How Often Should I Update My Kid's Headshots?

I often have parents asking me when they should update their kids headshots.  Six months, nine months, a year?  Honestly this can vary with young actors.  There are a few things to take into consideration when answering this question.

The MOST important time to update your kids headshots is when they look different.  Have their teeth changed?  Have they grown three inches?  Do they have a different hair cut or hair style?  Has their face filled out?  Do they look like their headshot?  Is their face fuller, older, thinner? Do they have braces now? The basic question you should ask yourself is "Will the casting director meet the exact actor they see in the headshot?"
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Kids go thru growth spurts and change quickly so they have to update their headshots more often then an adult actor.  Adults sometimes wait two to three years between headshot sessions.  But a child actor can change in appearance rapidly, so a kids headshot should be updated more often.  Consider the difference in appearance between the age of ten and thirteen years.    Usually the younger the child the more obvious the changes in their appearance. 
Kids headshots should be updated more often the adult headshots.  Typically a child may need to update their headshot every six months to one year.

Again the younger the actor the more often you need to update the shots.  A baby looks completely different from age 3 months to 9 months.  That's why most talent agents are willing to accept non-professional headshots or photos for babies.  Casting directors want to see what the child looks like right now and know that is who they are bringing in for the acting audition.  If Disney or Nickelodeon casting is seeking a baby to play two years old and your child has headshots from one year ago, they will most likely miss that opportunity to get called in for an audition.  And if they do get called in you will greatly disappoint the casting director!
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Teenage headshots

Another thing to consider is if the headshot has gone stale or if things have slowed down.  I have observed that my most successful clients do not wait to get an updated headshot.  This includes both celebrity child actors, celebrity teen actors and also the working child actors who stay busy booking commercials and TV roles, but you may not recognize them yet.  When there is a pause in auditions or things have slowed down a little bit, they are on it and updating those headshots.  You have to realize that casting may see the photo day in and day out for months at a time.
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Remember that children's headshots and actors headshots are a tool...a promotional tool.  We all know about Honda, Nike, State Farm and Geico but they don't stop promoting to us.  Otherwise we slowly forget about them or don't think about them when we are shopping for new insurance or their products.  And if we saw the same commercial for 1 year we would be a little sick of it.  It can be the same in casting TV and commercials.

When  you are ready to update your children's headshots contact Robin Lorraine Photography.  Specializing in kids headshots, teen headshots and child models and actors. Contact Robin Lorraine Photography for your kids next headshot session @ 213. 247. 5817 or email: robin@robinlorraine.com

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what's casting now!


Currently the TV episodic season is casting and casting directors are seeking child actors of all types for roles.  Comedy, drama, dramedy, medical drama's, investigation series, cop shows and the list goes on.  

Some television shows start casting in June, but by Aug, Sept TV casting is in full swing.    This is when they cast co-stars, guest stars and recurring roles for the different televisions shows that are airing. 

There is casting for the kids networks like Disney and Nickelodeon, as well as all of the other shows that you see on the big networks like CBS, NBC etc.  In addition there is Showtime, HBO, Hulu, Netflix and even Amazon has shows that are casting teen and child actors. 

Casting director Carol Liam gives some wonderful tips in this article.  At the very top of her list of recommendations to prepare for episodic season casting is " Update and upload your new headshots"!!  Read the full article here Backstage magazine and then get busy and schedule your headshot session! 

Contact Robin Lorraine Photography for your kids next headshot session @ 323. 466. 0585 or email: robin@robinlorraine.com


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look who's booking! Commercials and TV roles!

It's always a joy to hear good news and in the business of acting a booking is GREAT NEWS!  If you're children are actors then that means they go to a lot of auditions.  If they are a model they go to a lot of "go see's".   It's part of the job of a child model or child actor or any actor for that matter to go on interviews or auditions very regularly. 

Getting an audition is a win.  And getting the callback is a bigger win.  But when you book the job you may just hear a "WHOOHOO!", across town.  That's because not only is the actor thrilled, but your agent, manager and parents are just as thrilled.  And they cheer and rave along with you and your child actor.

So here's a big "WHOOHOO" to some of my headshot clients who recently booked a commercial or TV show or performance!

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Children's headshots
Adorable Adam is on fire and has booked 3 national commercials with this headshot!  Just fabulous!

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Jonathon's acting headshot is definitely working!  He just booked his 2nd commercial!
Jonathon booked a national commercial last month for Whirlpool and then this month he booked a commercial for JG Wentworth! 

Actor Oliver Alvarez just booked a commercial for Direct TV!

This month my son Oliver booked a job for the feature film "Sinister 2" working at Comic Con as one of the evil twins.  And as he was on his way to work at Comic Con, he got the news that he booked a very funny commercial for Direct TV! 

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A theatrical kids acting headshot for TV and film auditions.

Adorable little Wyatt will be seen as a recurring character on the ever popular show "Pretty Little Liars"!  

A big congratulations to these 4 actors!  And when your child or teen needs headshots that get you in the door for those coveted castings...contact me to book your headshot session.  

Contact Robin Lorraine Photography for children's headshots and or child modeling photos.  If you're kids have a talent agent I will shoot any of their request.  If your child does not yet have a modeling or talent agent we will shoot a range of photos which will capture the talent agents eye.

                     email: robin@robinlorraine.com  website:http://www.robinlorraine.com
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