Updates & Insights

Prompt templates for professional headshots, built from what OpenAI, Google, and Midjourney actually document — plus the folklore that does nothing.

How to photograph bottles, cans, and drinks — backlighting, killing reflections, fake condensation, and the hero shot that passes marketplace rules.

How to build a funeral or memorial slideshow — how many photos, file format, deadlines, and the music mistake that catches most families.

Faded, stained, or cracked instant photos? Here's how to handle, scan, and restore old Polaroids — including the two things you should never do.

A practical guide to teacher headshots — district badge rules, staff directory specs, what to wear, and the free session your school may already offer.

What Pixelcut's own pages say about its plans and limits, where a credit model fits better, and where Pixelcut is still the right tool.

Recover blown highlights with the sliders that actually work, understand why some white areas are gone for good, and know when to stop trying.

Headshot sizes for LinkedIn, casting platforms, resumes, and print — with the specs that come from each platform's own page, and the ones that don't.

A five-shot playbook for photographing shoes: how to stuff and shape them, kill glare on leather and patent, and shoot a clean sole shot.