Your photos
Nothing professional needed. Twenty minutes, a phone and some daylight.
Why we are fussy about this
A director looking at forty faces is trying to work out one thing: what you actually look like. A flattering photo that hides that costs you the part, because the surprise arrives on the day. An honest one gets you called for the roles you are right for.
What helps
Daylight, next to a window or outside in the shade. Use the back camera, it is the better lens.
A plain wall behind you.
No filters, no beauty mode, no sunglasses.
Phone held at your eye level, steady, held upright.
Let your face rest unless the shot asks for something else. Anything from the last six months is fine.
The shots that help most
What tends to go wrong