Follow this guide to upload a headshot so that you can launch a polished, professional profile even before your in-person photoshoot!
In order to be published, your headshot must be:
- A photo of you, not a logo or office photo
- In color, not black & white
- Of high resolution (at least 200kb in size)
- Centered, with your face taking up 60-70% of the frame (more on cropping and resizing here!)
A good rule of thumb is to only use a photo that was taken with the express purpose of serving as your professional headshot!
A great headshot is:
- Taken in a professional setting, by another person or on a self-timer
- Featuring your warmest smile!
- Brightly lit
- Recently taken (within the past 3 years!)
- Selfies
- Photos that are darkly lit or where your face is hidden in shadows
- Photos in which you are unsmiling
- Photos that are more than 5 years old, or in which you don't look like your current professional self
- Photos taken in an unprofessional setting
- Photos where another person is cropped out
- I am getting an error message when I upload the photo, but I think it meets the criteria! Please contact the Zencare support team, and we’ll take care of it for you! :)
- What if I don’t have a photo that meets these criteria? Book your Zencare photoshoot here!
- How do I crop and center my headshot? See a step-by-step guide here!
- Can you edit a photo for me? If the photo was taken by a Zencare photographer, yes! Select “To make a one-time photoshop edit to your photos and/or video, please contact the Zencare team” here, and choose the photo you’d like to have edited. If the photo was not taken by a Zencare photographer, unfortunately, we are not able to edit it.
- Can I wait for my photoshoot to add a profile photo? Yes! Please note that a profile cannot be published until it includes a profile photo. If you’d like to wait until after your photoshoot to publish your profile, that’s absolutely fine!
- Can I change my profile photo later on? Yes! You can change your profile photo by following the steps here.