How To Get Ahead With Your Headshot | The Business | SAG-AFTRA Foundation

Headshot photographers Russell Baer, Vanie Poyey, Jamaal Murray, and Stephanie Girard share stories and insight from their careers as headshot photographers. Moderated by casting director Sunny Boling.

The Business panels provide multiple viewpoints from directors, producers, writers, agents, managers, casting directors and industry experts on a wide range of topics. Through this program, actors receive first-hand tips and strategies from established creators and leading professionals who know how to navigate the complex landscape of the entertainment industry.

The views expressed in the presentation materials and films, and by the guests and moderators are solely those of the organization and/or individual providing them and do not reflect the opinions of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, its staff or Board of Directors. This was recorded at the Meryl Streep Center for Performing Artists on Monday, May 5, 2025.

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