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taking a great professional profile photo is a little bit of a mix of art and science.
And we're going to simplify it down here for you in six stories.
Step one is just make sure that you're well-prepared get a good night's sleep the night before and try
to take the photo in the morning because this morning has tends to have better light for photos and
for dudes who shave,
You won't have a you know a 5 o'clock shadow.
Step two is just to get the right gear.
Ideally you're going to recruit a friend to help you shoot the photo because that's much better than
taking it yourself and just try to get the best highest resolution camera that you can find.
If you can borrow one that's great.
You need to take the shot with your smartphone.
We're going to give you a hack at the end of this module for doing that.
All right.
Make sure you your environment and your clothes are all planned.
So Step three is to check out the video on that.
And if you're going to use makeup in your photo check out the download section for the easel guide on
makeup for professional photos.
All right cool so Step 4 is just find your location.
If you're going to choose to shoot it inside try to place yourself near a window that has nice soft
light coming through.
Try to avoid places with a lot of overhead light because harsh lights and overhead lights will tend
to create shadows on your face.
If you choose an environment that's outside stay in front of a piece of equipment that's designed to
reinforce your message in your photo.
Then you can actually get the best shots on a cloudy day because the clouds will diffuse the sunlight
harsh sunlight on your face will tend to create a lot of unwanted shadows.
So if it's really bright outside.
Find the right mix of light maybe a little bit of shadow all right when you're ready to take the photo.
Just relax.
Make sure that you look into the camera and if you're having trouble relaxing then get yourself something
to play with in your hands because if you're playing with something in your hands it tends to relax
your shoulders and give yourself something to focus on.
Finally you want to take a lot of photos.
Have your friend who's helping you with this.
Take photos from a lot of different angles.
Take at least 20 photos so that you have something to choose from.
All right now here's the hack about taking selfies with a smartphone.
All right.
So if you're going to take a selfie with your smartphone make sure that you're using the outside camera
on your smartphone.
They tend to be higher resolution.
Set your phone to video mode and then just take a long video getting different angles of yourself taking
the photo then import that video into your computer blow it up to full screen and then scroll frame
by frame through the video so that you can choose the photo that's best for you and then take a screen
cap.
Now that can be your photo.
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