ZT Agency requires all represented talent to have professional quality actor headshots. We do not require any actors to shoot with a specific photographer, but absolutely reserve the right to refuse to use photos that do not meet our professional standard.
There are different types of headshots, and even a professional photographer with a very expensive equipment can take photos that do not meet quality standards for an Actor’s headshots, if they do not regularly shoot this type of photo. Corporate headshots and Portraits are very different than actors headshots.
If you are shooting to update your photos with ZT Agency, or intend on applying to ZT Agency with these shots, please read this post before you shoot: https://ztagency.com/why-commercial-headshots/
No matter why you are shooting headshots, we highly recommend getting photos with a known, experienced professional that understands what a quality ACTOR headshot is, and how it will be used for submissions by an agent. Here is a list of our recommended headshot photographers in the WA state area, in no particular order:
David S. Hogan (Seattle) – David@SeattleActorPhotos.com
https://www.seattleactorphotos.com/
Seattle Premium Headshots – (Christine & Joe) – info@seattlepremiumheadshots.com
https://seattlepremiumheadshots.com/
Susan Doupé (Seattle) – susandoupephotography@gmail.com
Steve Keller (Seattle) – steve@kellerphotographic.com
https://www.kellerphotographic.com
Danielle Barnum (Seattle Area) – photo@inspirebydanielle.com
https://www.inspirebydanielle.com/headshots
David Hiller – david@davidhiller.com
https://www.davidhiller.com/index
Mike Nakamura (Kirkland) – mike@mikenakamuraphotography.com
https://www.mikenakamuraphotography.com/
Michael Verity Photography (Portland) – See Website for Contact
https://michaelverityphotography.com/
Levy Moroshan (Portland) – (503) 804-2279 – See Website for email
As an actor, you will likely need a combination of Commercial and Theatrical headshots for your agent to use for submissions. This means 2-4 final photos are all that are needed from a shoot. Getting a large number of final images that all just have slight variations from each other has very little value to an agent. We can generally only submit ONE photo for any particular project.