Alan Weissman Photography Testimonials

Alan Weissman is a breath of fresh air . . . he’s fun and able to be in-the-moment. After looking at my initial test shots and seeing they were of PERFECT photographic quality (and by that I mean the lighting, coloring and angles) I knew I could relax, have fun and not concern myself with the quality of his work. Because Alan is able to grasp the comfort level of his clients, by the 200th shot — right when I began to feel myself wilt away behind the hot lights — Alan was able to perk me up with his sense of humor and quiet sense of professionalism. This is the first week I’ve been using these new headshots and I’ve already booked two jobs!

Thanks so much,

Jen Moeller and Paco

I was in a conversation with Alan about everything, from cars to girls and

the pictures all happened when I wasn’t aware of it. A picture should be

like a surprise, you shouldn’t even know it’s being taken. I liked Alan's pictures so much that I even send my mother one shot.

Paul Rodriguez.

Dear Alan,

Thank you so much for giving me the gift of great headshots. You are a genius in your field and deserve all the success and recognition a person could want. The way you work is truly unique and I am so glad I was able to meet you and work with you.

I wish you all the best and hope to see you soon again,

Katharine McEwan

Alan,

I can not begin to say how much I LOVE my new headshots! You are the best, which is why I refuse to shoot with anyone else. I didn’t even feel like you were taking my picture. You are a man proud of his work and it shows in every single photo you took that day. I had a terrible time deciding which ones to make my final choice because they all were phenomenal! Every single person I have shown them to has had the same reaction…THOSE ARE GREAT! Not only am I proud of them myself, I am being called in to audition time and time again! I’m ready to knock down every agent’s door in Los Angeles and plow right on through. Just wait and see what will happen, I promise it will be spectacular:) Thanks again, I will keep in touch.

Aaron Wilson

Alan,

This was my first Photoshoot and I’m so glad I found you. Working with you was so much fun and so professional. I was afraid I wouldn’t have a headshot that I really love, thanks to you I got so many I could use. My favorite shoot was the third look..

All the best,

Steph

I was a bit nervous because I had pretty bad experiences with photographers in the past and didnt know what to expect. Alan walked in and greeted me with a smile and quickly broke the ice with a few jokes which made me more comfortable. The great thing about the shoot was that he actually shot a test shot so that he could not only test the lighting but show you what to expect from his shoot. It was like sitting at cafe talking to an old friend, during the conversations he would shoot, make you laugh shoot and etc. He likes to make you feel real comfortable so that he can capture that real natural look about each individual. With Alan it was a completely different experience. Thanks again Alan!

Johnny Young

hey alan!

its nikki, i just wanted to say thank you so much for the shoot the other day and being able to fit me in before i went back to england! i am so impressed with the pictures, they look amazing! im so excited! ill call you soon…

thank you again nikki x x

Alan: Thank you for creating such a comfortable atmosphere during my headshot session. The whole experience, from having make-up done with Meghan, photographing three “looks” with you, and hanging out with your dog Lafite in between shots, was fun. I love my headshots! you did an excellent job of capturing my personality. I know it was five years between my first and second sessions with you, but next time, I will be returning much sooner. Thank you for truly caring about your clients and your work.

Viet Hoang.

Hope you’re well and having a nice summer, it is starting to warm up here in Sydney as well which is great. Alan, I’ve got about four friends who are in dire need of some good acting headshots and wanted to let you know in case you are still considering having a mini-working holiday over here…I think I could easily round up a few more but there are four definites… Anyway, let me know whatyou think. Mark is sending me over the printed photos soon, very excited, you made them look really amazing and I’m going to replace the one that has been in all the casting books etc for the past year…It isn’t even remotely in the same league as yours, and looks positively ghastly in comparison!!!

Best wishes,

Hannah.

Alan,

When I came in, somewhat nervous, I felt as if I came into a room of old friends and when Alan took pictures of me I felt as if he had known me for years and was able to bring out what I was most proud of. Even though I understand neither lighting or colors it was obvious to me that he did when I saw the pictures he had taken. Alan made me feel relaxed and after only a minute it was clear to me that I was in for a very good time, we laughed and joked around while he took some of the best shots I have seen of myself.

I had a great time and I felt so secure.

Ri Versteegh

Hey Alan!

You were great at putting me in a relaxed state of mind and letting me be me. Coming from a model background, it was always hard for me to do headshots where true emmotion could come across. With Alan, I finally have pictures that look like me, that are me – he made me realise we spend so much time trying to be someone else when it is so much easier and effortless being yourself!

Thanks!

Noush

Dear Alan,

Thanks for doing a great job on Sarah’s headshots. The lighting in the pictures is incredible and just shows the creative genius in you. We are so pleased with how they turned out and excited to have such beautiful pictures to go forward in her agent search. You (and Rady) made Sarah feel very special and pampered that the experience alone was worth it. Thank you.

Sarah’s Mom

Sarah Padilla

“Alan was wonderful to work with during my photograph sesssion and the results were just what I had hoped for! The photos he took will grace my personal website and blog, as well as be used for numerous promotional purposes regarding my leadership of our 31 year old national organization.”

Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D. Founder and Executive Director

Center for the Improvement of Child Caring

11331 Ventura Blvd., Suite 103 Studio City, CA 91604

(818) 980-0903

Thank you, Alan, for making my headshot session such a wonderful and positive experience! You made me feel so at ease and I had so much fun throughout! I laughed and had a great time, and I got fantastic headshots as well!! I love how you used lighting and how you set up each shot based on the look we were going for. You are a true professional, so talented and kind, and I am so glad we met!!!

Best wishes,

Anya

Dear Alan, thank you so much for giving me the best headshots ever ! You made me feel so comfortable, and it really shows in the pictures – a true proffessional ! I had so much fun, and I really appreciate you giving me such a great experience I’ll be back for my next headshots – that’s for sure ! Thanks again – Nina xxoo

Alan,

I want to thank you so much for my incredible pictures! I got home yesterday and showed them off to all my friends and called my entire family immediately to tell them how thrilled I was with my head shots. They look better than I could have ever expected. Not to mention, what a wonderful time I had taking the pictures. It was so fun! You, Caroline, Rita, and everyone else made the experience relaxed, comfortable, and memorable. Now armed with these pictures, I have so much more confidence to go out in the business.

Thank you for everything Alan!

Much love, Bryn Abbott

Alan!! Thank you so much for the phototshoot today. It was great getting to see you work especially with me as the subject :) I dont think the reallity of the situation has hit me yet, but spending the morning with you an TJ at the house was a truly awesome experience. The photo's you took of me will be treasured for a long long time. I hope i get to see or work with you again in the future. I appoligize if i may have come across as a bit quiet or shy but the whole experience had me a bit dumb-struck! Take care and Thank You So So So Much!!

Oliver Morris

Alan,

It took a long journey for me to think I deserved the best of anything but I'm thrilled I'm finally there and could hire such a fabulous photographer! It's been a week since the shoot and I'm still going over each glorious shot knowing I could choose from many. You caught my personality and essence and just knew I'm a glamor girl at heart. The lighting is fantastic and I'm so glad I listened and trusted you! I'll call soon with my final choices but for all you actors looking for a great headshot -just book the man and get the best photos in town!.

Big hug,

Gillian Doyle

Alan is a professional. He lights the subject. He tests the subject and the lighting before the shoot starts. Even as a layman I know it's more important to light the subject and test the subject more than the camera or medium being used. That's where you get your moneys worth with Alan. He takes the time to test the shoot with either a professional film polaroid camera or in the digital shoot, he projects the digital results onto his monitor. Here is what's important to the paying customer regarding the test shots. You see the results of the test right before your eyes which allays fear and anxiety. Fear and anxiety can be deadly to anyones confidence in a fairly expensive photo shoot. I'm not a celebrity so shooting with Alan was not cheap for me, but in weighing the less expensive "cost" to shoot with an amateur photographer would cost me thousands of dollars in "opportunity lost" when my mediocre headshot goes across the casting directors desk right into the trashcan. Don't waste your time. Spend the money. Be ready. Be professional. Work through the process with Alan. You couldn't be in better hands. Sincerely, Tony Voci

Allan, après notre toute première rencontre, j'ai eu l'intuition qu'il fallait que tu me prennes en photo. Tu as vraiment su capturer ma personnalité et mon essence, non seulement je trouve mes nouvelles photos très belles, mais surtout, je sens que tu as compris qui je suis, et ca c'est assez rare! Merci beaucoup, Raya Meddine *Translation: Allan, ever since our very first meeting, I had the gut feeling that you were the photographer who should shoot my new headshots. You were really able to capture my personality and essence. Not only do I find my headshots beautiful, but more importantly, I feel you understood who I am, and that is quite rare!

Thank you very much,

Raya Meddine

Alan! I absolutely LOVED working with you! You are an amazing photographer and you really know how to bring the best out in actors. You make the photo session feel like it isn't even a photo session. I could barely tell we were taking pictures and they came out amazing! You are great and easy to work with and help to relieve any stress that an actor may have when coming to a session. ALL ACTORS should work with Alan! As actors auditions build up so many nerves and a photo session can be bring out even more nerves than auditions and an actor needs to feel relaxed and comfortable when they're getting headshots taken. You achieve that. I am so grateful for taking headshots with you because a photo is an actors tool and I feel that I know have a great tool that I can use to get me some great auditions. Thanks so much!

Anthony Fontana

Alan was really great with me. I had been expecting someone who would be really great at taking photos but who would not be willing to spend the time with me. Instead, he and I worked together making sure that the photos were what both HE and I wanted. He was insistent on doing the best he could, and even threw in a couple tips on how to deal with Agents and Managers when they look at your headshots. He was the best, I am so happy I got my headshots done by him.

Thank you again Alan!

Andrew Scott

Alan- I want to thank you for such outstanding headshots! I have been showing them to my friends and family and they are astounded by how well they turned out! I appreciate everything you have done. I was very impressed with my session and I love that fact that you are never done with something until you are personally satisfied with it. I recall that after we were finished shooting my commercial shot, we previewed them on the television and they weren't as good as we thought. Being the awesome person you are, you deleted them all and decided we should reshoot them!! Not any photographer would be that kind! You are truly a very talented photographer and care about your clients! I would never shoot with anybody else again! Thank you!

Sincerely,

Jon Bahnemann

Alan!

I am very very happy with the headshots you took. After 35 years in the business of acting, I've had many photos taken, but your's are the best, hands down. They are absolutely stunning, and completely capture who I am.

Thank you so much!

ethan phillips

Alan, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you, thank you, thank you so much!!!! for my amazing headshots. I can honestly say that i have never had such a great experience working with a photographer... and have never been so happy with the photographs. Usually there are one or two pictures that I like when i get the proofs back... but when i got the proofs of the pictures that you took, i couldn't find a bad one. From the very beginning when we were picking out wardrobe I had a good feeling because you helped me pick the right outfits but at the same time helped me find what i liked best as opposed to just telling me what to wear... you could tell that i wasn't happy with certain shirts... and even if you liked them you told me not to wear them because if i didn't feel great in the shirt... it would come across in the photos! I know nothing about lighting.... but all i know is you sure brought out the RED in my hair which makes everyone happy! I am so excited to go out on castings and auditions with these new pictures, because i feel that they really capture me. You, Caroline, and the lovely Lafit made the whole shoot such a happy one....

Sophie Hannah.

I've been a working actor in theatre, feature films and TV since age 12 and I'm in my 48th year as a working actor. The point is: I must have been through at least as many photographers as I have years and I have not had as pleasant an experience as I had being photographed by Alan Weissman! ( I regard having photos taken akin to having teeth pulled. ) It was really fun and I didn't want to leave! But it's results that count! I was 100% pleased with the outcome. We did a wide variety of shots and the transition of one to another was painless. I was able to instantly see the results which helped to inspire both of us for new ideas. Alan does so much with lighting, he created the moods we wanted to portray and I had to do virtually nothing. It's no wonder he has photographed so many celebrities.

martin clark

This was my first time getting headshots and I was so nervous before I came, but the minute I walked in Alan's door he made me feel so comfortable.

I LOVE my pictures and i feel so great about them. He is a wonderful and talented person and it was an extremely valuable experience that I will never forget.

Thank you Alan.

Ashley Morey

Dear Alan, You took my headshots this morning, and I walked out of your studio feeling two things:

1. I felt like a star!

2. I felt like I'd made a friend!

Thank you for a beautiful insuring of laughter, creativity, and fun. In a city like LA, where everyone is fighting and struggling to get noticed, you find a person's unique beauty in a seamless, simple way. Your photos don't have to fight for the spotlight, because they radiate in and of themselves. So thank you again-for your talent, your art...and of course, my FABULOUS new head shots!!!

Laura Love

Thank you, Alan, for taking your sweet time. It was a great pleasure shooting with you. I've been looking forward to this photoshoot for some time since moving to LA from NYC. I like your honest & richly artistic fun working style. It made me feel Über Talented, alongside your wonderful dog, Lafitte You are truly an artist at heart & I'm really happy with the outcome. I hope to shoot with you again as I'm just getting my feet wet in LA. Have a terrific 2010!

Peace & Blessings,

Sonya Rose

Dear Alan,

For the fist time in my career I have headshots that I am truly proud of. I have no doubt these are going to make a world of difference in the number of auditions I attract. My session was unlike any I have ever experienced before because you took a personal interest in seeing that I got more than what I paid for.

Thank you so much.

Boce Robinson Mitchell

Alan Weissman's work is the best I've seen, his pictures capture the essence and beauty of the moment and like magic - we find ourselves sharing his experience. His works of China introduces us to a world only few get to see. Although Alan's work is demonstrative of the incredible talents he possesses - his attitude towards his subjects is equally kind. Working with Alan is a joy, I love his warmth and creativity. When Alan works his magic - I am confident - the shots will be something I'll be proud of...

Sharon Tay, Anchor/KCAL 9 NEWS

I absolutely love my new head-shots! They came out excellent! I'm always hesitant about taking new head-shots mainly because i feel the pictures never come out with my personality in them but you Alan found my good angles , capture great lighting as a person you were so easy going, fun, and professional. The whole experience with the talented photographer Alan Weissman was great your differently one of the top photographer for sure i'm absolutely certain i will be seeing you again and will recommend you to all my actors friends that's a promise! Excellent Work Alan Weissman......

Thank You,

Ryan Lockett