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Headshot Tips
The practical side of a good headshot: the selfies to upload, light, angles, glasses and beards, and what to wear.
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Can People Tell a Headshot Is AI Generated?
People can tell when an AI headshot is bad, not when it is AI. Each tell has a specific cause, usually in the photos you upload: plastic skin, a face that is nobody in particular, light that does not match the background, odd ears or teeth, and a smile you never make. Here is what viewers actually judge in the first instant, and how to check your own set before you use it.
Ammar Afridi
30 Sept 2026
How Do AI Headshot Generators Actually Work?
The good AI headshot generators train a model on your face from your own selfies and generate new photos around it. The cheap ones paste your face onto a stock body. Here is the pipeline step by step, what decides whether the results look like you, and what the technology still cannot do.
Ammar Afridi
27 Sept 2026
Good Light for Selfies: A Two-Minute Guide Before You Upload
Face a window in daylight, hold the phone at eye level, and your selfies are lit well enough for an AI headshot. Here is why overhead lights, evening lamps and flash all fail, a quick self-test for even light, and a two-minute checklist to run before you upload.
Ammar Afridi
26 Sept 2026
Glasses, Beards and Hats: What Changes an AI Headshot
A model learns whatever is consistently in your photos. That means glasses and a beard should appear in every upload or none, while hats and sunglasses should appear in none. Here is what each one does to the result, and how to pick the one version of yourself to upload.
Ammar Afridi
25 Sept 2026
Can You Use Old Photos for AI Headshots?
Old photos will upload fine, but the headshots they produce will not look like the person who walks into the interview. Here is what recent actually means, when an older photo is harmless, and when it quietly ruins the set.
Ammar Afridi
24 Sept 2026
Why AI Headshots Sometimes Look Nothing Like You
When AI headshots look nothing like you, the cause is almost always the input or the method. Too few photos, samey angles, filters, bad light or a tool that pastes your face onto a stock body all push the result toward a generic stranger. Here are the four causes, how to spot a poor likeness, and what to do about it.
Ammar Afridi
23 Sept 2026
The Selfies That Make AI Headshots Look Like You (and the Ones That Ruin Them)
Most bad AI headshots are bad input. The selfies that work are recent, daylight lit, close enough that your face fills the frame, taken from a few angles with a couple of natural expressions. The ones that ruin a set are sunglasses, hats, group shots, heavy filters and blurry old photos. Here is the full checklist.
Ammar Afridi
22 Sept 2026
How Many Photos Do You Need for AI Headshots?
Ten to twelve photos is the right number for AI headshots, with five as the minimum and fifteen as the maximum. The reason is variety: the model has to learn your face across angles, light and expression. Here is what to include, what to leave out, and why piling on more photos makes the results worse.
Ammar Afridi
21 Sept 2026
Should You Smile in Your LinkedIn Headshot?
Yes, you should smile in your LinkedIn headshot, as long as it is a natural, relaxed one. Trustworthiness is the first thing people judge from a face, and a positive expression pushes it up. Here is when a neutral expression is the better call, why a forced grin backfires, and how to get a real smile on demand.
Ammar Afridi
19 Sept 2026
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