Here's lookin' at you

[lillibet]

Just before he left, Jamin took some headshots of me and gave me 55 images to choose from. I've narrowed it down to my ten favorites and I'd love to have other people's opinions. So take a look at the Top Ten and let me know what you think.

In case it's unclear, the purpose of these is to have something to take to auditions, should I ever decide to tread the boards again, something to put on lobby displays of shows I direct, something to put up on websites when I need a photo--something to be a standard photo of me.

Thanks for your help!

Comments

[ceo]

I suppose your userpic would be ill-suited to that purpose, hm. :-)

I like EH000031 the best. It's the one I keep coming back to as I click through them.

[ex-misschili604.livejournal.com]

Oooh, tough call; they're all very good. But I think I like EH010015.jpg best.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

I like EH000001 and EH010015 the best.

[jencallisto]

EH000001 is very pretty and actressy, while EH000031 has vibrant and attractive personality and is probably my favorite.

[entirelysonja.livejournal.com]

EH000001.jpg

While I like some of the others also, that's the one that really leaps out at me, particularly for the diversity of uses you're intending to put it to.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

You're gorgeous!

01.jpg is by far my favorite. Is showcases your lovely smile and the pose has distinctive character.

022.jpg would be my top choice of the glasses-wearing shots. Like 01, it has a theatre-y quality.

Some of the others I didn't like as much because the face-forward pose has a passport photo feel to it. The ones I mentioned above have less rigid pose that shows off your long hair and facial contours better.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

EH010001.jpg for no glasses. overall, particularly for a shot of you as a director, EH000031.jpg. i find it looks the most like you're engaging the viewer. dunno if you want to use a glassesless pic for auditions, since the glasses change the look of your face a bit.

[bookly.livejournal.com]

My favorites are EH000015.jpg, EH000031.jpg, and EH010015.jpg. I didn't like EH000001.jpg as much as other people seemed to, because I don't think it really captures your energy, but I can see why they liked it.

[palmwiz.livejournal.com]

I'm fond of EH000015.jpg, EH000028.jpg, and EH010015.jpg. Generally speaking I like the shots with a fuller smile and with your eyes more open, which most of the shots without glasses you're not doing. I'd like EH010001.jpg except it has that passport-photo quality that plumtreeeblossom refers to.

[lionsburg.livejournal.com]

To show off your directing abilities I would use EH010015, it says to me you've got a "knowing" on what's going on and a willingness to play with, or even break, the rules. Lots of energy; a Sophisticated Imp. I can almost read "Oh Yah.. I've baked this play real good and I know exactly how you are gonna like and you'll be crawling back for more."

For an acting gig, I would say EH010001 -- no glasses would be the way to go. It says can go with the flow.

I have to agree with bookly on 01 -- I can see where people would like it, but I'm not that fond of it. I find the uneven lighting creates a bad asymmetry with the eyes and face. The left eye ends up being bigger than the right, and gives that one the a squinting appearance. On the face, the right ends up looking smaller than the left which has more lighting to it. Maybe its the way you're turned wrt to the lights and lens.

[quietann.livejournal.com]

I like the last one.

[lordfeepness.livejournal.com]

I've gotta agree on EH000001 as a headshot. EH010015 is an awesome smile, though.

[dpolicar]

Of these, 10015 strikes me as having the most character -- look at that smile! -- and 31 is lovely. 34 I really disliked. The others were OK.

[roozle.livejournal.com]

To my surprise, I had a strong opinion -- the first one, xxx001 was by far my favorite, xxx028 (the fourth one) my second favorite.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

It's really hard to decide which picture I like best, because they're all great pictures of you. However, like someone else pointed out, in the pictures with contacts your eyes are partially closed (a common feature of wearing contacts). EH010015 is a good picture, but the necklace is off-center (once I notice little things like that, they stand out to me). So I have to say that I like EH000028.jpg best.

BTW, is there some way to turn off the automatic slide show while studying the pictures?

[lillibet.livejournal.com]

Actually, I wasn't wearing contacts--I just took off my glasses. You're probably just detecting that I'm out of focus :)

You can go to particular pictures by clicking on the thumbnails, or you can look at the pictures one at a time by going to http://apocalypse.org/~hunter/headshots and clicking on "images" and then go through the images one at a time.

I know the slideshow is somewhat annoying, but it's the only Adobe option that has the vertical bar and with the horizontal ones you can't see the whole large photo on a 17" screen.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I didn't read the other comments before looking at the pictures and came up with 01 as my definite favorite for a head shot. It just has the right feel to me.

Some great pics!

[iamlisabee.livejournal.com]

I didn't look long enough to form an opinion, but Reil just looked over my shoulder and asked (somewhat incredulously), "Is that Sonja?"

[gilana]

1 is gorgeous, but it doesn't look like the you I know -- it would be great for modeling, but not for things where your personality comes across as much. Love the smile in 15 -- now *that's* Elizabeth. If the necklace being off-center is an issue, I could easily fix that for you in Photoshop. Plus some of the glare in the glasses, I think.

[kalisti23.livejournal.com]

The last two. I immediately saw 15 as the one that looks most like you, brings out your personality the best; beautiful smile with a bit of a quirk to it, very expressive eyes. Crop it so the off-center necklace doesn't show. Other than that, 22 would be my next choice.