Casting headshots follow their own conventions — tighter crop, natural styling, an expression that reads instantly at thumbnail size in a submission list.
We shoot multiple looks in one session so you have options for different roles.
Photographed by Moorman Photographics, a locally owned studio on 16th Street North in Saint Petersburg, working across Tampa Bay for over thirty years.
What a casting headshot has to do
It has to survive being one thumbnail in a grid of two hundred. That means a tighter crop than a corporate headshot, natural styling, and an expression that reads instantly rather than rewarding a long look.
It also has to look like you walking into the room. A headshot that oversells is the fastest way to waste everybody's afternoon.
Several looks in one sitting
Most actors need more than one image: something warm and open, something with more edge, and often a commercial look that reads friendly and approachable.
Wardrobe changes and a background change are usually enough to make those genuinely different rather than the same frame in two shirts.
What to bring
- Three or four tops in solid colours, cut close — bulky clothing reads as bulk at thumbnail size.
- Whatever you actually get called in for. If you read younger, dress the way those characters dress.
- Minimal, natural styling; heavy makeup photographs heavier than it looks in the mirror.
