Hey folks! Just did a photo shoot for my new headshots. I’d appreciate hearing from any of you who would like to pick a favorite and let me know! They haven’t been touched or cropped yet.
I have divided them into three groups. You can tell me your favorite from each group, or you can just tell me your favorite over all, or you can tell me that I’m ugly and stupid and that I should give up on all my dreams of showbusiness!
So, which photo is gonna make me famous?!?!?
Definately Group 1. Picture D is passable as a ‘single’ shot, to go alongside a biography or whatever.
Group 2 just looks uncertain, you don’t know what you want to look like…and Group 3 looks like a pyjama advert 
…D&R…
If you’re looking for roles as the funny next-door neighbor, Group 1.
If you’re looking for roles as the charming guy who turns out to be a creepy serial-killer, Group 2.
Group 3 doesn’t strike me as fitting any partiular role. Which may or may not be a good thing.
Either way, best of luck!
I suggest getting a haircut - invest about $60 and get something current, hip, classy, and flattering. Your hair screams - SCREAMS - early 90’s in the way that poodle hair screams “80’s.”
Unless you’re auditioning for “Reality Bites 2 (Reality Bites Back)”, get a haircut! 
What are these for, exactly? That would help me pick. As it is, I liked Group 1 best, but I also like photo C in Group 3.
Good luck!
I, too, would suggest updating your look by seeing a good stylist. Unless what you’ve got going for you is working. In which case, I’d still suggest updating your look.
1A, 2D, 3C, in no particular order.
You look uncannily like a guy I work with.
You aren’t a surveyor by chance, are you?
:: shudders :: Maybe you’re his brother?
Tripler
Wow. It really is that close. . .
1B, 2C, 3C.
I do agree about the hair, though. And 3D is very silly looking.
Don’t get a haircut. It looks good (to this guy you probably have no desire in attracting). Only thing is you don’t want to try looking dangerous, because if you do that (or bend your head over just so) you end up looking like that creepy guy from Kindergarten Cop.
What look are you going for? There are several fine (heh) ones.
1-b, 2-c, 3-e.
The most important thing about headshots is that they are supposed to look like you. Touching up, makeup, glamor shots, etc. are all bad ideas. Overly posed shots just scream “unprofessional” in my experience. Good lighting is important as well as a fairly “front-on” view. You want to be able to see the whole head, usually down to about the shoulder. Shots where the face takes up more than 3/4 of the photo are usually bad ideas. You want the shots to be as accurate as possible, let the casting director and makeup/wardrobe people decide if you need alterations. Every professional actor I’ve worked with has a head shot which is immediately and easily recognizeable as them. Good lighting, face-on, no funky profile shots or slouches or weird angled shots. Shoulders level and fairly square is the norm as well. Some more advice and tips on head shots can be found here.
Good luck!
Enjoy,
Steven
1-A, 2-C, 3-G (not really a big fan of the 3rd group as a whole)
I’d also suggest staying away from the downward tilt, eyes up angle unless you’re going for a scary stalker role.
Otherwise, nice pics! Good luck!
You’re cute! 
Group 1 seems too closeup, I liked D the best.
Group 2 has that scary stalker vibe, C’s kinda sweet though.
Group 3 looks intense, wonderful or horrible but no median ground. I did like G however, loved the near smile.
1-B, 2-C, 3-H (perhaps on 3-H). I like the overall lighting of 3-C but you look a little alarmed or startled.
Group 1 is the best overall, but the lighting is such (especially in A and B) that your eye bags are emphasized too much. Not that you really have eye bags, or circles under your eyes, because it’s obvious that you don’t. It’s just that the lighting in Group 1 tends to emphasize the circles around everybody’s eyes. If the retoucher can soften up the eye bags in Group 1, that would be good. (I used to work as a photo retoucher so I know all about getting rid of eye bags!)
1 B (maybe too much shadow, but it’s a good shot)
2 C
3 C
Group 3 has a few that might work. I do think you really need something that shows you full-face. 3G wouldn’t work for a headshot. It would be okay for a contact sheet. Actually, the same goes for 2C, as well
3D made me burst out laughing.
Just so you know, I haven’t read this thread yet, outside of the OP.
I like:
Group1: B and C
Group2: C
Group3: C and F
Overall: Group 2/Picture C
Now I’m going to read the rest of the post to see if I’m alone in these opinions.
Good luck, and don’t give up.
My votes, for what they’re worth:
Group 1, C
Group 2, B
Group 3, G
Hope this helps narrow them down a bit. It can be really difficult picking out photos of yourself, since it’s impossible to be unbiased!
Oh, how I love to be opinionated.
I like the lighting and background of group 1, but no single shot jumps out at me; if I had to pick one, I’d say D is the best angle of your face.
Group 2 definitely has a scary-fellah vibe to it, which could be a good or bad thing depending on the roles you’re going for. I like C best because it loses the creepy vibe and has a more identifiable background (in half the pics, I can’t tell what the background was and that was distracting to me for some reason).
I don’t really like any of group 3. You tend to look awkwardly positioned in these shots, even hunched over. Instead, I think you want a much more confident appearance.
So, in summary: Group 1, shot D, and Group 2, shot C, are my faves.
Group A: I think this is definitely the best group. I like both pictures A and B.
You look great in B, but you look more interesting, more rich in character in picture B.
Group B: I like pciture C.
Group C: The worst group, but there is something about picture C.