THE W.E.E. WORKSHOP SCOOPNo Negatives!
With Lara Macgregor
Almost everyone requires a headshot or portrait at some point in their working lives.
Regardless of how anyone looks in society's eyes, or how confident they appear to be within their own lives, 99.9% of the people having their headshot/portrait taken start their session by apologising for the way they look. 'I'm terrible at having my photo taken' - 'I hate my teeth' - ' I smile funny' - the list is long.
This workshop session focuses on embracing who we are in front of a camera.
I'll be sharing tools to help women take the focus off perceived 'flaws' by celebrating uniqueness and sharing how we can confidently send our own 'spark' down the lens.
Please bring another top for this session in a colour of your choice (not red or black).
Lara Macgregor
Lara works primarily as an actor, director, dramaturg and performance coach in New Zealand.
She studied acting in New York City with Uta Hagen, Anthony Abeson and Tony Greco and subsequently worked for ten years as an actor in the U.S.
She holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Directing from The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney and has directed over 40 productions in the last decade.
In 2009, Lara was appointed Associate Artistic Director at The Court Theatre in Christchurch, and, in 2010 went on to become Artistic Director at Fortune Theatre in Dunedin.
Since 2015 she has freelanced with multiple companies including Auckland Theatre Company, Circa Theatre, Centrepoint Theatre, The Actors’ Program, NASDA and the University of Otago Theatre Studies.
Recent acting credits include: Annie Wilkes in Misery (The Court Theatre), Sgt Gillian Carmichael in Clickbait (Netflix), Fran in Things I Know to Be True (The Court/Circa Theatre), Mrs Roidern in One of Us Is Lying (Netflix) and Deborah in the feature film Bad Behaviour directed by Alice Englert.
When she has time outside the theatre and film world, Lara is an avid photographer. She enjoys taking actors headshots when she can, and can sometimes be found on set as a film stills photographer. Her work includes a solo photography project: Six Degrees of Inspiration: NZ’s Unsung Heroes, portrait photographer for Otago Museum’s 100 Women, 100 Words exhibition, and most recently principle photographer on the GBB Cookbook Familiar Foods: Treats of Aotearoa.