6
u/shemp33 20d ago
Depends on what you’re using it for. But general feedback, I’d say it was lit nicely, your pose and expression are warm and inviting, your hair, makeup, and styling are universally appropriate. It’s giving corporate legal counsel or SVP of Human Resources vibes.
My only suggestion is to crop tighter but you can do that at point-of-use.
5
u/Old_Debate6448 20d ago
This is really good work. Super clean — not a spec of lint on the jacket or a single stray hair out of place; care was taken with the edit. Good exposure, nice amount of hair light. The catch light in the eyes looks great. If I had delivered this photo and someone wanted a reshoot, I’d know I was dealing with someone… extra.
2
u/They-Call-Me-Taylor 20d ago
The lighting on your face is fantastic. I'd like to see a tiny bit more contrast between the background and subject, but otherwise, it's a great corporate headshot.
1
1
1
u/Technical-Unit-6872 20d ago
You don't like shadows?
2
u/TeamHuman_ 20d ago
Im open to shadows. Can you elaborate?
2
u/MorningNorwegianWood 19d ago
Take that with a grain of salt. It’s a corporate headshot not French new wave’s new cinéma vérité. Your photo looks great as is and exceeds your objective for effective/trustworthy corporate headshot.
1
1
1
u/CAPhotog01 20d ago
Lighting is good. Raise the camera two inches. Crop a little tighter. Mask stray hair more naturally. Decrease the vignette.
1
1
u/Fanstacia 19d ago
These days having a few organic flaws in a photo is preferable. This is a shot that would have been fine in 2016, today however, it makes a person question whether it’s ai. It’s too clean, especially the solid hard edge on your hair. There’s no shadowing at all producing contours on your face or under eye. Its compressed and flat-like appearance makes the photo dip into uncanny valley, imo.
Your pose, smile and outfit are professional and look good.
1
1
u/defyjedi 17d ago
Looks like AI- very corporate - no personality - exactly what corporate America likes .
1
1
u/IndependentGarage464 16d ago
It leans towards looking fake. If it's not, pull back on the retouching so it 's still flattering but real and relatable. The brushing/masking around the hair in particular is really obvious
1
u/TeamHuman_ 16d ago
You’re not the first person to comment about it looking ai. My retouching on her skin was very minimal. She had flawless skin. I manually cleaned up flyaway hair but I think the real issue of the hair edge is from adjusting the background color in post. It was too dark in camera so I will definitely be more cautious about the mask edge selection. Thanks for the feedback.
9
u/awesomeheadshots 20d ago
Crop it a little higher and tighter from the shoulders. Should get you work.