Post B5eGuhRKwkLPJxDTBw by rapsneezy2@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B5eBmIyPWs2lLrrdVQ by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T08:53:20Z
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So I need a new headshot for a conference I’m speaking at in June and I’m short on time so I fooled around with my camera last night (ooh-err, missus) and narrowed it down to three options…
(DIR) Post #B5eBq6YLeLQHzNU9eC by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T08:54:00Z
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Which should I go with?
(DIR) Post #B5eByD778nVoeZc0X2 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T08:55:34Z
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Also, because I love you, here’s me doing my best Zoolander impression.
(DIR) Post #B5eC48LflqDrc0FJg0 by GracelessHippo@mastodon.ie
2026-04-25T08:56:38Z
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@aralGo with zoolander👍
(DIR) Post #B5eC8dmaqCX8GHzFs8 by dansup@mastodon.social
2026-04-25T08:57:22Z
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@aral iconic ✨ 🤣 (I voted for the first one)
(DIR) Post #B5eCDTN6yaPBQ8N8nw by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T08:57:25Z
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@witix Well, there will be lots of suits in the room so maybe scaring them a little isn’t a bad idea ;)I think the first is my favourite too.
(DIR) Post #B5eCJwhsp2Hu8gAtM0 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T08:57:50Z
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@GracelessHippo Haha; I have half a mind to :)
(DIR) Post #B5eCOGqJtmHFkSBPiC by rgarner@mastodon.social
2026-04-25T08:58:20Z
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@aral go with what reads best at thumbnail size. To me, the most approachable are the two bespectacled, maybe leaning towards the closed-mouth one, but the open-mouthed one is fun and you've turned upwards so less of your face is in shadow. Were I doing it as a formal portrait I'd brolly a speedlight lower left but these are decent.The non-bespectacled one people might mistake for Kiefer Sutherland in 24. Which has its place, it's just in tense terrorism-related TV
(DIR) Post #B5eCWR79aqOnvBx0CW by flaki@flaki.social
2026-04-25T09:01:25Z
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@aral big adam savage energy (:
(DIR) Post #B5eCeCPu7eCQedQGhs by pcxt@piaille.fr
2026-04-25T09:02:15Z
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@aral or this one :)
(DIR) Post #B5eCisfsx1IOsB87sW by oaj@mastodon.com.pl
2026-04-25T09:02:26Z
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@aral: 1st and 3rd are good contenders IMO.
(DIR) Post #B5eCly7p8s8Ie8fdRY by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T09:02:29Z
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@rgarner Thanks, Russell :)PS. Most of the emotion in the photos is the pain of leaning over my desk to get close enough to the camera I usually use for streaming (a6400) for the f1.4 lens to do it’s magic (shh, don’t tell anyone).PPS. Do you know I didn’t even realise I wasn’t wearing my specs in the third one until you just told me? Our brains, what’re they like, eh? :)
(DIR) Post #B5eCp7ZYTRBGoc92Ey by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T09:03:21Z
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@pcxt Sadly, loses its effect when cropped square (as the photos are on the site); otherwise I was very tempted to :)
(DIR) Post #B5eCwO8tGWpOEW8bnE by beaufils@mastodon.social
2026-04-25T09:05:57Z
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@aral Did you get your chips back from that Seagull?
(DIR) Post #B5eD0v52kFiRXxV0JE by rgarner@mastodon.social
2026-04-25T09:06:25Z
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@aral I was wondering about the lens – I was leaning towards "good camera, 1.4" rather than "AI bokeh". You can just tell ;)(though clearly when I can't, I can't)lol@the pain, which is real
(DIR) Post #B5eD8GR5kAhno6JXLU by pcxt@piaille.fr
2026-04-25T09:08:14Z
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@aral sure I get itMaybe you can add black stripes above and below 😁aral in CinemaScope
(DIR) Post #B5eDYCDu1rbKGqVi2C by SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange
2026-04-25T09:13:12Z
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@aral I like the third one due to the serious look.
(DIR) Post #B5eE3Q9aHoU4S5Nb5U by mttkng@masto.98degrees.co.uk
2026-04-25T09:18:24Z
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@aral First. Third needs a CW. 🤣🤣
(DIR) Post #B5eGuhRKwkLPJxDTBw by rapsneezy2@mastodon.social
2026-04-25T09:50:53Z
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@aral My vote is for the smiling mastodon avatar!(But they're all good, hard to choose)
(DIR) Post #B5eHTp3ubDjh610W3s by woe2you@beige.party
2026-04-25T09:57:17Z
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@aral I think you should go with Blue Steel.
(DIR) Post #B5eLKiAlFEeSwH7cWG by camille@social.praxis.nyc
2026-04-25T10:40:32Z
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@aralI think you got too close. Can you back up a bit and try again? Its an extreme close-up in all cases with the first being the least so@rgarner
(DIR) Post #B5eMjbk8O0oABy6R3g by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T10:56:09Z
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@cairobraga Haha, thanks, Cairo – now *that’s* not something I hear everyday :)
(DIR) Post #B5eMviQbMEPmOrjwNU by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T10:57:51Z
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@mttkng Haha :)
(DIR) Post #B5eMzsWBmiBQquL2uG by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T10:58:16Z
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@yassie_j @witix I believe it’s called back pain but I’ll take raw aura ;)
(DIR) Post #B5eN7JRA6D52MoX2Zc by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T10:59:12Z
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@pcxt Haha, I’ll consider it :)
(DIR) Post #B5eNAhOxSM5zYn7FIG by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T10:59:40Z
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@beaufils Nope, bastard just shat on my head and flew away.
(DIR) Post #B5eWYKUpAWbT3eCcSW by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T12:46:16Z
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OK, there’s also this, which is probably the only one I took that isn’t technically an extreme close-up but a close-up.Thoughts?Currently split between the first one and this.
(DIR) Post #B5eWw8sc0ee1yqgSSO by securingdev@infosec.exchange
2026-04-25T12:50:30Z
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@aral I like this one 😄
(DIR) Post #B5eWzvrKMWFYkutFa4 by ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world
2026-04-25T12:50:50Z
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@aral You look most charismatic in the first one. A sizeable majority seem to agree!
(DIR) Post #B5eY3o1TXV0bZ331Oq by oliver@lfnt.site
2026-04-25T13:03:03Z
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@aral personally, I like the hint of a smirk on the first one better. The last one looks sympathetic as well, but more like you just hit your toe and try to smile it away 😉 That said, they're both pretty good.
(DIR) Post #B5eYHlWDe8ZJqt5Hua by nemo@mas.to
2026-04-25T13:05:36Z
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@aral I also would say this one 😁 👍
(DIR) Post #B5eZ9FMHQwvZkJwAnQ by malte@radikal.social
2026-04-25T13:15:12Z
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@aral I like the first one where your face is resting. I like to see people's resting faces. There are so many forced faces online these days (YouTube face being a particularly noisy face). Number one looks most natural.
(DIR) Post #B5ecEolRWTA2rk3TSS by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T13:49:34Z
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@cairobraga Hah, no worries. During uni we usually considered it an extreme close-up if only part of the face was showing but I’m sure the definitions vary. And, degrees aside, I never really worked in the industry so 🤷♂️ :)
(DIR) Post #B5ecHhVKyFdXDctdho by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T13:50:08Z
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@oliver Haha, almost… I was hunched over the desk trying to get close to the camera I usually stream with :)
(DIR) Post #B5eiaznDnYoHANqTiK by lukechairwalker@jasette.facil.services
2026-04-25T15:01:02Z
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@aral
(DIR) Post #B5eyFzos6R6YQzcrQ0 by FitsofPique@mastodon.social
2026-04-25T17:56:36Z
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@aral Can you update the alt text to indicate what you mean by 1st, 2nd and 3rd - just for precision?
(DIR) Post #B5f29SFkOBVyPPKhfM by suethepooh@mastodon.social
2026-04-25T18:40:12Z
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@aral this one
(DIR) Post #B5f2jIrqlGGbj2FVY0 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T18:46:38Z
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@FitsofPique Good shout. Done. The photos are now labelled as first, second and third in the alt text. Thanks!
(DIR) Post #B5f32UmKhUvmAWouA4 by aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-04-25T18:49:36Z
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@oliof Oh, you didn’t see my follow-up post? 100% Zoolander ;)