Turn a selfie into a professional headshot
Prompts for polished LinkedIn, ID, or corporate headshots from your own photo.
The prompt
Turn my uploaded selfie into a professional headshot.
Use: [LinkedIn / company website / speaker bio / ID badge]
Industry and impression: [e.g. "approachable consultant", "creative director", "trustworthy doctor"]
Outfit: [keep mine / business formal / smart casual — describe]
Background: [studio gray / soft office blur / outdoor / brand color]
Framing: [head and shoulders, centered, eye level]
Write an image-edit prompt that:
- Keeps my face, features, skin tone, and hairstyle exactly as they are — no reshaping, slimming, or skin smoothing beyond natural retouching.
- Adds flattering, soft studio lighting and a natural expression.
- Uses a realistic camera look (e.g. 85mm portrait, shallow depth of field).
- Avoids an over-processed, plastic "AI" look.
Give one alternative with a different background. Check your employer's or platform's rules before using an AI-edited photo as an official ID photo.
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- LinkedIn / company website / speaker bio / ID badge
- keep mine / business formal / smart casual — describe
- studio gray / soft office blur / outdoor / brand color
- head and shoulders, centered, eye level
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Zero-Shot structure (Zero-shot prompting). A zero-shot prompt gives the model a direct instruction with no examples. It is the simplest form, and it works best when the task is common and clearly worded.
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