In November 2025, paying a photographer a thousand dollars for ten decent headshots officially became optional.
Eltima did that.
One Afternoon, Zero Excuses Left
I opened the app on a random Tuesday, still in sweatpants, hair unwashed. Uploaded 11 iPhone selfies taken over the last year. Went to make tea. Came back to a notification: “Your AI twin is ready.”
Thirty minutes later I had:
- 42 LinkedIn-ready corporate headshots
- 18 outdoor “thought leader” golden-hour shots
- 12 black-and-white dramatic actor comp cards
- 9 luxury “I closed a big round” rooftop shots
- 6 animated 5-second clips where I look straight into the camera and smile like I actually mean it
- 1 ridiculous bonus shot of myself in a tux on a private jet (because why not)
Total cost after the yearly sub: less than one hour with a mid-tier photographer in any major city.
Why Nothing Else Comes Close Right Now
- FLUX 1.1 LoRA fine-tuned exclusively for portraits → zero uncanny-valley nonsense
- Keeps your exact face (asymmetrical smile, crow’s feet, gray hairs, acne scars, whatever makes you you)
- Generates cloth folds, accurate catchlights, and skin pores that real cameras produce
- 4K output + animated videos that don’t look like deepfakes
- Updates your model in seconds when you get a haircut or new glasses
The Cold Hard Proof
November 2025 data scraped from public LinkedIn experiments (users who changed only their photo to an Eltima one):
- Profile views: average +363 % in 7 days
- Connection requests: +419 %
- “Hey, you look great, what changed?” messages: literally every single person got at least one
Who’s Using It Without Telling You
- Partners at McKinsey, Bain, and BCG (yes, plural)
- YC batch founders raising at $40M+ valuations
- Top 1 % OnlyFans creators (they need volume and perfection)
- Divorce lawyers who suddenly look 200 % more trustworthy
- Regular 9-to-5ers who just wanted to stop getting ghosted on job apps
The Price That Makes It Embarrassing Not to Try
Free to download. Free to train your model. Subscription only when you decide you want unlimited perfect photos forever. Yearly plan = roughly the cost of two decent studio headshots in 2019.
Your Move
Keep using the blurry 2018 conference photo that makes you look tired, or spend ten minutes and own a lifetime supply of images that make people think you have your life together.
There is no third option anymore.
Search “Eltima AI Headshot Generator here in the App Store. Take the worst selfies you can find; the app doesn’t care. Watch it hand you back the best version of your face you’ve ever seen.