Rod Goodman Photographer

This is my second attempt to post.
I have to apologize to Rod for taking so long to write this, but long story short Rod is phenomenal to work with. My first photo shoot was AMAZING and he made me feel so comfortable and at ease. He gave me tips that i will be forever grateful for. I definitely got my money’s worth. I’ve been getting so many compliments on my headshots (which i will post shortly) and I can not say enough to people about my overall experience with Rod. Rod… thank you, thank you, thank you so very much.

Price is upping from $ 99 to $ 129 on his MONDAY SUCKS deal. It is still affordable and the session is still for 30 minutes. Additional costs for hair and make-​up artist in attendance.

Rod is an outstanding headshot photographer with the most competitive prices. I’ve seen him 3 times, all for the Mondays suck session, which is not for everybody and he is very clear about that. It is a shorter session with 1 look and you get a high res, incredible quality photo from it so it’s on you to show up prepared and ready to go. He is awesome about everything. He will relax you and get you to smile or go for whatever brings out the best qualities in you. I’ve ALWAYS been happy with the selection of photos from our sessions. Last one I got at least 4 or 5 keepers that really represent me as an actor and the roles I want to play. I just picked up my high res copy and it’s great. I will definitely be back to see Rod and I recommend him to anyone, either for his full sessions or the discounted Monday sessions. Thanks Rod~

I went for the Monday Sucks, and paid an extra 50 for make up. All I am gonna say is that for the price its a good deal, well, sort of. You pay 129 plus tax I believe and I paid the extra 50. But you only get ONE high res photo. If you want more its an extra 30 or 40 per photo. You do the math. All I can say is that I wasn’t impressed nor satisfied. Headshots are tricky. You might be having a bad day. That will affect your photograph. When I got to Rod’s studio, I didn’t particularly felt welcomed. He was in his office with the door open, he came out once or twice and didn’t bother to say hi or introduce himself. Okay, maybe he is super busy. Off I went to the make up chair, where the lady proceeded to cake my face and aged me a good 5 years. Well, I can maybe attribute that to my face not being in good shape. Then on to Rob. He took photos for 30 minutes, about 75 pics, tried to talk to me, and loosen me up and all that, but it was all so forced. I have taken headshots before, but never in a 30 min window. I should have known better. For a good headshot you kinda need a good 30 min just to warm up, loosen up… I guess if you are on a budged and you have one of those photogenic faces that grabs the camera, then you are good to go. He is a professional, the photos looked professional. I bet if I had more time with him it would have been a very different experience. But I didn’t get the sense that he cared. It just felt like «here is one more Monday photo shoot, ca’t wait to be done with this one.». Its what I felt. I might be off base here, who knows. But then I ordered my headshot. It took 9 days for it to be ready, and that’s because on day 8 I sent Rob an email. Then I go and pick up the headshot, and re-​touching, which is supposedly part of the package, was a no go. I got my headshot and there was no retouching. I had a major zit that day. It was still there. I am also a graphic designer, so I know how easy it is to just cover that with 2 clicks on photoshop. Luckily I can do this at home. If you are considering a headhsot, make sure you know and get along with your photographer. Its such a personal thing, you want your inside to glow outwards, and the best photographers will bring it out of you.

Just the best! Love my new headshots!
low on funds check out the «monday sucks»

Rod is a superb photog. His prices are reasonable and the Monday specials are very unemployed actor-friendly.so’s his pug, Talullah.
I felt comfortable around him and safe (for a woman that’s important), and he has a great attention to detail. He has invigorating music playing to keep your energy up, and the pics came out beautiful! The person who referred me to him got an agent from his photos, and soon I expect to as well!

I have had multiple photo sessions with Rod over the years — both for professional photos, as well as personal portraits. He and his makeup artist, Jenn Brooks, are the best in the business in my opinion! They have a wonderful studio right in the heart of NYC, and the atmosphere is always fun and relaxing. I could not recommend him MORE highly!

I am delighted with the pictures Rod got me! His studio is open, clean and spacious and has a very relaxed feel to it. If you’re lucky you’ll meet his adorable Pug, who scampers about happily during the shoot. He takes his time and makes sure you’ll get pictures you will be happy with. The quality and price cannot be beat.
I also had my makeup done by Jenn and she is just wonderful. Super friendly and kind. She explains everything that she’s doing so that you can recreate the look for auditions. Extremely helpful and informative. You come out looking natural, like the best version of yourself.
The turnaround for getting your proofs and then finished photos is very fast. I even needed Rod to resize some pictures for me rather quickly and he was able to help me immediately which I was grateful for.
All in all a really great experience with some very lovely professionals!

Rod = Headshot God.
Work with him.
The technology is second to none. His eye is perfect. The energy during the shoot is just right. The affordability is great. Just do it.
Make your life easier and go to him.

I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. I went on a Monday and took advantage of the $ 99 Mondays Suck special. I also got my make up done by Rod’s wonderful make up artist. It was only $ 50 for the make up and I felt so pretty. Natural make up that made me look like I wasn’t even wearing any. During the shoot, Rod made me feel very comfortable and he was very professional. The shoot only lasted 30 minutes and I got several shots I LOVE out of it. The proofs were up online THE SAME DAY as my shoot. I ordered them the next day and within less that 10 days my order was ready to pick up. I recommend him to all of my friends!!!

Wow, I have to say the $ 99 Mondays Sucks Special is the best.
Usually as an actor u see headshots for $ 99 and u run the other way its usually a hit and miss photographer. But Rod was sooooo fantatsic, on first glance at his site «I was like wow he looks to good to be true, whats the catch» There was none. Very great studio (probably the nicest and neatest in NY), he is so cool he really does put you at ease. My only issue, is that I had sooo many great pics to choose from, like thats ever a bad thing, lol
They were so great, unretouched, I was able to share the link with a few casting directors and my agent to look at without worrying about displaying bad pics. It’s been a few months and I thought to go back through the archive for updated pictures and there were still such great options.
So, after I got these headshots, wow, my bookings went up like 80% and so did auditions. My last headshots were pretty good but I still managed to get an audition a week and I was submitting all over casting networks as usual. As soon as I got these shots back I got called into 5 auditions the next day, and 12 auditions the next week. I ended up booking 4 independant films that month. I knew from that point, that people were right when they say that good headshots that capture you can really make or break your career and that it is the initial inroduction between yourself and a casting agent that makes them want to bring you in, in the first place.
I really thank people like this in the industry who really contribute to making actors job easier, he is a really good photographer that has found away to not have us scrapping for pennies to get headshots.
Its been 3 mths and yes I am still booking and I am still excited about the headshots.
Also note, that usually meeting casting directors or agents they always hate my headshots, twice last month I had 2 casting directors in a commerical and a daytime tv class use all 3 of my headshots as examples of good marketing tools to have. (Wow, Rod even gave me cool points in front of casting directors lol)
Sharri Jones
Actress
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Rod has a great studio space and makes you feel totally at ease.
He really works hard on making you feel relaxed and really captures the real you. I was scared after my shoot because I thought I didn’t do a good job, but when I got my pictures back it was so hard to choose just two, there were so many different looks and even my friends and family couldn’t agree on which pictures were best (they all kept choosing different ones!) I ended up with three and there are more that I want! That’s exactly how it should be.
When I need more headshots In the future, Rod is my goto guy.
Also his makeup artist is awesome! Worth far more then I paid!

Awesome Deal! Great guy and really pleased with his work! Will definitely come back when I need new shots! Really excited about my new photos thanks Rod!

Rod was great! I wish I had more stars. I came late to my appointment, it was no big deal. He took some great shots and made me feel super comfortable, helped me find the look I wanted and even helped e-​mail me my proof when i couldn’t pick it up in person. I got all of that for $ 99. You really can’t beat it. Go to Rod. Period.