How to take selfies that work for AI headshots
12 November 2026 · 5 min read · PhotoBoost AI
The single biggest factor in whether an AI headshot looks like you is the selfies you feed it. Not the model, not the style you choose — the input.
This is mostly a list of things to avoid, because the failures are more predictable than the successes.
What to upload
What to avoid
Technical requirements
Our upload accepts JPEG, PNG and WebP files up to 10 MB, with a minimum of 400×400 pixels.
Below that resolution there is not enough detail for a convincing result. Above 10 MB the file is rejected, so if you are uploading straight from a recent phone, you may need to resize.
The profile you fill in matters too
After uploading you give us a short profile: age range, height range, weight range, body type, ethnicity, hair colour, eye colour and gender.
These are not marketing questions. They are used directly to keep the generated headshot consistent with how you actually look, which is why a rough answer produces a worse result than a considered one.
If the result does not look like you
Try again with better input before concluding the product does not work. Clearer, better-lit, more front-facing selfies fix more runs than any other change.
If you have a very distinctive feature the generation keeps getting wrong, that is a genuine limitation rather than a fixable input problem — worth knowing before you pay.