I was thrilled to hear from Anna when she and her friend Tricia were looking for opera head shots. There is a fine line in portraiture between 'cheesy' and 'traditional' while still allowing a spark of personality and creativeness to shine through. They weren't just looking for typical 'sit in front of a grey backdrop' grade-school-portrait-style head shots (nor do I even DO these kind of portraits), but still needed to stay within a certain style guide for what is acceptable in their profession. After discussing different options and ideas, and trying a few different backdrops, lighting styles and clothing choices, I think they ended up with exactly the happy medium we were all going for with this shoot. Who knew a a normally "boring" head shot session could be so much fun!

Here were their top picks. 

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