We’ve all been raised to know that your first impression is the only impression that matters. This is the first time someone will see you, and they will form some level of judgment about you based on your appearance. While your personality does matter the first impression is more about physical appearance, such as the clothes that you’re wearing, the smile you have, and the hairstyle you have.
Now that we have most people meeting for the first time on social media it’s more important than ever that your headshot becomes the first impression, and this is why it’s imperative that we learn how to approach professional photography when wearing glasses in headshot. Since we have so many AI headshot tools available that you no longer have to hire a professional to do this we wanted to share some tips for those of you out there using AI software for your headshot on social media.
AI technology has now made headshots a breeze for those who lack professional photography skills. Continue reading below to learn some of the best tips to use AI headshots at home so that you can save some money and manipulate your portrait to become the best first impression for those searching you out on social media.
Choose the Right AI Tool
The first step to using AI headshot tools is to make sure that you’re choosing one that is going to do the job you wanted to do. Some AI headshot tools create a less realistic option and aren’t good at providing the right lighting adjustments some people want.
Your first step is to know the type of photograph you want and edits you want to complete for your headshots and then read the reviews and information about each of the AI headshot tools that you are curious about using.
Use a Good Quality Photograph
As with most photo editing programs you’ll want to start with a high quality photograph to begin with. This means that your selfie or headshot that you’ve taken or had taken by a professional needs to be of the best quality so that you are starting at a high quality point because AI generation may take away a little bit of that quality during the adjustment process.
Consider the Right Style
The next step is to consider the right style for you especially if you’re wearing eyeglasses in a headshot. you want to think about the image you wish to portray to the world when you use this headshot on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.
For example, LinkedIn may require a more professional first impression because this is an online resume site that most people use to get new work or clients for their business.
Customize The Way You Wish
Once you’ve allowed AI to generate your headshot and do its own edits you must review them carefully to make sure that the customization is exactly how you wish. You don’t have to take the first edit as the final headshot so be sure to review what the AI generator did, how it did it, and whether or not this fits your personality and mission behind the professional headshot.
No matter how much you want to look like a fashion model it’s imperative that you maintain some level of realness because you may meet these people in real life and the last thing you want is having them think they were catfished. Yes, catfish happens in the professional industry as well and you don’t want to be that person that misleads someone into thinking that you look a certain way when you don’t.
Remove Glares and Imperfections
The next step is to make sure that you remove any imperfection or glares that perhaps didn’t get fixed with the initial AI headshot generator program. Within most AI headshot creators you can edit a little bit further and do some more customizations that allow you to make this portrait look picture perfect.
This all goes back to picking the perfect AI generator tool that allows you to manipulate your portrait for LinkedIn and other social media Platforms in a way that suits your best first impression vision.
Be Consistent
We stated earlier that LinkedIn should have a more professional appearance for your headshot but the reality is you do want to be consistent across all of your social media platforms. you are presenting a version of you that is professional and someone that is worth having an interview for that job or hiring for that project.
You will want to maintain some level of consistency such as the same background, similar lighting and other aspects that you can maintain across all social media platforms so that someone doesn’t go over on Instagram and think that you look completely different than the LinkedIn profile portrait.
At the end of the day it’s all about maintaining some level of integrity and authenticity about yourself while putting forth a good first impression headshot. With everyone using social media to check up on people they meet in real life and do a little bit of a basic background check of someone they’re looking to hire, it’s imperative that you have your profile photo updated to be the best quality and picture perfect impression of who you are at the core.
Founder Dinis Guarda
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