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Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

#11

Post by dewey »

holub008 wrote: post #9

Does this dilute the headshot currency in the professional marketplace? If anyone can generate a flawless, idealized photo of themself, surely it reduces the signal headshots once provided: that you have the means to pay a photographer & are willing to invest the time / give a damn about appearing professional. It might also damage the sense of identity they provide, if the generated images wander too far from realit…

Most companies strongly discourage you from submitting headshots already. At this point, it's considered unprofessional to submit a picture on an application.

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

#12

Post by deepspace »

vages wrote: post #8
rahul_nyc wrote: post #7

I would prefer supporting a local photographer.

Sure. But this is a good replacement when your team is in different physical locations.

Ahem, as far as I can tell, the site creates individual headshots, not team photos, so the team members could each just support a local photographer at their own physical location, no?

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

#14

Post by wingerlang »

dewey wrote: post #11
holub008 wrote: post #9

Does this dilute the headshot currency in the professional marketplace? If anyone can generate a flawless, idealized photo of themself, surely it reduces the signal headshots once provided: that you have the means to pay a photographer & are willing to invest the time / give a damn about appearing professional. It might also damage the sense of identity they provide, if the generated images wander too far from realit…

Most companies strongly discourage you from submitting headshots already. At this point, it's considered unprofessional to submit a picture on an application.

This is highly location specific. In Thailand it's more or less required to include it.

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

#15

Post by dewey »

deepspace wrote: post #12
vages wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure. But this is a good replacement when your team is in different physical locations.

Ahem, as far as I can tell, the site creates individual headshots, not team photos, so the team members could each just support a local photographer at their own physical location, no?

I thought the benefit of a site like that would be a uniform look for a distributed team. If everyone contacts their local photographer they will all have different tints, formats, sizes and backgrounds.

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

#16

Post by petters »

deepspace wrote: post #12
vages wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure. But this is a good replacement when your team is in different physical locations.

Ahem, as far as I can tell, the site creates individual headshots, not team photos, so the team members could each just support a local photographer at their own physical location, no?

Having the style and background be the same might be desirable.

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

#17

Post by holub008 »

dewey wrote: post #11
holub008 wrote: post #9

Does this dilute the headshot currency in the professional marketplace? If anyone can generate a flawless, idealized photo of themself, surely it reduces the signal headshots once provided: that you have the means to pay a photographer & are willing to invest the time / give a damn about appearing professional. It might also damage the sense of identity they provide, if the generated images wander too far from realit…

Most companies strongly discourage you from submitting headshots already. At this point, it's considered unprofessional to submit a picture on an application.

Good point, but headshots are essentially required in arenas other than job hunting. For a startup, it would be unprofessional to pitch investors without headshots of the founding team in the deck. Even in hiring, I'm willing to bet most hiring managers look candidates up on LinkedIn where they will see a headshot.

Re: Show HN: Professional headshots for remote team with AI

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Post by rzzzt »

dewey wrote: post #15
deepspace wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ahem, as far as I can tell, the site creates individual headshots, not team photos, so the team members could each just support a local photographer at their own physical location, no?

I thought the benefit of a site like that would be a uniform look for a distributed team. If everyone contacts their local photographer they will all have different tints, formats, sizes and backgrounds.

Support a remote photographer to adjust each local photographer's input into a coherent style.
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