Washington Square Park, Manhattan - Headshots of Emebeit

Emebeit originally auditioned for the role of Donna in my film, Mozart of Rap, but we met up again to do some headshots last week! It was a great day because since the sun was out, we had a ton of options for locations and great ways to use the light for beautiful pictures.

Emebeit Beyene is from Philadelphia and is currently residing in New York City. She is a 2010 graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied at Stonestreet Studios and at the Experimental Theater Wing. During her time at ETW, she was seen in the mainstage production of Oliver! She also created a short one-woman piece, inspired by her experiences traveling, addressing her identity as an Ethiopian-American. She believes that traveling and gaining new perspectives is a key to becoming a better artist and person. She recently wrapped shooting the short film "Their Eyes Were Watching Gummy Bears", which is her first professional film right out of college, and is currently shooting a webseries developed by herself and fellow Tisch colleagues. Emebeit has worked with mentor Kamilah Forbes as assistant stage manager for Hip Hop Theater Festival's production of Ben Snyder's Rock, Paper, Scissors. She starred in the short film Saturday Morning Blues which was recently featured in the Urbanworld Film Festival and the Slam Dance Festival.

Emebeit got her headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Washington Square Park, Manhattan - Headshots of Stephanie

About a week ago, I did headshots for Stephanie Nieman, a very talented actress and model. It was a fun time, and we got some great pictures to use for her headshot and submissions to films. Below is a brief bio about her, and a link to her website:

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Stephanie Nieman is a recent graduate of Stephens College with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre. She recently appeared in ‘Bedroom Farce’ with the Hampton Theatre Company. Stephanie was in an Off Off Broadway production of ‘Sex, Relationships, and Sometimes... Love.’ She also was an intern at the Women's Project Theatre working in marketing and PR. Stephanie spent last summer at the Okoboji Summer Theatre where she helped build and perform 9 shows in 10 weeks.

"Working with Martin was amazing. I felt completely comfortable and natural during the shoot. His direction helped me find a great look that can act as a canvas for casting directors in all fields. I am extremely happy to have worked with him!"

www.stephanienieman.com

Stephanie got her headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Lakewood, Colorado - Headshots of Jenaviere

A couple weeks ago I was visiting my family in Colorado, and I took headshots for my sister because she is getting into acting. It was a fun time and we got some really cool pictures, since we did it at sunset.

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Lakewood, Colorado - Headshots of My Father

Today I offered to take some headshots for my dad to put up on his website. We went outside in my backyard during the sunset and got some really cool executive type shots. Also, if you are interested, I wrote an article on WikiHow about how to get good headshots. You should check it out! The link is http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Good-Headshots. Let me know what you think of my article!

Martin got his headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Washington Square Park, Manhattan - Headshots of Jay

I met Jay Amari in Washingotn Square Park on last week and we did some headshots. It was a great experience meeting with Jay, because he is an experienced actor and has been in many films. Feel free to look at his profile on IMDB, as he is a pretty well-rounded actor. Let me know what you think of the headshots I took, I look forward to hearing from you. Also, please let me know if you are interested in headshots, as I only charge $75 for an hour ($100 for two hours).

Jay Amari moved to New York in 1988 to take up a Woolrich Scholarship, where he studied for a Fellowship in Film at Columbia University's School of the Arts. Here he also worked as Departmental Research Assistant, and was awarded a Master's Degree in Fine Arts in 1995.

His two plays, "The Greatest" and "Cloudy All Day" were finalists at Actors Theatre of Louisville National 10-Minute Play Contest in 1992 and 1993.

In addition to acting and writing, he has worked as a talent agent with the Sanders Agency in New York City, and continues to write and produce plays and screenplays. His work is produced regularly in and outside of New York.

View Jay's IMDB page!

Jay got his headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Washington Square Park, Manhattan - Headshots of Shawn

I had a really great time meeting, hanging out with, and taking headshots of Shawn in Washington Square Park this Thursday. He is a great actor/comedian and we talked a lot about different projects that he is up to. Hopefully he gets cast soon into a great feature film, and I wish him luck.

Shawn McKeegan is an Actor, Comic, Model and a Writer/Director. He grew up outside of Pittsburgh, Performing in High School plays and generally being a class clown. Shawn Received a BA in Television Production from California University of Pennsylvania where he Acted, Wrote, Directed and Produced several Award Winning College Television Programs. Mr McKeegan then moved to New York where he worked as a Production Assistant on such films as Spider-Man, Zoolander and Riding in Cars with Boys. He began doing Stand-Up Comedy in clubs around the city, and has appeared in several Showcases. As an Actor Shawn has done commercials for MTV, short films for NYU, and worked on the Al Pacino film "You Don't Know Jack." In the Fall of 2008 he was a Feature Model in the Italian Vogue couture issue shot by Steven Klein. Shawn McKeegan has written several Scripts, and is in the process of shooting several short films and Internet Videos, He can be reached on Facebook or at manintheshawn@hotmail.com

Shawn got his headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Soho, Manhattan - Headshots of Audrey and Erensu

I hung out with my friends Audrey and Erensu and took portrait photos of them, so feel free to take a look and let me know what you think! Fan the Facebook page!

Audrey and Erensu got their headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Greenwich Village, Manhattan - Headshots of Shannon

Yesterday I went up to Washington Square Park to shoot headshots of Shannon. It was a fun time, and the lighting and visuals that we captured were amazing, especially since the lighting was so perfect for the pictures, and it was windy. Unfortunately, it made Shannon's hair a bit frizzy, but the pictures came out great anyway. It was a cloudy day, which gave us very nice lighting and the wind just blew her hair which made a great effect for the pictures. Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Shannon got her headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Crown Heights - Woody - Sean John Promo

I found myself back in Brooklyn last week to shoot a photo session with Woody Fenelon again, the same guy from the "Woody Does It" commercial. We shot a whole bunch of pictures and I learned the effectiveness of off-balance photos. It's interesting how much you can learn from experience.

Woody got his headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Harlem, New York - Modeling Photos of Carlile

Yesterday afternoon we went up to Harlem to shoot pictures for this model/actor, and got a bunch of cool looking shots. It was a beautiful, sunny day which made it difficult to shoot out in bright sunlight unfortunately, since my new ND camera filters have not come in yet. ND filters make the image darker, this way you can use the flash outdoors on bright sunny days to fill in the dark shadows. If you don't use ND filters the picture will come out way too bright. But we were able to shoot in the shadows, and the pictures came out pretty well. Have a look by clicking on the photo below.

Carlile got his headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Soho, Manhattan - Headshots of Robert

Last week I took some photos of Robert Mitchell, my supervisor at work at NYU. We just went outside and shot a bunch of pictures for about ten minutes. Here is my favorite:

Robert Mitchell is a lifelong musician. He has toured and recorded extensively as a guitarist and singer in several bands and as a solo performer. After scoring a few films, Mitchell gravitated towards video editing where he flourished for over 10 years before landing as a manager in the Post Production department at NYU.

Robert got his headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!

Crown Heights - Woody Fenelon Headshots

I met Woody through Damion Lee, the lead actor in Mozart of Rap. Damion told Woody to contact me about photos, so I met with him and we did a photoshoot this morning at 8:30am until 12:30pm. We had a great time and got over 400 images, some of which I am posting up. Let me know what you think!

Woody got his headshots at City Headshots, Cheap Headshots in NYC!