My approach to all of my photography wether it is unit stills, fine art, or actor headshots is that there should be something that catches the viewer, something that excites the the person looking at the photograph. In my opinion this is not only the goal of photography but of all art and all creativity. Call me opinionated because I am.  Many of us have heard words similar to the following: “We are all unique, we are all individuals.” – I remember the day when I experienced this with total clarity for the first time and it changed my life for ever. I was with a group of fellow dance students and we were given the most simple theater exercise ever – so I thought. The studio had a black upstage curtain and one at a time, we were asked to walk next to the curtain from upstage left to upstage right. Nothing fancy just walk across the stage. While one person walked everyone else watched and nothing else moved in that studio but the one person on stage. This was the first time that I actually saw and felt how individual we all are in our rhythm, our weight, our energy, our cadence, our posture, our intention…… It was the first look into a bigger but more subtle and more intimate world. And its these unique qualities in each person that I take the time to emphasize and amplify during our photo session, to bring out your uniqueness.

That is s why I am calling my current promotion – Get Noticed Fast.

I want your photos to jump from the inside out. But its not just about the inner actor, it is a total package. My process involves a lot of things and below is the short list of main ideas I am drawing from.

We build wardrobe ideas around stock characters that are both contemporary and archetypal. We emphasize mood and meaning with backgrounds and lighting and we also cover all details with respects to your hair and make up choices. We also talk a little bit about your emotional preparation for your shoot, and where you are in your career and what your aspirations are. These last few things help me to direct you on the day. Once all these details are covered we set a booking date, and your photo session is no longer just a photo session but it is much more like a structured improvisation. One thing you can be absolutely certain of is, now that we have taken care of all the details, your shoot will be a blast! Play time (photo making ) can involve  a ton of different starting points – movement, breath and spine work, sound or script and walking as well! I use lots of different approaches for different actors who are at different ages and at different levels of experience.

All this work is to get the actor in you excited, and focused because the elevation of emotion is absolutely necessary for great photos – photos that stand out and catch the viewers eye.  Emotions change the breath and the expansion of the rib cage, the response of and quality muscles in the body and face, the movement of blood in the capillaries and the response quality and texture of the organ which is your skin. It also changes your scalp which affects your hair the dilation of your eyes and the nostrils. It changes energy movement in the body……. The amazing thing is that while all this is happening it does not happen for any two people the same way. But being alive is a great way to Get Noticed Fast!

And that is exactly what you want to have happen.

The Get Noticed Fast Promotion includes the following:

~ hair, make up and wardrobe consultation
~ about 2 hours of photo coverage time and about 150 photos to choose from
~ an online gallery for viewing your images
~ 2 images retouched and color corrected for printing and forwarded to the photo lab for printing
~ 2 images for web and internet use
~ 2 – 8 x 10′s

Cost: $250 (regular price $300)

If you prefer a 3 look session the fee is $300 (regular price $350)

If you have any questions about the above information, feel free to call me at your convenience, and I look forward to seeing you in the studio!

This promotion ends March 19th.

Dean Buscher

778.928.9132

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What’s an actor Headshot Make Over? The makeover session is a complete review of everything about you your look, where you are in your career and where you are going or want to go.  If you are starting out, mid career or a well established artist, we put a complete package together. Age, coloring, emotional range, hair wardrobe, skin consultation, stylized backgrounds, lighting and make up…. Everything is covered to provide a complete and tailored look to take you out of the ordinary into the extraordinary. Here is a breakdown of some of the looks we are going after.

Headshot Makeover

Once you check the full program set up have a look at results below for Actors Mike Barton and Ana Machado.

I have had the good fortune to shoot Garry on a number of films over the past several years, so working in studio together was just another nice way to keep the creative experience going. I have gone with the monochrome experience always a nice alternative and a nice way to bring out powerful eyes.

To know more about Garry you can go here: Garry Chalk on imdb

This is a really sweet script played by a cast with subtlety and range. A real treat to be with this crew for 2 days.  Working on green screen really doesn’t change my job during shooting but it does give me some thing to play with afterwards. And as I dont have to shoot each scene over and over again I also had a lot of time to shoot the crew. One of the most enjoyable parts of being on set. Some crazy folios of Peter New who just can not resist the camera – which I like and a good publicity spread for the Red.

“A popular part of Motion Picture Industry Week in Vancouver, Career Expo ’09 offers a rare point of access to the people, organizations and companies that make the Motion Picture and New Media Industry tick!” Yes and this early shot of the day showing all the exhibitors and the beautiful Roundhouse Community Center, a perfect location for this event. Some of the industry organizations in attendance at the Carreer Expo included: Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, MPPIA, BC Film, BC Film Commission, BCIT, Canadian Film Center, Center for Arts and Technology in Kelowna, CFTPA, Annex Pro, Amethyst Eye Creative, Capilano University Film Center, CIS Vancouver, Creative Women Workshops Association, Deluxe Vancouver, FTX Events, IATSE 669, IATSE 891, Directors Guild Vancouver, First Weekend Club, Celluloid Social Club, MPC, SHAPE, UBC Continuing Studies, UBC Department of Theatre and Film, Vancouver Film School, Whistler Film Festival, Women in Film and TV Vancouver.

all images © Dean Buscher 2009

I have recently been on set with Director Kyle Hunter Welton and Dr. David Suzuki who are in collaboration on a new documentary. I am loosely calling this, as yet untitled work, “The Passion of David Suzuki”. The images below tell the story. Dr. Suzuki has been in my consciousness for  over 30 years first visiting me on the Nature of Things and then later when I was very active in the environmental campaigns of the late 80′s including: Carmanah, Walbran, Stein, Tatshenshini, Robson Bight, Clayoquot Sound among others. What is remarkable to me is the energy Dr.Suzuki carries without waver after all these years. Remarkable! To find out what he has to say about “Doomsday” and possible extinction twitter me and I will keep you posted…….

http://twitter.com/deanbuscher

http://www.dbphotoandfilm.com/film-stills/

All images © Dean Buscher

Now that my new website is up I have had the chance to publish some of the cool shoots that have taken place in my studio in the past year. One of my favorites was with my actor, editor, filmmaker, colleague Trevor Carroll principal of Reverie Arts. Really this was an open shoot where the influences directions we explored were without limitations or conventions. We want past the traditional actors headshots look and publicity package and emphasized the expressive and the private and the personal. Meditative , introspective and character driven these are the kind of motifs that open the eyes and the mind of the viewer and such a pleasure for a photographer like myself. For more photos you can also visit this location:

http://www.dbphotoandfilm.com/headshots/trevor-carroll-headshots-publicity/

All images © Dean Buscher 2009