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New shots of me on the tail-end of this photo set. I'm considering using one or two of them as a current headshot. Lemme know here or there which ones you like, please?


*The date is for November 1st so this blog stays up top long enough for YOU to weigh in on the fo-toze.

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I'm learning through this daily photo project of mine that not every photo is going to be a masterpiece. Not every photo can be a masterpiece. In fact, most of them are going to be disasters at best and boring at worst. The people who seem like they're cranking out masterpiece after masterpiece spend a lot of time laying big, fat, turdy duds. They just don't show the good stuff until it's ready.

I've chosen to show the good and bad. All too often all we see is the good. In today's media, everyone glitters, with every hair intact and not a pimple in sight. Even "wardrobe malfunctions" are calculated for maximum press coverage. No one wants to show the messy side. No one wants to show that they're human.

Because we never see human beings in the media, we come to expect that every public face will be a perfect one. The truth is, those people have an army of stylists to shellack their hair in place, and a dermatologist standing by with a big, fat needle full of cortisone to attack any and all pimples. Being perfect takes a lot of work.

So here I am. I'm showing the work. Maybe it's not as much fun for you, the viewer, but it is educational. Watch and learn, and maybe celebrate with me when I manage to stumble onto a masterpiece.

I am picky.

I'm trying to get my most recent headshots printed. Spotlight Printing has really good prices, and they offer to do touch-ups as part of the printing cost. Sweet!

Well, I've rejected their emailed proof twice now because it's not what I want. My hair is slightly blue on top, and I know that it's because of some tint the photographer's camera added, but there must be some way to isolate that and take the blue tones out of it. I'm not a regular Photoshop user, but it's so fancy and complicated that there must be a way to do that. If they can't fix it, I might have to get new headshots entirely.

It wouldn't be such a big deal if the only thing I was auditioning for was theatre. But bookings can sometimes occur from a headshot only, and I don't want to get rejected because they think my hair is blue. "Oh, hey! This one's nice. Oh. No. Wait. She has blue hair. REJECT!"

Maybe I should just change them to black and white and leave it at that. I really like them in color, though. My skin looks great. Grrr...

Aaaaand I just got an email from the printer saying they won't know whether or not they can take out the blue until the picture is on the printing press. Which I would have to pay for no matter what, even if it wasn't what I wanted.

Aaaaaand I had an epiphany. I might have to re-shoot with dyed hair if the grey in my hair causes funky colors on digital film.

Aaaaaand if the above is the case then I'm out $300 for the photog session and makeup. Yuck.

Or I could just suck it up, make them black and white, and vow to get new shots with dyed hair in a few months. I could call these my "foot in the door" shots. The next ones would be my "whole body in the door" shots.

Aaaaaand I'm going to shut up now.

One more thing.

Judge for yourselves:



Does my blue hair bother you?



Am I still striking in b&w?

Am I ever going to SHUT UP??