Better portrait sources
Put the camera at eye level and step back enough to avoid a wide-angle face. A recent, evenly lit photo gives a better starting point than a heavily filtered selfie.
You choose your own source and review the current cost before generation.
Use a timer and keep the original file. Check both eyes are sharp before uploading; a better source is often more useful than another generation attempt.
Take a new photograph with a timer and more camera distance before spending credits. Cropping a wider source is usually a more useful starting point than asking generation to guess natural proportions from an exaggerated close-up.
Why consider this directionThe simple warm-gray setting keeps attention on the face and is easy to evaluate in a square profile frame.
Check before choosingInspect the open collar and hair boundary, then reduce the example to the size visitors actually see.
Why consider this directionThe brighter office and loose chest-up crop allow a general professional introduction with some surrounding context.
Check before choosingCheck the camel jacket’s edges and collar. Decide whether this much background still works in your smallest placement.
Use a clean lens, stable phone support and soft window light. Leave both shoulders inside the frame.
Take one frame with the phone held close and another with it farther away on a timer. Compare facial proportions before cropping. Choose the clearer, less distorted source, then open the headshot scene; do not enlarge a tiny crop from a distant group photograph.
If the source is sharp but the room distracts, keep the photo and edit the background. If the eyes are blurred, retake before generating.
Take a fresh source at eye level with the phone slightly farther away, then crop afterward. Compare it with your usual close selfie: the nose and jaw should look familiar, without the stretched perspective of a very near camera.
Create a headshot with my photo ↗A very close camera exaggerates relative distances. Step back, keep the camera near eye level and use a timer if possible. Choose the frame with natural proportions before thinking about scene changes.
A lightly processed original is easier to compare with your real appearance. Strong smoothing, reshaped eyes or jaw filters may become the reference for the next result. Keep the unfiltered camera file when available.
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