linkedin profile pictures?

[Deleted]

Do you have one? 

If so, is it a professional headshot or your own photo?

Any tips on selecting one? 

Bonus points for anyone willing to  PIP

[jeekerbeeker]

<------I use the same pic as I do here.

Now I am wondering if it's okay.

[cville]

Mine is a professional headshot. Because my firm takes them.

Do not, I repeat, do not pick a picture of yourself on a yacht, unless you want your exes to laugh at you.

[Deleted]

Pro headshot that I need to update with my latest

[silva]

not by a pro, but a decent headshot.

[firedancer49]

Dh and I were just talking about this. He went through my fb and picked one that he thinks I should have. I'll send it to you via fb and you can tell me what you think Currently, I do not have one.

[janegold]

I have a professional headshot but for some reason I don't use it on my LinkedIn. It's one of me out to dinner and I like it.

[janiejones]

I cropped down one of my maternity pictures.  I should update it to use one without a double chin, but I like that it's not very distracting.

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Professional

[Deleted]

I don't have pro shots. My employer doesn't do those. I am feeling pressure to put one on LinkedIn though since most colleagues do.

All of my pics have Andy in them lol.

What about this? It's a little tight on the right side and super close up because I had to crop out Andy. Also my hair is kind of messy.

[cville]

Oh, FYI, I picked the headshot out myself. From an array of like 15 options. Because they had us all do a photo shoot. I had to do lady lawyer:


Full body lady lawyer:


I totally just hang out in conference rooms looking casually powerful (sort of like this):


When I sit, I am approachable, yet competent and professional:




And then they were like "which one for the website?" and I was like "omigah, none of them."

HA.

[cville]

Mar 18, 2014 14:53:15 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

I don't have pro shots. My employer doesn't do those. I am feeling pressure to put one on LinkedIn though since most colleagues do.

All of my pics have Andy in them lol.

What about this? It's a little tight on the right side and super close up because I had to crop out Andy. Also my hair is kind of messy.

You are adorable in that picture, but the very first thing I'd think is "I wonder whose head used to be over there on the side."

[aaxoxo75]

Mar 18, 2014 14:49:32 GMT -5 @t2j said:

Professional

I just loveeee your hair

[sake]

I use a picture of me wearing a dress with a sweater. It's not a professional pic, but it's got nature-y stuff in the background, and I thought I looked nice.
I feel like it depends on your profession, like lawyers need more professional pictures than other professions.

[litebright]

I kind of cheated. We had a pro family session and I asked for a few shots of me by myself to use.

So I'm ... standing in a grassy field. Very professionally.

[aaxoxo75]

Not a professional but I believe is a ok headshot

[Moe]

mine is a pro, but admittedly i purposely chose the most probably unprofessional of the bunch, i'm laughing my ass off and i love it.

but it works for my field.

or rather, i'm well established in my field that it doesn't detract from it.

or maybe it does, and i'm honey badger.

[Deleted]

Mar 18, 2014 15:00:52 GMT -5 cville said:

Mar 18, 2014 14:53:15 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

I don't have pro shots. My employer doesn't do those. I am feeling pressure to put one on LinkedIn though since most colleagues do.

All of my pics have Andy in them lol.

What about this? It's a little tight on the right side and super close up because I had to crop out Andy. Also my hair is kind of messy.

You are adorable in that picture, but the very first thing I'd think is "I wonder whose head used to be over there on the side."

Lol. My whole family, as it turns out. And thank you.

I'm going to put it up until I can get another one. I did have h take some on his dslr but I looked like a drug dealer in a suit in my bathroom. Which I totally was, minus the drug dealer part.

[janiejones]

Mar 18, 2014 15:04:28 GMT -5 litebright said:

I kind of cheated. We had a pro family session and I asked for a few shots of me by myself to use.

So I'm ... standing in a grassy field. Very professionally.

LOL.


It's a nice picture though!!

[birdistheword]

Mine is pro. It's not a super "buttoned-up" professional pic because I work in a casual industry:

[cville]

I wonder if you can have them photoshopped out and replace them with that same background behind your head? I have no idea how to do that, but I know people can.

[sake]

your whole family is adorable

[cville]

Mar 18, 2014 15:16:08 GMT -5 @stpete said:

Mar 18, 2014 15:05:45 GMT -5 aaxoxo75 said:

Not a professional but I believe is a ok headshot

What field are you in?

MySpace exec.

[Moe]

Mar 18, 2014 15:14:17 GMT -5 cville said:

I wonder if you can have them photoshopped out and replace them with that same background behind your head? I have no idea how to do that, but I know people can.

True, I bet someone can photoshop your own hair, try to get a few of the strands from one side and mirror image them to the other side, to cover your son's head.

It works great in those Dove commercials, someone's bound to be able to do this!

[VeryViolet]

Mar 18, 2014 15:17:08 GMT -5 cville said:

Mar 18, 2014 15:16:08 GMT -5 @stpete said:

What field are you in?

MySpace Instagram exec.

FTFY MySpace was pre-selfie. Those were simpler times. 

[Deleted]

Mar 18, 2014 15:17:08 GMT -5 cville said:

Mar 18, 2014 15:16:08 GMT -5 @stpete said:

What field are you in?

MySpace exec.

You beat me to this.

I

[Deleted]

Mar 18, 2014 15:18:43 GMT -5 Moe said:

Mar 18, 2014 15:14:17 GMT -5 cville said:

I wonder if you can have them photoshopped out and replace them with that same background behind your head? I have no idea how to do that, but I know people can.

True, I bet someone can photoshop your own hair, try to get a few of the strands from one side and mirror image them to the other side, to cover your son's head.

It works great in those Dove commercials, someone's bound to be able to do this!

If only they could fix my thigh gap as well!!! Photo shoppers halp!!

[chedominique]

I used a head shot from when my family and I took family photos in November.  It looked better that my professional one I took in 2009 (They did my makeup onsite and I looked orange.  Plus they posed me in a weird position, so I looked lost, lol.)

Bonus points:

[Moe]

Mar 18, 2014 15:21:02 GMT -5 @missusbee said:

Mar 18, 2014 15:18:43 GMT -5 Moe said:

True, I bet someone can photoshop your own hair, try to get a few of the strands from one side and mirror image them to the other side, to cover your son's head.

It works great in those Dove commercials, someone's bound to be able to do this!

If only they could fix my thigh gap as well!!! Photo shoppers halp!!

Atomic wedgies for the win!

[Deleted]

Mar 18, 2014 15:33:49 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

I'm so tempted @missusbee. So tempted...

Doooooo it. Lol