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Startup founder portraits, no photographer
A real frame from this shoot.
Investors, journalists and candidates all meet the founder through a portrait first. Startup founder portraits sit between a headshot and an editorial: an open collar, a bright co-working space blurred behind you, natural daylight and the relaxed confidence of someone who is building something and knows it.
You want a portrait for the press kit, the fundraising deck and the team page, taken between meetings rather than instead of one. The session takes a few selfies as its only input; the Business Casual preset supplies the lens, the light and the wardrobe for startup founder portraits, and your likeness supplies everything else. Keep the best take, retouch it lightly, and reuse the same file every time a new profile, program or press page asks for startup founder portraits.
What this session solves
- The launch article needs a photo by tomorrow and you are in a hoodie
- Your deck, site and press kit each carry a different photo
- You want something more human than a corporate gray headshot
- Co-founders should look like they were shot in the same room
The shot list
Open AI Photoshoot, attach your selfies, select Business Casual
This is the shoot itself — startup founder portraits rendered around your own face in seconds.
AI PhotoshootPolish skin and eyes with 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 co-founders match each other?
Yes. Run the same preset with the same setting text — "our office, glass wall, plants" — and the frames share light and framing as if shot together. Group Photo can also compose you into one frame.
What should the setting text say for a press photo?
Name a real kind of place and its light: "a bright loft office with brick and large windows". Journalists prefer environmental portraits over studio backdrops.
Will startup founder portraits look like a real photograph?
They are rendered as photographs — natural skin texture, real catchlights, a portrait lens — and you can compare every frame with your selfie using the toggle in the Studio.
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