This is Bill Lippincott.

Looking at this photo you can tell a few things:  Bill has a seriously disturbing history, Bill is a very serious man and Bill is unshakable.

This photo of Bill sells him in his strongest types: cops, businessmen and lawyers.   There’s something so serious about this photo which tells you this man has been through a lot and seen so many things in his younger days.  This history gives Bill a toughness that doesn’t rely on his physicality.  You just know looking at him that nothing you can do will shake him.

The truly wonderful thing about this photo is that Bill isn’t always this serious.  He’s performed and taught improv at Improv Olympic.   He often gets hired as the “funny guy.”  But he understands how to market himself well.  He’s not going to find a headshot that shows his ability to be funny as well as his ability to play dead serious and damaged.  Instead Bill has multiple headshots, each showing his different sides.  This lets Bill market himself properly for each part and not have to worry about selling all of his traits at the same time.

Presenting: Tim Astor.   Tim is a very funny young actor who does well in a suit.  He’s got a youthful playfulness about him which was captured in this headshot.

Tim just performed in the Cricket Feet Actors Showcase in which he won the “best in show” award.  In the showcase he was cast as a young troublemaker in his father’s office.  He wanted a photograph that sold him as the type he played to such strong praise.  The idea was to capture his innocence as well as the fact that this kid could mean trouble.

This headshot works well to do capture both.   The way he’s leaning into the frame suggests he’s a bit mischievous and is poking his head in where it doesn’t belong.  His smile is difficult to pin down.  Is he smiling because he’s charming and harmless or is he smiling because he’s up to something?  Only Tim knows for sure.