice work but in some you seem to get lost in all the other details that draw attention away from you.

My .02 cents of course smile

Mar 04 14 08:02 am Link

Photographer

Lee_Photography

Posts: 9863

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Well as your name implies “The Red Menace", would love to see a studio style headshot highlighting your beautiful red locks of hair

Mar 04 14 04:28 pm Link

Model

The Red Menace

Posts: 26

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

OK- great stuff.

What I'm hearing is that I need some more plain studio, no cowbell shots that just show me pared down to the essentials as it were smile

I have a shoot next week where I might be able to make sure I get some stuff like that. Thanks for the feedback.

Anything else that actors and performers specifically need? Any shots that you thin are particularly good for what I'm trying for?

Mar 05 14 02:26 am Link

Photographer

Howard Tarragon

Posts: 673

New York, New York, US

The 1st row type would be good (without the bare breasts). Number 6 is good, First 3 of row 3 are good.

Show your face, your red hair and your figure clothed, and your good!

You're beautiful, no worries!

Mar 05 14 02:19 pm Link

Model

The Red Menace

Posts: 26

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Great feedback and thanks very much smile Yeah- this port is a mix of nudes and I do like art nude work, I'm just not going to try to do that through an agency smile

Luckily I have permission from the photographer to crop my breasts out of the black and white in the first row (3) which I think will make it a very useable picture for more commercial stuff.

Thanks for the compliment and for the feedback smile

Mar 11 14 07:24 am Link