About Geoffrey

Geoffrey is an Emmy Award winning cameraman and nationally published photographer. He has photographed stars of both film and television, and hundreds of working actors, coaching many newer talents, focused on becoming working professionals themselves. Geoffrey’s corporate photography clients range from BMW, to AIG, Republic Investments, The West Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, and dozens of other Fortune 500 companies.

His professional life has encompassed award-winning work on both sides of the lens, as a performer on the non-union and Equity stage, (making his Union theater debut at South Coast Repertory, Backstage Best Actor Award) and in film and television, then as a cameraman, writer, producer, and director. (Awards include the Cine Golden Eagle, Worldfest Houston Golden Remi, The Pasadena International Film Festival, amongst others.) He also has extensive experience in media intelligence, branding and marketing for the major and mini-major Studios. As an actor in Los Angeles, he began his studies as a scholarship student at Northwestern University’s Theater Intensive Cherub Program, then trained with Uta Hagen, Peggy Feury, Jose Quintero, Milton Katselas, Jeffrey Tambour, and Stuart Rogers. He was signed by the William Morris Agency (WME) right out of High School.

“Today I approach headshot and portrait photography in Douglasville, Georgia, from the unique perspective of working on both sides of the lens, and with experience on both sides of the casting process in the entertainment industry. When my clients are not actors, but corporate, or dating profile, or simply looking for something superb and memorable, I utilize my cinematography, directing and acting knowledge to create a dynamic, creative environment that inspires the very best in my clients. Photography is one of the few storytelling mediums where I answer to no one but my client and their team, so I am free to serve no one but the person in front of my lens. I am grateful to be able to serve my clients in an intimate, powerfully connected way, and the results are immediate, quantifiable, and profound. Excellence thrives in such a space.”

About the Acting Headshot Process

You don’t need new headshots, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. You need actor headshot photography that actually improves your odds of getting in the casting office more frequently, so you can do what you were born to do. That’s why we’re here, and that’s what makes us different. I am committed to making a tangible impact on your acting career. I offer career consulting, based on my 35 years in the entertainment industry, entirely independent from headshots. As a headshot client however, I actually want to be of service, and need you to experience real-life, impactful results from your decision to shoot with me. So I give you a starter-pack of my $150 per hour consulting service at no extra charge with every headshot session. That is, in fact, the catalyst of your headshot shoot with Geoffrey Donne Photography. I want to empower your professional life. You will also gain access to ongoing and more in-depth career mentoring at special client rates, should you so desire.

If you’re reading this deeply into the website, I’ll venture that you want to understand what we’re doing differently once you decide to shoot with me. My process is about creating a personal career evolution for you, ensuring you leave my studio with not only the best professional tools, but with a clear roadmap of how to utilize them to maximum, perhaps new effect. You may be a well seasoned pro, with a lengthy IMDB, great reps, and years of experience. Excellent, we’ll work from there. How can we create new tools that will meaningfully up your booking opportunities? Empower your representation with career specific imagery that makes their job easier and more lucrative, by clarifying your unique brand and power? You may be a journeyman thespian, having worked a bit, but looking to add some career rocket fuel. Or you might be a relative newcomer to the industry, without representation, or even more challenging, with rep that’s doing nothing for you but letting you think there’s someone on your team. If that’s the case, you’ll leave the studio with a treasure trove of detailed, specific, personalized techniques to save you years of potential missteps, and fast-track your career path to becoming a consistently working actor. So what are we talking about specifically? It depends on your unique situation, but a general overview includes:

Detailed, in-person career, casting and brand analysis/consultation
shooting of the resulting target, market and show specific looks we choose
Techniques to become the CEO of you, career administration methods for acting careers that work
Comprehensive breakout of the right next steps on your career journey
Concrete, detailed steps to achieving an enduring, long term acting career