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

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Post by formerly_proven »

somenameforme wrote: post #25
dewey wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Headshots are expected in CVs in the vast majority of the world. To my knowledge the big exceptions are US, UK, Canada, and Australia. But even there it's more like an "exception" since there's generally an unstated expectation that an employer can find more information, including a headshot, of you online.

These are going the way of the dodo. Just a couple years ago you were supposed to include a mini-cv of your parents in your cv, too, and people claimed not having a photo would automatically disqualify.

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

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Post by Gigachad »

dusted wrote: post #40
forgotusername6 wrote: post #32

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It took me well over an hour to get a new directory photo of myself that I still hated. Lighting was bad, I looked tired, blemishes etc.

You were tired, you had blemished, light was terrible.. sorry, but that's probably how you look.. And.. THAT'S OKAY! We're humans, that's how humans look.

Sure, but the other guy will hire a professional to set up the details right and have a much better looking photo

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

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Post by vladvasiliu »

hosteur wrote: post #24
dewey wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

> At this point, it's considered unprofessional to submit a picture on an application. Really? This does not match my experience (Europe) Quite the contrary actually.

Where in Europe? Over here in France, it's not that common. I've never had a picture on any of my applications. I don't handle hiring, so I don't get to see many CVs, but the last time I saw some (mid-2022), they didn't have a picture, either.

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

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Post by Gigachad »

shubhamjain wrote: post #28

Although impressive, many of the photos shown can't be passed off as authentic headshots. Many of the photos linked in the landing page itself have issues. Example [1]. But even if I ignore them most of them, there is something off. Maybe I am biased because I know it's AI-generated, but I also feel they look too polished for the real world. The facial skin isn't generally this perfect. And the bokeh looks like it ha…

They all have skin that’s too perfect. The images are high resolution and hyper detail but then the skin looks like it was airbrushed on

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

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Post by vladvasiliu »

ozim wrote: post #37
pcthrowaway wrote: post #29

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You can get a professional headshot for $20? Does it require you to go somewhere? Because if so I'd argue that the cost is the photographer payment plus your time. I think there are very few people looking for a professional headshot who would value their time at less than $20 hour

Now account for a team of 20 people to get them on time, in one place, dressed properly.

A few years ago, we had just that a start-up I was working for. We were told that X day would be picture day, so come dressed in a shirt. A photographer showed up at our office with a bunch of lights in tow. He didn't stay that long. The pictures looked pretty great.

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

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Post by r_hoods_ghost »

Aeolun wrote: post #23

Or you can just take decent pictures? Is this really something we need? I dunno, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth somehow. Like we’re replacing the things that should be uniquely human with something fake.

I live with an actor. Every year or so she gets a set of professional headshots done which costs somewhere between £300 and £1000 depending on the photographer. While the quality of a professional set is undoubtedly better than these (currently) they're not so far off and I can see an acting student or jobbing actor going for a service like this if they're skint.

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

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Post by not-chatgpt »

keizo wrote: post #10

I follow you and Pieter Levels on twitter. Some wild things you guys create -- the control net things are unreal. I am continually impressed and inspired. If you're looking for critiques or improvements stating "Indistinguishable from real photos" seems a stretch as good as they are. Even if I were to use ai photos, I'd never try to pass them off as real. Seems dishonest. I'd push more towards a new thing, not sell a…

To generate realistic looking headshots, you need high quality training data (i.e. high quality headshots) of the person. Then what's stopping them from using stable diffusion and stylize those existing photos in the first place?

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

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Post by not-chatgpt »

r_hoods_ghost wrote: post #47
Aeolun wrote: post #23

Or you can just take decent pictures? Is this really something we need? I dunno, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth somehow. Like we’re replacing the things that should be uniquely human with something fake.

I live with an actor. Every year or so she gets a set of professional headshots done which costs somewhere between £300 and £1000 depending on the photographer. While the quality of a professional set is undoubtedly better than these (currently) they're not so far off and I can see an acting student or jobbing actor going for a service like this if they're skint.

You still need high quality photos to generate these headshots. Anyone can just put those photos in midjourney or stable diffusion, and with ~10 minutes of prompting, generate their stylized headshots?
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