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…
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@witix Well, there will be lots of suits in the room so maybe scaring them a little isn’t a bad idea

I think the first is my favourite too.
@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
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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…
@aral First. Third needs a CW.


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Also, because I love you, here’s me doing my best Zoolander impression.
@aral this is the one
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Which should I go with?
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Also, because I love you, here’s me doing my best Zoolander impression.
@aral I think you should go with Blue Steel.
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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…
@aral the third look like federal judge skeptical with defendant attitude
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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…
@aral DAMN, you're handsome!!!
I voted for the first, however: your pfp is even better. -
@rgarner Thanks, Russell

PS. Most of the emotion in the photos is the pain of leaning over my desk to get close enough to the camera I usually use for streaming (a6400) for the f1.4 lens to do it’s magic (shh, don’t tell anyone).
PPS. Do you know I didn’t even realise I wasn’t wearing my specs in the third one until you just told me? Our brains, what’re they like, eh?

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@aral DAMN, you're handsome!!!
I voted for the first, however: your pfp is even better.@cairobraga Haha, thanks, Cairo – now *that’s* not something I hear everyday

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@aral First. Third needs a CW.


@mttkng Haha

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@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
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@aral sure I get it
Maybe you can add black stripes above and below
aral in CinemaScope@pcxt Haha, I’ll consider it

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@aral Did you get your chips back from that Seagull?
@beaufils Nope, bastard just shat on my head and flew away.
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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…
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.
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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.
@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.
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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.
@aral I like this one

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Which should I go with?
@aral You look most charismatic in the first one. A sizeable majority seem to agree!
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@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.
@aral considering a very technically traditional portrait framing, of course. your aesthetic proposition with these pics is obviously not traditional, so maybe what I said is worth zilch, lol. sorry.
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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.
@aral personally, I like the hint of a smirk on the first one better.
The last one looks sympathetic as well, but more like you just hit your toe and try to smile it away
That said, they're both pretty good.
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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.
@aral I also would say this one
