 Hi you guys, welcome back to my channel. I feel like I haven't filmed in forever But I've been seeing a lot of videos the last few months of youtubers rating different things I was looking through a bunch of photos and I realized how many headshots I have throughout the years and some of them are pretty good and then some of them are really bad So I thought it'd be so much fun to rate my old headshots and I will tag every photographer that I've worked with Most of my headshots. I've actually gotten for free because I did something called TFP Which I used to do all of the time and if you're new I would definitely recommend that accept You know right now being really careful because of COVID, but yeah, let's let's rate my headshots I do want to say that a few of these that are trade, you know TFP trade for photos We didn't know what we were doing. So even though they are really talented photographers, you know for fashion or I don't know just different kinds of photographers We didn't know necessarily how to make actor headshots because actor headshots are very specific There's a lot of things that go into a good headshot, but I'm just going to rate the ones that I have No disrespect or anything to the photographers that I worked with because at the time I like these photos and throughout the video I'm going to tell you why I do like them and just little things in case you are an actor an aspiring actor or Never really know which photos to choose when you get headshots done I'm going to tell you like my thought process as to why I do like these or I don't like them here So that I would did this and then who I Went with so I'm going to tell you which ones I actually paid for and then which ones I collaborated with and just tell you a Little bit in general about these headshots. By the way, my name is Belhika if you've never been to my channel I'm an actress and I make acting related videos all of the time all kinds of videos So if you have any questions about acting that I might be able to answer I also have lots of videos and if I don't know something That you asked me then we can investigate it together and I can make a video about it So leave me a comment tell me you're here and subscribe if you want to so my tears are at the top I put booked even though it looks like the roar should be at the top because it's red I don't know I put booked like I know I booked a job with that callback. I might have gotten a callback for it It looks like me Just a photo that at least looks like me. So good job on putting it on my casting networks accounts Social media post is like it should have just been a social media post It should not have been used as a headshot and then don't submit means just don't don't don't put it anywhere Don't submit it to an audition. Don't put it on social media. Just delete it though. These photographers are talented I love them some of these are from years and years ago So they might have gotten so much better Everybody has a different style of photography that they like so this is just my opinions I Everybody that I've worked with I have liked working with them And I have a relationship still with most of these people and also Most of these headshots were taken by different people So I tried to not get duplicates as far as the photographers So the first one this one I this one I know was for sure a trade for photo I remember doing a photo shoot We actually worked with a stylist that time and we were taking photos for the stylist website But also for the photographers portfolio. So they weren't at all meant to be headshots. I just made it a headshot by Putting it on my backstage casting and at the time SF casting I would say Maybe I got a callback It's a little distracting in general and the background the bricks are very much fake and it's just too distracting I would not use this today. My skin looks perfect and I don't like to look perfect in my headshots I like to look as much as I like I do in real life like I do when they see me in person So they're booking, you know, the right person the person that looks like the photo So this one I just look a little too perfect as far as my skin and you know general I don't think I should have used it for my Actor headshots, but I did and I'm pretty sure I got some kind of callback from it This next one is from a photographer that I have worked with a lot of times. It's Justin and I've known him for a long time and this one I My hair is a little bit messy. The you know, the lighting isn't as great I know we were doing an outdoor shoot and the necklace is a little distracting So I wouldn't have used that necklace But again, I'm sure I got a callback from it because I definitely had this picture on my casting networks account for a while So it's an okay photo. It looks like me. It's not perfect at all. So I would say maybe callback This other one I love even though it's really distracting. I'm gonna put it in booked This one is from Lawrence. He's another friend of mine that's been friends for years and years and I know him because of theater in the Bay Area and That picture is just it's a nice smile. It shows action personality It's that blue bottle which blue bottle is one of my favorite chain coffee shops But that one is just it has a nice energy to it a genuine smile and this one I know for sure I booked something off of it because I had that one for the longest time on my websites my casting websites and I Just really like the energy of that one even though it's not a traditional headshot I'm sure I booked some kind of commercial. This one is recent this one Oh, yeah, that a last one was probably from 2018 and this one is from 2020 July 2020 this one is super recent and Well, I mean not super recent. It's now January of 2021. It's the most recent one that I have It's the one that it looked like the most although I did get new glasses So I still own those glasses, but it's not the ones that I wear all of the time. This one isn't over edited I think it looks like me. It's the same length here. I have now I'm wearing my favorite fabric, which is denim so booked I'm currently have this photo and all of my headshot truck photos on all of my casting websites And they're great and I use them for bookings and my agents use them for bookings. So I love that headshot this next one was probably from 2017 or 18 I'm gonna put it on callback Even though it's I don't love the facial expression and it looks okay If somebody was booking me for something maybe a little bit more dramatic or detective-esque that world of you know Not commercial It's an okay headshot the photographer is a great photographer. His name is Robert Silver my agency Marla Dell talent I don't know if they still do but When the last time I visited their offices a couple of years ago They had this photographers business card at their offices as one of the photographers that they do Ask people or suggest to for people to take headshots with and that's actually how I paid for my headshots The first time I had Ben Krantz and I know yeah, I have his head shot that he did for me right here I'm gonna put it on booked because I use that picture for a few years my agency asked me to Use them. Well, they suggested I use them once I signed with my agency They said we want new headshots the headshots that you have I just not what we're looking for and the they also wanted full-body shots for commercials and stuff like that So they asked me to go or suggested for me to go with Ben Krantz and I remember I paid $350 I don't remember if it was timed But we got a couple of good headshots They told me that I should wear this color that it would look nice with my skin tone So although I don't think it looks terribly like me, you know too much like me. It was still a good photo I liked it looks professional. So I know for sure I booked some commercial got jobs from this headshot There this other one there was a period of time that My hair was red. I don't know if you can tell that much in this photo But again Justin the same person that did this other one over here He took these headshots after I dyed my hair red and this is a shirt that I Get asked to wear all of the time whenever they want you to bring your own wardrobe and it's some kind of tech commercial They always ask me for this one. So This one is fine. Again, it looks like me I had my red hair, which I wanted to show people when I was submitting to bookings To casting calls that I had red hair. So I'll say call back I'm surprised we haven't gotten any like don't submit Let's let's do one from way early. So this picture This must have been in 2009 or 2010 I remember this was a trade for photo You know, this one wasn't such a great experience because I was really young I didn't know what I was doing It took me over a year to get this picture back and you can see that, you know I'm not dressed really for headshots And I don't know what that pose was he photoshopped the flower onto my head. I'm just gonna say I I posted it on social media. I thought I look cute at the time. So that was a social media post. I Probably had it on my backstage back in those days because I needed a photo But today I would not if I took that same photo today looking Like that with you know, straight hair and that outfit. I mean the hair is fine. The hair is fine But I would not put that on my social media. Um, sorry, I would not put that on my casting Accounts at all. This picture is from LA Casting's Free headshot session. So they're called Studio sessions and I did a whole video about that and it's essentially a 15 minute headshot photo shoot for free If you are a premium member But I have a video on it with all of the details and this one I'm gonna say call back because um, I I did I think I did bad in not putting on a little bit more makeup or you know posing a little bit better because On the side over here You can see there's like, I don't know. So well, I have a vein I always wear makeup But I have a vein that I've had forever when I was little people used to ask my mom if like I fell down Or people used to ask me if I got like punched in the face, but my veins under my eyes Often show so you can definitely tell in this one. Um, I should have just put on a little bit more makeup I definitely use this as a photo to submit to work But um, I'm not in love with it and I should have chosen a better shirt even though I thought okay black I can use it for a lot of different things Um in retrospect, maybe I shouldn't have used black because it's not it's not as fun and yeah I just I'm okay about it when I first got them. I was very excited about the head shots now. It's you know It's like man. This one is from 2017 I believe and I'm gonna say it looks like me because it does look like me and I don't know what I was doing posing in front of the water for a headshot I remember that this was also a trade shoot So the photographer actually took our Christmas photos and my head shots the same day. Um Yeah, that's not a good headshot pose I wouldn't say and in front of the water and then the lighting the harsh lighting really darker on one side and light on the other I would say it looks like me. So if I was submitting to a job and they needed to see what I look like that day This one would have been a good photo, but definitely not headshot status Okay, this other one. It was probably 2010 and um Social media post this is another trade shoot And you know what the other photo is also from the same day the same photographer and I know for a fact I printed both of these so that I can use them to go on auditions for theater No, I shouldn't have done it. I should have just thought I look cute so posted it on facebook or instagram I just I just look kind of cute, but it's not a headshot Don't use it for headshots the first one. I I don't know like the hair is covering a lot of my face I don't know that you should hold pose like that for headshots And then the other one the reason I know the reason why I use this one as a headshot And it's because I have a blazer on so I wanted to go for the tech commercials and that kind of thing Whatever kind of editing that they did Um washed over my face So it's it's highly filtered and it's not great because for the purposes that I wanted it for Because it doesn't really show what my skin looks like if somebody wanted to book me for some kind of skincare commercial Then they would have said hey, can you just do a quick photo with your cell phone so we can know what your skin looks like? Because it's blown out here this one I'm just going to put it in don't submit like don't even put it on social media even though I I think I look fine Um It looks highly edited. Uh, it's black and white first of all so definitely not your head shot should not be black and white It doesn't really look like me. Maybe it did at the time I definitely have some baby fat back then and I feel like I have a little bit right now too I would just say just don't just don't do it Don't put it on social media and advertises as your head shot or anything So that was probably 2009 2010 This other one again, I don't know why I'm posing like that and my armpit is shown I would not don't submit don't even pretend it's a head shot Why am I laying down for my head shot again? This was uh, this photographer was for a trade shoot the way I found a lot of these photographers were through facebook groups So there are facebook groups for photographers slash models slash actors filmmakers Just there's all kinds of um Groups on facebook and you can meet different people there and I have met some really cool really talented people that I'm still friends with today, but um, there's also some you know Maybe one day I'll tell you some of my creepy stories. Thankfully. I've only had like two or three um one really bad one, but um Yeah, but this this was for a trade shoe and it was like hey, I need to practice my photography Skills and then I was like cool. I need head shots. We can get some photos of you know, fashion or whatever kind of Photography that you are interested in if you want it to be like action or modeling or Whatever it is and then we can take some time to take some head shots Um, yeah, these aren't so great. Um, this one is from 2012 and I would say social media posts because again Why is my armpit in this picture again? Generally, I would say don't have your armpit in your head shots This one was taken in oakland. I remember in lake merritt. There's a bonsai rose garden something like that and um, we went and took a bunch of photos and we took some good photos this day This was 2012 was a trade shoot again with a female photographer and we took some cool photos that day It's just I shouldn't have used this as a uh submitting So all of these photos at one point another I submitted to something with this one I I wish I could have seen the face of the person who received it as an acting submission This one is lorenz. Um, I'm gonna say booked. So this one is the same as the first one Um, my friend lorenz from theater. Actually, it was the same day. Yeah, this is one of the ones that was doubled I think I look fine And it looks like me and it doesn't look over edited or too perfect. Maybe I cropped it a little bit when I Um printed it to take two auditions back then in 2000 that one probably 2017 or 18 well here a couple from my red hair days. So I remember that spring I want to say was spring or summer time where I actually did a hair show So they paid me around $300 for I think it was two days They're like we can do whatever we want to your hair and then you were allowed to give them a little bit of feedback Like I won't go I won't have a buzz cut and I told them I'm willing to go to for natural colors like naturally existing in Humids like reds browns blonde black that kind of thing and I told them I'd be willing to do up to a long bob So, um, that's exactly what they did. They dyed my hair red and then they uh They cut it. Um, this one I'm gonna put in call back. Um, this one my friend George took of me He's a great photographer. I have a lot of really cool Um photos that he took of me an auto ask photos of me a couple of years ago I've done a film with him a short film. It was for his senior project in San Francisco And um, yeah, I posted about it not too long ago in November. So he's super talented um Yeah, that one is an okay photo it shows that my hair is red. So I probably Got a call back from posting it. This one is from Shane Izakowski and he's a great friend of mine He's taken a few of my head shots. This one. I really liked. I definitely printed it out. I definitely put it on all my Um submission websites and it showed my hair. Um, it doesn't show me, you know, my skin too perfect I don't think he added it too much other than um, you know the basic colors and tones and brightness and that kind of thing but I most likely booked something from it because You know shows a little bit of expression. It looks like me and Again, I'm wearing denim. I love. Oh my gosh. I'm wearing denim in so many of these Um, oh whoops. Okay. Here's the other one that I doubled definitely booked something from it. Um This was the same day in a different location. We're walking around San Francisco near Dolores Park. Um, this last one, um I'm gonna put in don't submit again It was when I just had my hair red and that the waviness of my hair was natural This day, I remember my friend jasmine had gotten the newest iphone at the time. This must have been 2017 or 18 Whatever year I dyed my hair red. Um, she got a new camera So we're taking so many photos this this was when you can select portrait on your iphone So that you could take like a portrait and then the background would blur out a little bit But I was standing like in front of uh a wall So you can't even tell anyways, we were taking photos of each other I took some really good headshots for her That time outside and I was like, oh my god, you have to take some of me And I would say don't submit it like you think you look cute But don't even put it on social media because no The sad thing is that I definitely I definitely remember printing This headshot to use for auditions These are these are my headshots. I would say, you know, most of them were or pretty okay. They're not completely cringy and You know unprofessional Maybe I'll feel different about them in another 10 years, but I think these these are pretty good. Um Some of them are way over edited and shouldn't be in general if you Uh Are looking for you know, some general advice about your headshot Make sure it looks like you and don't be too distracting. You know, don't Wear too much makeup. Just look like you look like you would walk into your audition because when people are seeing your headshot They want to see you they want to see what you look like and if you can put a little bit of your personality in there That's fine, too But don't get too crazy like props and stuff. Tell me what you guys thought about my headshots And if you would have booked me for if I sent you any of these Um, yeah, that was fun looking through all of those headshots and I have so Okay, I have so many more It's just that I have had laptops and different computers since I started acting to today And I asked my mom if she can send me some from high school because I know I have some from high school But um, she wasn't able to send them by the time I started filming this So maybe I will show them in the future And I hope that to go back to the headshot truck soon so I can get updated headshots with My new glasses and then just in general updated headshots because the last ones I took were in july So I like to keep up with my headshots and keep updating mems and I did make a video with them about them A couple of months ago or oh my god in july Oh five months ago Six six it's january six months ago Six months ago. Yeah, I definitely need to go back and take some new headshots Anyway, at the end of every video I feature another channel Uh, this is today's feature if you would like to be featured on my next video All you have to do is subscribe leave me a comment and like this video