Just after Christmas last year I had the opportunity to shoot some headshot for a couple of you actors. Well the other actors in the youth theater company liked the photos so much that many of them wanted their own headshot. This past weekend I shot the first of two sessions for them.

Once I arrived at the theater company's rehearsal space I set up two shooting areas. The first was with strobe lights and a white background for the primary images. The second was a natural light area by a window with a reflector to provide some fill. This second area would be for making some low-key portraits for the actors which wouldn't strictly be headshots but I thought they'd like them.

Thirteen mini-shoots in three hours made for a whirlwind afternoon of photography. I had a great time and I'm really looking forward to going back in a couple of weeks for the second sessions with the rest of the young thespians.

Here are a few of the photographs.

Here's a behind-the-scene look at the set up. The high-key shots are taken here in the front with two lights on the model and two lights on the background. The low-key shots were taken over by the window with the model standing between the window and the reflector next to the folding chairs.