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

  • It’s the photographers responsibility to pull the best out of their subject.
  • Figure out the good side of your subject’s face and their best features.
  • Find out how they’re reacting to your coaching and adjust as needed.
  • Take the subjects’ focus off the camera.
  • Don’t draw attention to the problem of needing the subject to relax by saying “I need you to relax”.
  • If you want to make money, you need to put whatever you can in front of the camera and take a picture of it.
  • Be think about the way you’ll be directing your subject. It’s going to be different for every person.
  • You need to be able to understand the technical, personal and business side of the industry.
  • When you have downtime, study. When you get back outside, photograph a lot of faces.

People Mentioned

Bernardo Pozas

Eric Peterson 

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Annie Leibovitz

Sofia Vergara

Resources

The Headshot

Hurleyisms

Peter Hurley’s Tedx Talk

Important Links

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