The Pippin Project: You Decide!*^
My audition song will be “Happily Ever After.” Check out the YouTube video of Carol Burnett singing it in the original. People always tell my Mom she looks like Carol Burnett, and everyone tells me I look like my Mom. I don’t really see a resemblance between me and Carol, though, except for maybe the big facial expressions.
So, I’m near being done with this “project.” I have a LOT of homework to do, and the audition is Monday night. I’m going to be rushing there from school, so I won’t have time to be nervous. The last logistical thing is, I need a headshot. The only non-retouched (because why would you not let them airbrush you if it’s an option?) professional photos I have are the ones a photographer friend from college took as a gift after he crashed on my couch for a month. They’re two years old, but they still are close enough to what I look like that it’s what I’m going to use.
So, dear readers, which one of these should I use? Leave your vote in the comments. Thanks!
Headshot 1
Headshot 2
Headshot 3
Headshot 4
Headshot 5
Headshot 6
Headshot 7
Headshot 8
Headshot 9
Headshot 10
*And a random afterthought: I might be able to use this article in my class on sight in the fall. Thanks again to everyone who sent me great suggestions for the syllabus. I post the article here because I’m procrastinating on finishing the syllabus while I think through what I want to include, and I don’t want to forget about it.
^ All photos © Ryan Burke 2007
March 28th, 2009 at 22:26
Personally, I like 10. It has personality, is cute, but is still professional. Many of the others are either kind of standard “girl-look” photos or else too Facebook.
Did I ever tell you I played Lady Larken in “Once Upon A Mattress” in high school? You know, the pregnant one?
March 29th, 2009 at 01:41
I like #3 and #8. =)
March 29th, 2009 at 07:59
I like 1 and 8. 1 is very macbook toting intellectual with a twist of theater in the smile. 8 is appropriately smiley without being overeager.
I’m jealous you got nice pictures out of that couch deal, by the way. I seem to only have pictures of me ‘as’ things. Things like white trash, edward scissorhands, california raisin, crazy street girl, victim of horrible graduation cord accidents and so on. All useful… don’t get me wrong.
March 29th, 2009 at 13:43
Oops, I meant #9. I thought the captions were under the photos instead of above.
March 29th, 2009 at 19:01
I think it depends on what you’re going for. 2 & 8 are the sexiest, I’d say. But if you’re trying to look Burnett-ish, #6 is the one to go with. But #10 is the most Kira-ish of all.
March 29th, 2009 at 19:54
I love them ALL! Who knew you were so photogenic? If I had to pick, I say #5 or #10. I agree with others that #6 shows the expressive Kira…..
March 30th, 2009 at 11:08
GOOD LUCK KIRA!!!!!