What is the best way to take a good headshot?

[prsamiul22]

What do you look for in a photographer and what are the most important things to you, when taking a headshot?

 

[d00d]

what are the most important things to you, when taking a headshot?

... to get something different, a shot that brings out something in your model's personality, a candid off-balance portrait.

give her time to look good, smile, cheese, whatever, then gun it! on silent shutter, 100 shots, choose 1 bin the rest, repeat.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

What do you look for in a photographer and what are the most important things to you, when taking a headshot?

As with all photography, it depends on what you are aiming to achieve.

A passport picture or a police record are aiming for as neutral an image as possible. A picture for an actor's portfolio is intended to make the subject look as attractive (in terms of suitability for a role) as possible. A picture for a magazine or newspaper article is there to make the subject as representative of the article as possible.

So first of all, define your picture's purpose and then you can zero in on what it should look like...

 

[prsamiul22]

@d00d and @AndrewFlannigan​

Thank you so much for your tips.