Spent $300 on a 'professional' headshot and it looks like a yearbook photo from 2002...

The photographer used a weird filter and now my LinkedIn looks like I'm in a witness protection program. Has anyone else had a headshot session go totally sideways?

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robinson.wren20d ago

Honestly, the witness protection program line got me. My friend had something similar happen last year. She paid a guy who had a fancy website but he just used this awful, heavy skin smoothing filter on everything. It made her look like a wax figure version of herself. She was so mad because she needed it for a conference and looked nothing like her real face. Tbh I think some photographers get too caught up in editing and forget what a normal person actually looks like.

simona779d ago

That "wax figure" thing is SPOT ON. I read this article where a photographer admitted he edits for Instagram likes, not for the person paying him. He said smooth skin gets more comments, so he just cranks the sliders until everyone looks plastic. It's crazy that someone's professional headshot ends up looking like a bad video game character.

simons2819d ago

Ever wonder if they're editing for other photographers instead of the client? Like they're trying to win awards for perfect skin instead of making people look like themselves. It's a weird flex when your headshot looks like a stock photo model.