COLOUR BLOCK, BABY.


Scarlet. Melon. Pink. Hot Mauve. Kelly Green. Electric Blue. Cobalt. Turquoise. Rust.


Block colours are well worth wearing in your next headshot shoot.

Garments in a single hue (the fancy, arty word for colour) have graphic power, focusing and amplifying the energy of any portrait.

Claire van der Most, engaging headshot/portrait taken in the studio in Grey Lynn Auckland by photographer, actress, artist Amanda Billing.
Louise Jiang in an engaging actor portrait taken in the studio in Grey Lynn Auckland by photographer, actress, artist Amanda Billing.
Katie Newton in an engaging headshot/portrait taken in the studio in Grey Lynn Auckland by photographer, actress, artist Amanda Billing.
Jody Bews-Hair in an engaging headshot/portrait taken in the studio in Grey Lynn Auckland by photographer, actress, artist Amanda Billing.
Tessa Rao in an engaging actor headshot/portrait taken in the studio in Grey Lynn Auckland by photographer, actress, artist Amanda Billing.
Jenna Mullinger in an engaging headshot/portrait taken in the studio in Grey Lynn Auckland by photographer, actress, artist Amanda Billing.

Bright, rich colours POP.


Combined with a simple background, block colours break up the picture plane in a pleasing way. The composition of the whole picture is bold and stable, allowing your soft, detailed humanness to glow.


Clear shapes inside the frame focus attention on YOU: your physical form and the way your body expresses itself.


They also draw the viewer's gaze towards your eyes: the windows to the soul.


xAB


Alexis Govia in an engaging headshot/portrait taken in the studio in Grey Lynn Auckland by photographer, actress, artist Amanda Billing.