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Practical AI headshot guides

AI headshot guides, from reference photos to your final choice.

Start with the step you are working on: prepare clear selfies, review a finished portrait, or decide whether AI generation fits the picture you need. Each guide ends with checks you can use before continuing.

Start with your next decision.

Your selfie reference guide

Selfies for AI headshots: what to upload and what to replace.

Choose recent, sharp photos of yourself with visible eyes and beauty filters off. This checklist helps you build a useful reference set, replace weak photos and check the files before uploading.

Choose your portrait method

AI headshots vs professional photography: which fits your brief?

Choose AI when you want to create styled portrait options from existing photos and can review the result carefully. Choose a photographer when you need live direction or a photograph of you in a specific setting. Start with the finished picture you need, then compare the complete package.

Using your AI headshots

Using an AI headshot on LinkedIn starts with a likeness check.

Compare the generated portrait with recent, unfiltered photos before uploading it. Check your face at full size, then test the small circular crop. A clean export helps with uploading; the image still needs to represent how you look now.

1. Prepare the photos you will upload

Use the selfie guide before starting an order. It explains how to choose current, unfiltered photos, vary the angle without hiding your face, and replace files that are blurry or too small.

For Profile Portrait and Team Portraits, prepare eight distinct selfies for four final portraits. Company Rollout uses four selfies for two portraits per person. The guide keeps those reference sets separate.

  • Check lighting, focus and visible eyes.
  • Follow the reference count for your package.
  • Keep your current hair, glasses and facial hair consistent.

2. Review the result and test your LinkedIn crop

Use the LinkedIn guide when you have a portrait to inspect. Compare your face with recent photos before choosing a background or adjusting the crop. Then check the eyes, teeth, glasses and hair edges at full size.

The guide separates LinkedIn's published upload requirements from our practical review advice. It also explains how to use the square JPG delivered by email and preview the circular profile image before saving.

3. Decide between AI and a photographer

Use the comparison guide if you are still choosing a method. AI creates a new image using your photos as references. A photographer directs and captures you during a session; that session can be in a studio or remotely directed.

Compare the need for a real setting, expression coaching, finished files and corrections. A current photograph that already does the job may be enough. The decision starts with where and how you will use the image.

Check the package when you are ready

Profile Portrait is $35 once for four human-reviewed AI portraits from eight selfies. Choose a background for each final image from six options; backgrounds can repeat.

The process page explains the order steps. Pricing covers individual, team and company packages. Use those pages for package details after the guides have helped you prepare and choose.

Your next introduction

Look like yourself on a good day.

Put the preparation into practice. Create four human-reviewed AI headshots with backgrounds selected by you.

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