Most headshot briefs have one clear purpose. Summer’s didn’t. She’s a singer and actress from Liverpool, and she came into the studio recently needing a set of images versatile enough to genuinely cover both careers, not a single generic set stretched to fit two different uses.
One Set of Headshots, Two Different Jobs
A casting director looking at an actor’s profile wants to read character and honesty at a glance. A promoter or audience looking at a singer’s press shot is often after something sleeker, more image-led. Those two things don’t always overlap, which is why performers who work across both worlds, like Summer, need a session built around range rather than a single safe look.
Building Range Into a Single Session
We worked through a few different backdrops and looks over the course of the shoot: warmer, close-up character portraits with more expression for acting use, and sleeker, more polished looks better suited to music promotion. Rather than pick one style and shoot variations of it, the aim was genuine range, different energy in different frames, so Summer has options to pull from depending on what a specific casting call or promo need actually asks for.
We shot this set at the studio, based at The Secret Warehouse in Kirkdale, a relaxed, characterful space that made it easy to move between different moods across the session without it feeling rushed.
Why Versatility Matters for Performers
If you work across more than one part of the creative industry, acting and music, modelling and presenting, or any combination of the two, a single generic headshot rarely covers it. It’s worth thinking about your headshots the same way you’d think about a portfolio: built to work as hard as you do, not just to look nice in one context.
If you’re a performer in Liverpool after headshots that flex across different parts of your career, get in touch. We’d love to help you build a set with real range.
