FAQs

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1. Click the ‘edit profile’ link in your email
2. Click on the ‘Gallery’ tab
3. Remove the existing headshot or galley pics by clicking the X
4. Save your profile (under ‘Submit’ tab)
5. Go back to ‘Gallery’ and upload new pic(s)
6. Save your profile again

You’re allowed ONE main headshot and up to TWELVE gallery pics.

If having problems, email pics to media@tvtwins.uk or upload photos to Dropbox.

Email clearly labelled pics to media@tvtwins.uk or upload photos to Dropbox. Failing that you can Whatsapp them to us in ONE go please!!

Whether you have done hand modelling before or not, we are often asked for hand models, so unless we already have photos of hands on your profile, we don’t have time to chase this work up. So…

• If you have hand modelling photos, send them to us. 
• If you don’t, take some and send them to us. All ages, colours and conditions of hands are needed for a variety of work!

Make sure photos are clearly labelled so we know whose hands they belong to!

HOW TO TAKE PHOTOS

We don’t want hundreds of pics, just 1 or 2 from each model of the front and back of your hands. Preferably have someone else take the shot so both hands can be in one pic per model! Make sure your hands have a clear background behind them; we don’t want any distractions.

All talent will need to provide a copy of their passport.

Take a photo of the full photo pages as pictured, and name them: “Firstname(s) Lastname (passports).jpg”.

Upload to your profile, or email pics to media@tvtwins.uk

Passports are preferable, but if you haven’t got a passport, you can upload a birth certificate or driving licence.

If you don’t have headshots, we won’t be able to submit you for any work at all.

Photos don’t have to be professional, just recent, well-framed and well-lit (see HOW TO TAKE A DECENT HEADSHOT)…

• If you are serious about this as any sort of career or hobby, it’s in your interest to get headshots done.
• Bad headshots will give the impression you’re not photogenic and therefore not worth booking.

As you can see from our website, a performer’s main headshot is LANDSCAPE (4:3 wide), but we also require gallery pics as 4:3 or 3:4 (landscape or portrait), so if we’ve deleted your chosen headshot and cropped an alternative, please don’t replace it with one we’ve already seen. Stick it in the gallery instead!

REQUIREMENTS

1. MAIN/Joint headshot: 

This is the most important photo and your main (landscape) profile pic; should be a close-up of siblings together; heads and shoulders; recent, and as near a likeness as possible, i.e. natural. Not edited together! Not taken from above or below – subject to be at eye level with the photographer!

You can submit photos taken on a phone, just consider your surroundings – a plain, white background is best. Frame the pic with both of your heads together.

No hats, sunglasses, school logos, text/image effects… nothing hiding your faces! We also don’t want pouting or posing, glamour shots, sleeping or bath-time photos! Natural, unfiltered and recent please, no filter, effects or flash!

2. Gallery Images: 

Apart from your main headshot, you can also add a further selection of different looks, together and separately. Please include Single headshots, which should be of individual siblings alone, close-up head and shoulders, recent and as near a likeness as possible, i.e. natural; plus full length options.

ONLY HAVE INDIVIDUAL HEADSHOTS?

You profile cannot be published without a joint headshot. Please arrange to get one done as soon as possible.

ONLY HAVE JOINT HEADSHOTS?

Without individual headshots, we can’t submit you for work alone (without your twin).

Email pics to media@tvtwins.uk or upload via Dropbox (new photos only – not pics already on your profile!)

We don’t expect professional headshots from everyone, but we do expect you putting in a little effort to get them looking decent.

Your MAIN HEADSHOT needs to be in landscape (wide 4:3) mode, not portrait or square!

1. The surroundings need to be considered – best with a solid-coloured wall, blue sky or trees behind the model.
   • Tip: If model has light hair, consider a darker background and vice versa.
2. The model should stand up straight and tall, with shoulders back and chin lifted toward the camera.
   • Tip: Hair should be washed, dry and preferably loose, wear natural make-up and simple clothes.
   • Tip: Twins – heads need to be close! Stand back to back, one behind the other, or face eachother and turn heads towards the camera.
3. The photographer should hold the camera at eye level (or just below) and the model framed in portrait mode.
   • Tip: A well-placed tripod or stack of books may help prop up the phone!
   • Tip: If shooting indoors, stand about 3 feet from the backdrop, face a window, and place the camera between the window and the model. 

Here’s a helpful video on how to take passport photos on your phone!

Take a selection with various natural facial expressions, and upload to your profile, or email pics to media@tvtwins.uk or upload via Dropbox or ask first if we can accept them on Whatsapp! 

Here are some examples of what we’re after:

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