Dallas headshots — what about showing ears?

For your headshots— and there are different kinds of headshots for different audiences and different career objectives — should you show your ears or not? Well for starters, ears are mostly used for identification. So for a foreign passport, most European countries REQUIRE that you show your ears in the photo. This is not for beauty/image purposes, but to make sure that you are really you.

For Dallas Model Headshots: female models generally don’t need to show their ears. Now an attractive person is still going to look attractice with or without their ears showing, but usually we need to see their face, and showing ears can distract from just a focus on the face itself. The exception to this is of course modeling jewelry where items such as earrings are being sold.

For Dallas modeling portfolio headhshots, while a model will still look attraccting showing ears, she would look even more feminine with the ears being nearly fully covered by her hair.

For Dallas Business Headshots (and corporate portraits): the principle still holds – don’t show the ears on women unless you have to based on their hairstyle. And on men, use the precise angle of the head where at least a TINY bit of both ears are visible, without the ears getting too much attention.

In these two similar business headhots of men, we’re just looking at the ears. There’s a very specific angle that will show just enough of the ear on both sides, and a small turn of the head will hide the ear. I’m suggesting that most headshots will benefit from showing a tiny bit of both ears for male headshots.

For Dallas Actor Headshots: actor headshots in Dallas need to show the range of expression and character that you are best at portraying. Look at each headshot example for the angle of the head, and how that works with the hair and ears:

Look at each headshot, for the pose, angle of the face in subtle ways, how the hair interacts with the ear -hiding it, showing a very small part of it, or leaving it exposed.

Conclusion: so unless you are getting a passport photo taken, where your ears showing might be advantageous or even a requirement, don’t show the ears as they can distract from your face itself.

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