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Author portraits, no photographer
A real frame from this shoot.
The back flap of a book has one photo and it has to carry the whole person: thoughtful, a little mysterious, lit by a single window or a soft box, eyes just off the lens. Author portraits from the Studio follow the fine-art convention publishers ask for, in color or black and white.
You want a jacket photo that looks like it was taken by a literary photographer, ready before the catalog deadline. With the Studio Portrait preset selected, each run turns your selfies into author portraits lit and framed the way a studio would light and frame them. Keep the best take, retouch it lightly, and reuse the same file every time a new profile, program or press page asks for author portraits.
What this session solves
- The publisher needs a hi-res author photo and the deadline was yesterday
- Your only photo is a smiling holiday snap that is wrong for a thriller
- You want black and white for the jacket and color for the website
- A newsletter, a festival program and a bookshop poster all want it
The shot list
Open AI Photoshoot, attach your selfies, select Studio Portrait
Everything about author portraits except your face comes from this preset, and the face comes from you.
AI PhotoshootGive the best frame a light Face Retouch
A restrained pass that evens skin and brightens eyes without the plastic look of a filter.
Face RetouchRe-light the frame for the mood you want
Change the key light, the shadows and the color of the scene without changing the person.
Relight PhotoBefore you book
Can I get a black-and-white version?
Run the shoot once, then send the frame you like to AI Photoshoot's Black & White preset or ask AI Photo Editor for "rich black and white with fine grain". Keep both versions on the contact sheet.
What expression suits a book jacket?
Thoughtful, with the eyes slightly off camera, is the classic. The Studio Portrait preset leans that way; Expression Changer can push it toward Serious or Gentle Smile depending on the genre.
Can my colleagues get author portraits that match mine?
Yes. Share the preset and settings from this page; because the lighting and framing come from the same brief, a whole team's photos read as one session.
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