Professional Headshot
Create professional headshots from a single photo. Studio lighting, neutral background, and a likeness that still looks like you. No photographer needed.
Professional Headshots
Turn an ordinary photo into a studio-quality professional headshot, without booking a photographer.
A good headshot is the first thing people see on LinkedIn, a CV, a speaker bio, or a company directory, and most of us do not have one. Upload a normal photo and this produces a polished professional headshot with clean studio lighting, a neutral background, and a sharp finish, while keeping your actual face intact. It runs on Nano Banana 2, which is what makes the likeness hold up rather than handing you a stranger who vaguely resembles you.
How to take your own professional headshot
- Upload a clear, front-facing photo. Good light, no sunglasses, face unobstructed.
- Describe the look you want, for example: neutral grey background, business attire, soft studio light.
- Generate, then download.
You do not need a camera beyond your phone. A photo taken near a window on a recent iPhone or Android is more than enough source material, because the lighting and background are being rebuilt rather than borrowed from your original shot.
What to wear for a professional headshot
Clothing is the single thing most worth getting right, because it is the part the model takes directly from your description.
- Solid colours over patterns. Fine stripes and small checks can shimmer and distract at profile-photo size.
- Mid-tones beat extremes. Navy, charcoal, deep green, and burgundy sit well against a neutral background. Pure white can blow out, pure black can flatten.
- Necklines matter more than you would think. A collar or a structured neckline reads as more professional at thumbnail size than a round crew neck.
- Layer if you are unsure. A blazer over a plain top is the safest default across almost any industry.
- Match your field. Finance and law skew formal. Design, tech, and startups read better in smart-casual. Overdressing for your industry looks as off as underdressing.
Features
- Keeps your likeness. Face and posture are preserved rather than reinterpreted, so the result is recognisably you.
- Studio lighting without a studio. Clean key light, soft shadows, none of the flatness of a phone flash.
- Neutral professional backgrounds, or describe your own.
- Several looks from one photo. Rerun with a different description to get a formal version and a relaxed one.
- Minutes, not a scheduled shoot.
What you can use it for
LinkedIn and profile photos, CVs and resumes, company directories and team pages, speaker and author bios, press and media kits, personal branding.
Example prompt
A professional studio headshot, neutral grey background, navy blazer over a white shirt, soft directional key light from the left, shallow depth of field, sharp focus on the eyes.
Full model documentation is on the Nano Banana 2 page.
FAQ
What is a professional headshot?
A professional headshot is a tightly framed portrait, usually head and shoulders, shot against a clean background with even lighting. It is the standard format for LinkedIn, company websites, CVs, and speaker bios. The framing convention matters: eyes roughly a third down from the top, a little space above the head, and enough shoulder to ground the image.
How do I take my own professional headshot?
Take a clear, front-facing photo in soft light, ideally near a window, with nothing obscuring your face. Upload it, describe the background and clothing you want, and generate. Because the lighting and background are rebuilt, your original only needs to be sharp and well exposed, not studio quality.
Can I take a professional headshot with my iPhone?
Yes. A modern phone camera has far more resolution than a profile photo needs. Use the rear camera rather than the selfie camera if you can, stand a couple of metres back and zoom in slightly to avoid the wide-angle distortion that enlarges noses at close range, and face a window rather than standing with your back to it.
How much does a professional headshot cost?
A photographer typically runs from around $150 to $500 for a session in most US cities, more in major metros or for same-day turnaround. That is the gap this closes: you can generate and regenerate as many variations as you like for a fraction of a single sitting.
Will it still look like me?
That is the priority the workflow is built around. Face and posture are preserved first, then clothing, background, and lighting are changed around them. It is a restyle of your actual photo rather than a generated person. Results are strongest when the source photo is sharp and your face is evenly lit and unobstructed.
What makes a good source photo?
Even, diffuse light on your face. Front-facing or close to it. No sunglasses, no heavy shadow across half the face, nothing cropping the top of your head. Avoid harsh overhead light and direct flash, both of which create shadows that carry through into the result.
Can I use it for my LinkedIn profile picture?
Yes, that is the most common use. LinkedIn crops profile photos to a small circle, so tight head-and-shoulders framing against a plain background reads far better than a wide shot. Generate at the largest size available and let LinkedIn crop down.
How many photos do I need?
One. Unlike tools that ask for twenty selfies and a training step before they produce anything, this restyles a single reference photo, so you go from upload to finished headshot in one pass.