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AI Headshots: How to Get Professional Results

Oct 6, 2026 1 min read

AI headshot services turn a set of casual selfies into professional-looking portraits for LinkedIn, team pages and speaker bios. Results vary a lot depending on what you upload.

Upload good source photos

  • 10–20 recent photos with different angles and expressions
  • Good, even lighting with no heavy filters
  • Only you in the frame; no sunglasses or hats
  • A mix of close-ups and shoulders-up shots

Choose realistic styles

Pick backgrounds and outfits that match your industry. A blurred office or plain backdrop with business casual clothing works for most professions.

Pick the most natural results

Choose images that actually look like you: same face shape, skin texture and features. Overly smoothed or "perfect" headshots can feel off when people meet you in person.

Privacy checklist

  • How long are your photos and the trained model stored?
  • Are your images used to train other models?
  • Can you delete everything afterwards?

Prompt ideas

Look at our headshot and portrait prompts for lighting and framing ideas, whether you use AI or a photographer.

Put it into practice

Browse hundreds of free, ready-to-copy prompts for ChatGPT, Claude, Midjourney and more.

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