A headshot is what introduces you to any casting director, agent, manager, or person who sees it. Your headshot is the first piece of you that these people get a glimpse of and it is very important to make sure that they portray who you are. A headshot is the stepping-stone to getting called in to audition for the part and get booked. Headshots, for this reason, have to have a lot to do with who you are, and must capture your best qualities.

Although these headshots are very important, it is not always important to have a professional take them. It can be very expensive to get professionally done headshots and they sometimes have to get done over again for whatever reason. These days, it is not atypical to have a friend or a family member take your pictures for you. As long as they look professional in the quality and if they layout is correct, people wont be able to tell the difference.

The most important factors in getting your headshots taken are remembering that they have to look like you, they have to allow your personality to get through, and they must be diverse enough to allow you to go out for a multitude of parts. Make sure, whether you get them done professionally or by a friend, that you look for these qualities. A tip is to look at the headshots of some actors that you look like or admire and try to take their advice on how to model your own headshots.

A headshot can make or break an actor so it is extremely crucial that they are up to the standards of the industry, but the most important thing is that you like them and you like how you look.