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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Also, because I love you, here’s me doing my best Zoolander impression.
Go with zoolander
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Also, because I love you, here’s me doing my best Zoolander impression.
@aral iconic
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al depends on what you want to go for
I like the first a lot more in general but third is much more serious@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.
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Go with zoolander
@GracelessHippo Haha; I have half a mind to
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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 go with what reads best at thumbnail size. To me, the most approachable are the two bespectacled, maybe leaning towards the closed-mouth one, but the open-mouthed one is fun and you've turned upwards so less of your face is in shadow. Were I doing it as a formal portrait I'd brolly a speedlight lower left but these are decent.
The non-bespectacled one people might mistake for Kiefer Sutherland in 24. Which has its place, it's just in tense terrorism-related TV
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Go with zoolander
In all seriousness they're grand.
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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 big adam savage energy
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Also, because I love you, here’s me doing my best Zoolander impression.
@aral or this one
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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: 1st and 3rd are good contenders IMO.
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@aral go with what reads best at thumbnail size. To me, the most approachable are the two bespectacled, maybe leaning towards the closed-mouth one, but the open-mouthed one is fun and you've turned upwards so less of your face is in shadow. Were I doing it as a formal portrait I'd brolly a speedlight lower left but these are decent.
The non-bespectacled one people might mistake for Kiefer Sutherland in 24. Which has its place, it's just in tense terrorism-related TV
@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 or this one
@pcxt Sadly, loses its effect when cropped square (as the photos are on the site); otherwise I was very tempted to
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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 Did you get your chips back from that Seagull?
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@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?
@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
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@pcxt Sadly, loses its effect when cropped square (as the photos are on the site); otherwise I was very tempted to
@aral sure I get it
Maybe you can add black stripes above and below
aral in CinemaScope -
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…
I like the third one due to the serious look.
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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.
