# Professional headshots without a photographer Studio-quality professional portraits generated from selfies you already have - for a fraction of a studio session and none of the scheduling. > Canonical: https://aiheadshot.me/professional-headshots ## Create professional headshots Upload checked source photos, then choose a role-appropriate wardrobe, backdrop, crop, and expression. Studio-quality professional headshots from selfies you already have, at a fraction of a studio session's cost and time. ## What Professional Headshots Are Actually For A traditional session runs $300-$800 plus half a day of your time, and you leave with a handful of finals. The maths is worth revisiting. ### A fraction of studio pricing Packs start at $19, and $29 buys forty headshots - roughly a tenth of a single studio session, with far more images to choose from. ### Minutes instead of half a day No travel or sitting. Package turnaround targets range from two to five minutes; actual time varies with the provider and queue. ### Dozens of finals, not four You get a whole range across backdrops and outfits, with the strongest eight ranked for you. ### Changes without a second session Choose several backdrop and outfit pairings up front and every one is rendered, so you are not committing to a single look. ## Professionals Who Need a Current Portrait If your work involves being findable, the photo is part of the job. ### Consultants and freelancers Your profile is your storefront. A credible portrait shortens the distance to a first conversation. ### Job seekers Applications, profiles, and networking all lean on the same image. Make it a strong one. ### Founders and executives Press requests, investor materials, and speaking slots all ask for a portrait at short notice. ### Healthcare and legal professionals Practice pages and directories where a trustworthy, appropriate portrait is expected. ## What You Actually Get Beyond the images themselves. ### Only images that look like you Every generated photo is compared against your uploads. Anything that drifts is removed and refunded before you see it - you are not paying for near-misses. ### A shortlist instead of a pile Dozens of images is only useful if you can choose. The eight strongest, across different looks, are surfaced first. ### A free re-shoot, granted automatically If our own scoring says the likeness was not good enough, we re-run the shoot on a different engine before telling you it is ready. ### Automatic likeness protection Low-likeness images are removed and their credits are restored. Eligible purchase refunds follow the Refund Policy. ## The Whole Process Four steps, most of which happen without you. ### Upload a few selfies One to three. We check them immediately and tell you how to fix anything that will not work - before you pay. ### Choose backdrops and outfits Or let the generator pair them for you if you would rather not decide. ### Watch them arrive Images stream in as each one finishes, starting with a spread across different looks rather than four of the same. ### Download and refine Take the shortlist, crop it for any platform with the free resizer, and upscale anything you want to print. ## The Four Habits That Lift Any Professional Headshot None of this is about camera quality. All of it is about how much honest information about your face reaches the model. ### Window in front, not behind Backlight turns your face into a silhouette and the model into a guesser. Turn around so the light is on you. This one change separates most weak source sets from strong ones, regardless of what phone took them. ### Get closer than feels natural Most people photograph themselves too far away. Your head and shoulders should fill the frame - the number of pixels covering your features is the hard ceiling on how much the finished professional headshot can look like you. ### Vary the angle, not the day Two photos from different angles are worth more than three taken in a row from the same one. Straight-on plus a slight turn tells the model about the depth of your nose, cheekbones and jaw; repeats tell it nothing new. ### Nothing between the lens and your face Sunglasses, hats and heavy filters remove information the model then invents. Smoothing filters are the worst offender because they submit an edited face and ask for it back, which the likeness check then flags. ## Included on Every Plan Even the entry pack. ### Pre-payment photo check Unusable selfies are caught with specific advice before any credits are spent. ### Free automatic re-shoot Granted by our scoring, not by you having to complain. ### Every combination rendered Each backdrop and outfit pairing you choose is generated in the same shoot. ### Profile crops One-click exports sized for LinkedIn, Slack, email signatures, and print. ### No subscription Packs are one-time purchases. Nothing renews unless you deliberately choose a plan that does. ### One-click photo deletion Erase your uploads immediately, or let the 30-day automatic purge handle it. ## Studio Quality Without Giving Up Your Face Data A professional portrait should not cost you control of your likeness. Face photos are biometric data, handled that way in the product, not only in the policy. ### Your photos never train any AI model Uploads are used once to generate your headshots and are never used to train, fine-tune, or improve a model. No exceptions, and every provider we route to is contractually bound to the same rule. ### Automatic deletion after 30 days Uploaded selfies are permanently deleted 30 days after your headshots are generated. A scheduled sweep enforces it, and we alert ourselves if a single photo is ever overdue. ### Delete everything right now, in one click You do not have to wait for the retention window. A single button on your shoot page erases every selfie you uploaded, immediately and permanently. ### Explicit consent, recorded properly Before anything is processed we show exactly what is collected, why, and for how long, and record your consent against that precise wording - the standard biometric privacy laws expect. ### Every image is labelled as AI-generated Delivered headshots carry embedded content credentials marking them as AI-generated, so the images stay honest wherever they travel. ## What a run costs and returns | Measure | Detail | | --- | --- | | 6–15 credits | Per run, depending on the model and length chosen. | | Every paid plan | Includes a commercial licence for what you make. | | JPEG, PNG, and WebP | Accepted for upload, up to 5 MB per file. | | 6 free credits | On a new account, before any plan. | ## Professional Headshot Questions Professional headshot questions ### How much do professional headshots cost? A traditional studio session typically runs $300-$800 plus half a day of your time. Packs here start at $19 with no subscription, $29 buys forty headshots, and every plan includes a free re-shoot. ### How is this so much cheaper than a studio? Studio pricing covers a photographer’s hours, rented space, and manual retouching. Removing the logistics removes most of the cost - and a second look does not require a second booking. ### How many photos do I need to upload? One works, and three is both where returns flatten and the maximum. The variable that matters is angle variety rather than count - a second photo taken from a different side does more for a professional headshot than a third from the same one. ### What makes a headshot look professional? Four things, and none of them are expensive. Your face large in the frame and sharply focused on the eyes. Soft light arriving from the front rather than overhead. A background with no readable detail competing for attention. And clothing that matches the work you actually do, because a suit in a creative field reads as wrong just as clearly as a t-shirt in a courtroom. ### How much do professional headshots cost? A photographer typically charges somewhere between $150 and $400 for a session that returns three or four frames you would genuinely publish. Packs here start at $19 for up to 20 professional headshots, and $29 returns up to 40 across different backdrops and outfits, bought once rather than subscribed to. The photographer is still the better answer when you need full-body, group, or on-location work. ### How long does it take? Two to five minutes is the target, because every image in the set generates simultaneously. Actual time shifts with the pack you chose, the provider handling it, and current queue depth. ### Will the headshots actually look like me? Likeness is the only property we score. Each render is compared against your uploads, and anything that stops resembling you is discarded and its credit returned before the set reaches you. If the whole shoot misses, we re-run it on a different engine for free rather than waiting for you to complain. ### What if I do not like the results? Images rejected by the likeness check are removed and their credits restored automatically. A low-scoring shoot can qualify for a free re-shoot. Eligible purchase refunds follow the Refund Policy. ### Are my photos used to train AI? Never. Uploads generate your headshots and are used for nothing else, every provider in the path is contractually bound to the same rule, and files are permanently deleted after 30 days - or immediately, if you press delete. ### Can people tell the photos are AI-generated? The good ones read as ordinary studio photography. We are also straightforward about it: every delivered image carries embedded content credentials identifying it as AI-generated, which is both honest and increasingly a legal requirement. ### Do I need to dress up for the selfies? No. Whatever you are wearing in the upload is replaced by the outfit you choose. A plain t-shirt in good light beats a suit in a dark room. ### How many credits does Professional Headshots use? Professional Headshots draws between 6 and 15 credits per run, depending on the model and length chosen in the form. ### What limits should I check before using Professional Headshots? Generated output from Professional Headshots can contain visual, audio, or factual errors. Review each result before publishing, and upload only material you are authorized to use. Where the form accepts a reference image, supported files are JPEG, PNG, WebP up to 5 MB each. ### What happens to the files I upload to Professional Headshots? An upload is stored against your own account, not pooled with other people's. Deleting the account removes it: the control is in Settings under Security, the request is confirmed by email, and the erasure removes the stored objects it owns. How long anything else is kept, and which processors handle it, is stated in the privacy policy. ### Can I use what Professional Headshots makes commercially? Every paid plan includes a commercial licence for what Professional Headshots makes; the free tier is for personal use. ### How does Professional Headshots compare, and what alternatives fit a different workflow? Professional Headshots: Professional headshots without a photographer. Upload a few selfies, choose a backdrop and outfit, download studio-quality portraits from $19. Related options are Create AI Headshots: Create AI headshots from a few selfies. Upload, pick a backdrop and an outfit, then download an auto-ranked shortlist of studio portraits in up to 4K, Realtor Headshots: Realtor headshots for listings, yard signs and brokerage sites. Approachable, current real estate agent photos - for you or your whole office, LinkedIn Headshots: Get a LinkedIn headshot that still reads at thumbnail size. Upload a few selfies, pick a backdrop and outfit, and download the circle crop ready to post, Resume Photo: Create a professional resume photo or CV photo from a few selfies. Correct framing, neutral background, and the right size for Europe and Asia, Headshot Backgrounds: Choose a headshot background from studio, office, outdoor and brand-colour options, or upload your own backdrop without re-shooting, and Free AI Headshot Generator: Try our free AI headshot generator. Upload one selfie and get a professional headshot at no cost - no credit card, no subscription, no watermark. Choose by the required input, delivered output, controls, limits, current availability, and credit cost; the related-tools section links each canonical page. ## Get Professional Headshots Upload a few selfies and get professional headshots back in minutes. Anything that does not look like you is removed and refunded. ## Related tools ### [Create AI Headshots](https://aiheadshot.me/ai-headshot-generator) ### [Realtor Headshots](https://aiheadshot.me/realtor-headshots) ### [LinkedIn Headshots](https://aiheadshot.me/linkedin-headshots) ### [Resume Photo](https://aiheadshot.me/resume-photo) ### [Headshot Backgrounds](https://aiheadshot.me/headshot-backgrounds) ### [Free AI Headshot Generator](https://aiheadshot.me/free-headshot-generator) _Last updated July 28, 2026_