Headshots taken!

I got my first set of Headshots!!

There are so many things an actor must do in order to even be considered for any role. The most important tool is the headshot. Lucky for me I have met so many generous and caring people through the connections I have made working as a martial arts instructor for the past few years. For 3 years I taught at an afterschool program for the school district called interact. Through this program I met Felice and Bryant Avey, the directors of the program. When I broke the news to them that Richelle and I were moving to California, they were sad to lose me as an instructor for their program, but excited and supportive of our new life. They graciously offered to take my headshots free of charge! Richelle and I spend a wonderful evening at their house with their family and we ended up taking over 700 pictures!!! I figured with my goofy looking mug I was gonna need to take hundreds to hopefully get a few I could actually use :) Luckily I think we got a bunch of good ones that I will eventually narrow down to 2 or 3 to use as my headshots. I've posted a few for you all to see.
If you're reading this Avey's, thank you so much!

Another thing an actor needs to get work is a resume. Building my resume will take some time because I have not had much experience acting other than a few plays and musicals in high school and of course my trip to Hong Kong on the Jackie Chan movie. Since there isn't much time to audition for roles here in MN since we're leaving in a few weeks, I have been taking acting classes with Cynthia Uhrich in St. Paul. She has had over 10 years experience living and working in Hollywood and the class has really helped to motivate me to work on my acting craft. Taking classes has also made me realize just how tough it is to be an effective actor. Just like martial arts, training is required to improve and right now I feel like a white belt!

When we get to CA, my plan is to submit myself for as many independent/student films and projects as possible to gain experience and build my resume. Although these projects do not pay, they will provide invaluable experience and it will hopefully help me meet some people in the industry. As I continue to build my acting resume I will be actively searching for an agent to help me find work in commercials, television, and film. Ultimately, it can take some actors up to 10 years to start finding work as a union actor. I will save the whole union thing for another posting. I wish I could share with all of you all I have learned but my fingers are getting tired and i'm sure you're sick of reading already! I'll leave it at that for now but I will post again soon. Even though at this point no one is even reading this blog! haha