Since I started doing some singing and acting a few years back, there have been several times when I have either had to get professional headshots done, or full-on photoshoots. I, like most people, do not particularly like having my picture taken. We all have certain features we don’t mind about ourselves, and we all have things we’d sooner not see too closely, in the wrong light, or at a bad angle.
Personally, I think about 95% of pictures I have seen of myself are not very good. I know we are all most critical of ourselves, but you have to admit, we’ve all seen not-so-flattering pics of pretty much everyone we know – it happens. I guess I always assumed that if you paid good money to a professional photographer, you would end up looking good, somehow. Unfortunately, this is not always the case.
I have been to quite a few Vancouver photographers, and I have to say that the only one who truly ” captured my essence ” ( in my opinion ) was the magnificent Kevin Clark. I first met Kevin and his wife in 2005, when we did promotional shots, as well as the cover shot for my CD, “I’m Beginning To See The Light “. They were a class act from the moment we walked in there. His wife ( also a Makeup Artist ) totally respected the fact that I have my own ” look “, and that I’d pretty much done my own makeup before arriving. She did a bit of ” tweaking ” to prepare me for the camera, but she let me look like me, which made me totally relaxed.
She and Kevin were both super nice, great people, and I liked them both instantly. The photoshoot was definitely one of the most fun things I have ever done – it was my 1st real photoshoot, and I’ll never forget it. It was every little girl’s fantasy – to feel like a princess for a few hours – to look in the mirror and not mind what you see. Anyone who knows me well knows that I am naturally a very shy person, but during that session, I felt anything but shy. It was nice for once to not feel self-conscious, to just relax, and let the real me shine through. Kevin totally brought that out of me.
I would highly recommend Kevin Clark to anyone who is looking for good quality promo/headshots in the Vancouver area. To this day, I have never seen any pictures of myself that have been so “true” to what I look like, as his were.
Heather Photoshoot 2005
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