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AI headshot app challenges traditional headshot model

Mar 21, 2023 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments

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It’s getting difficult to distinguish AI images from photos, and it’s getting evident that AI could replace humans in some professions, headshot photography being among them.

Enter HeadshotPro, an AI-based corporate headshot service that could make headshot photography a thing of the past. It takes your random photos, even selfies, and uses AI to turn them into professional corporate headshots. And the best (or worst) of all is: it does a pretty good job!

[Related reading: No copyright protection for ai images, says US government]

HeadshotPro is essentially made for remote teams, so they can get professional headshots and make them uniform across the company. Of course, you can also create an individual headshot, unrelated to the company. All you need to do is upload your photos and choose the style of your headshot. There are plenty of styles and backgrounds to choose from:

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The tool then uses AI to generate over 120 headshots for you and your team to choose from. It takes around two hours to get your results, and the price starts at $29 per person if you make only your own headshots. For teams, it’s $39 per person, with 20% off for five or more people, and 30% off for ten or more.

Damon Chen tested HeadshotPro, shared his results, and “broke their server,” according to HeadshotPro’s founder Danny Postma. He’s also the creator of Deep Agency, the AI model agency without real photographers or models.

Here are Damon’s result after testing HeadShotPro. Sure, some headshots look like those overly retouched prom photos from 2006, but the others are pretty darn good!

Just tried https://t.co/eagIrJPSaH 🔥

Looks like the job of a photographer might become a thing of the past soon! pic.twitter.com/GEB8Zk6ceM

— Damon Chen (@damengchen) March 17, 2023

And these are the input photos he used:

People are asking what the input photos are. Here are they 👇

Some are selfies, some are cropped from family photos, and some are video screenshots. pic.twitter.com/HNBTfm14b6

— Damon Chen (@damengchen) March 17, 2023

I honestly don’t know if I love this or hate it. On the one hand, AI-based apps like this always raise a red flag in my mind because of the potential misuse of input (or even output) images. I’m also not thrilled to see that headshot photographers could easily be replaced by AI.

On the other hand, this can be handy for companies. If the team is scattered around different cities and countries (like us on DIYP), this can be great for headshots that have uniform style. For smaller companies and start-ups, a tool like this can be great to cut down not only the cost, but also executive time

All in all, I have mixed feelings about tools like this, and I’d like to hear from you. Can they replace headshot photographers? And would you use them?

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About Dunja Djudjic

Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.

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