About Peter Hurley

Peter Hurley is the premier headshot and portrait photographer in New York City. He’s best known for the genuine expressions he captures for his executive business portraits and actor’s headshots. He uses his experience behind and in front of the camera to capture genuine expressions from his subjects. He also founded The Headshot Crew, the world’s largest network of headshot and portrait photographers.

Show Notes

  • Squinch: Narrowing the distance between your your lower eyelid and pupil. This creates a confident look.
  • Laughing causes a person to squinch.
  • The key to getting a good smile from your subject is to create a genuine smile.
  • You need to practice and study working with subjects just as much as taking the photo itself.
  • You need to learn how to direct lots of different subjects from different backgrounds.
  • Direction by misdirection: Take the power away from the camera and have them focus on you.
  • Hurlyisms are phrases that don’t really mean much but help redirect the focus of your target from the camera.
  • If you want to be a portrait photographer, you have to learn how to work with people.
  • Always find the good side of your subject, and this applies to any subject.
  • You have to be comfortable and confident about your use of hurlyisms.

People Mentioned

John Keatley

Resources

The Headshot

Hurleyisms

Peter Hurley’s Tedx Talk

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