“Get the Huh!”
Quite simply, when an agent or casting director is flipping through
stacks and stacks of headshots, (or browsing through on-line
submissions) each picture gets looked at for about half a second.
You need yours to stand out. You need to get them interested
enough to flip to the other side and read your resume. You need
to get them to look at your picture for an extra second, and put it
in the "call" pile. To get the "Huh." As in, "Huh, interesting." "Huh,
this person intrigues me." "Huh, I'm going to call them in!"
The scene plays like this:
Casting Director at desk. Flipping through headshots. Sees one.
Flip. Sees another. Flip. Sees yours, stops for a second. "Huh,"
they think. And they put you in the "call" pile.
That's what we want. We want you to get the "huh."
Same things goes for your publicity photos. We want people
looking through piles of postcards on a table - looking, looking,
looking, then suddenly stop and say, "Huh. This looks like a great
show." And pick up yours. We want people to see your publicity
picture in the paper and think, "Huh. Let's go to this show on
Saturday night!"
Get the huh!
Every picture I take, whether it be a headshot or a publicity photo
is designed to "Get the Huh!"
This is an expression I created while explaining the goal of my
photography.
What does it mean?
I describe my photography this way:
"Interesting headshots for interesting actors" and
"Dynamic pictures captured during your performance"
Be interesting. Be dynamic. And I will capture it for you!
How can I get it?
All content and images copyright Tracey B Wilson and T Wilson Photography 2003-2008
