So I need a new headshot for a conference I’m speaking at in June and I’m short on time so I fooled around with my camera last night (ooh-err, missus) and narrowed it down to three options…

[rgarner@mastodon.social]

@aral I was wondering about the lens – I was leaning towards "good camera, 1.4" rather than "AI bokeh". You can just tell

(though clearly when I can't, I can't)

lol@the pain, which is real

[pcxt@piaille.fr]

@aral sure I get it
Maybe you can add black stripes above and below aral in CinemaScope

[spacelifeform@infosec.exchange]

@aral

I like the third one due to the serious look.

[yassie_j@labyrinth.zone]

@aral@mastodon.ar.al @witix@mk.absturztau.be the last one looks too intense to me, but the first one seems to have a good mix of vibes and raw aura

[mttkng@masto.98degrees.co.uk]

@aral First. Third needs a CW.

[rmi@cloudisland.nz]

@aral this is the one

[rapsneezy2@mastodon.social]

@aral

My vote is for the smiling mastodon avatar!

(But they're all good, hard to choose)

[woe2you@beige.party]

@aral I think you should go with Blue Steel.

[yukari@fedinet.waltuh.cyou]

@aral the third look like federal judge skeptical with defendant attitude , i choose first.

[cairobraga@gts.cairobraga.com]

@aral DAMN, you're handsome!!! I voted for the first, however: your pfp is even better.

[camille@social.praxis.nyc]

@aral
I think you got too close. Can you back up a bit and try again? Its an extreme close-up in all cases with the first being the least so
@rgarner

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@cairobraga Haha, thanks, Cairo – now *that’s* not something I hear everyday

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@mttkng Haha

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@yassie_j @witix I believe it’s called back pain but I’ll take raw aura

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@pcxt Haha, I’ll consider it

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@beaufils Nope, bastard just shat on my head and flew away.

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

OK, there’s also this, which is probably the only one I took that isn’t technically an extreme close-up but a close-up.

Thoughts?

Currently split between the first one and this.

[cairobraga@gts.cairobraga.com]

@aral that's an extreme close-up, my friend. for it not to be, your neck (and ideally your shoulders) should be in frame and in the same layer as your face.

[securingdev@infosec.exchange]

@aral I like this one

[apostateenglishman@mastodon.world]

@aral You look most charismatic in the first one. A sizeable majority seem to agree!