What can and cannot be fixed after the shutter
4 min A simple test decides it: is the information still in the file? Background, light and crop are recoverable. Focus, motion and a cropped crown are not.
Profile photos, plainly explained.
Short, practical pieces on profile photos: what a headshot has to do, how to shoot one worth processing, and where your face goes when you upload it. Every claim is tested on our own photos.
White background headshots: when you need one and how to get one
4 min A true white background is a specific requirement, not a default. Here is who actually asks for one, why shooting it is harder than it looks, and how to fake it well.
When the top of your head is cut off in a photo
5 min You cannot put back a skull that was never photographed. But you can frame around the cut so it reads as a deliberate crop instead of a mistake.
Why your Zoom and Teams profile picture looks bad
4 min Video call avatars are shown small, cropped to a circle, and often scaled twice. Three habits fix almost all of it, and none of them involve a better camera.
An AI headshot or a photographer: what each is actually for
5 min These are not competing products. One buys you a better photograph, the other buys you a better version of the photograph you already have. The choice is mostly about what you already own.
Free AI headshot generators: what free usually costs
5 min Free is a real business model, not a trick. But it is paid for somehow, and the four common ways are worth recognising before you upload a dozen photos of your face.
Speaker photos: what conference organisers actually need
5 min The photo goes on a website, a printed programme, a holding slide and a social card, each a different shape. Sending one small square causes most of the problems.
Is using an AI headshot misrepresentation?
5 min The question worth asking is not whether software touched the photo. It is whether someone who meets you would recognise you from it.
Why your photo crops differently on every platform
5 min You upload one square and get a circle here, a wide banner there, and your chin missing on the third. The fix is to build the photo for the worst crop rather than the best one.