Designer Headshot — Aalto Birch
Nine photos of you in one setting
How your model is created from your photos
Every pack on Narcis, made with your face
Nine photographs of you in one setting: one pack of the Narcis catalogue.
Nine photographs of you, styled in the Aalto Birch register -- an oat-coloured heavy wool crew-neck against bent-birch panelling, in a Helsinki studio lit by low winter sun, in portrait format. The nine vary in crop, expression and light, so there are real choices, not nine identical files.
/aalto-birch · professional · 3 scenes
Designer Headshot — Aalto Birch
6–20 photos of yourself · we email you when your model is ready
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How it works
Three steps.
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Add your photos
Add photos of yourself. We check each one when you add it.
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We create your model
We create your AI model from your photos. Your photos are ready in a few hours.
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Every pack, with your face
This pack and every other pack on Narcis can then be made with your face, and single photos too.
The Aalto Birch register
Aalto Birch draws on Helsinki in deep winter, inside the rooms Alvar Aalto drew: bent birch, pale plywood, white plaster, a low sun entering almost horizontally at noon. An oat-coloured heavy wool crew-neck -- warmth without a single warm colour.
Photographically the license is ton sur ton: everything the tone of pale wood, a stripe of low sun the only accent across the knit. Three settings carry the pack -- a wall of bent-birch slats, pale plywood, a tall studio window in snow -- chest-up and headshot throughout.
The output is photoreal: a real-looking photograph of you in birch and oat tones, of you -- not a painting, not a generic Scandi filter.
How to photograph yourself for Aalto Birch portraits
Better source photos make better portraits.
- Even, soft lightStand near a window with indirect daylight on your face. The pack builds its own horizontal Nordic noon-sun light on top -- a flat, well-lit selfie gives it the clearest face to work from.
- Front or three-quarter angleCamera at eye level, facing it or turned slightly to three-quarter -- the Aalto Birch register favours a friendly, at-ease gaze. No selfie-stick uplook, no shot from below.
- Face fully clearHair off the face, no hats, sunglasses, or heavy filters in the source photo. A clear, front-facing photo is the best input for an AI headshot.
- A composed expressionThis register favors a level, professional look over a big grin -- a calm expression in your source photo blends more naturally into the chest-up and headshot frames.
- Plain background is fineDon't worry about your own backdrop -- the pack's three settings replace it entirely. A plain wall behind you just helps the model focus on your face.
Frequently asked questions
- Will it actually look like a professional headshot, not an AI filter?
- Yes. The output is photoreal -- a real-looking photograph of you in the Aalto Birch register, chest-up and headshot framing throughout, not a painting or an obvious filter pass. It's you; the wardrobe and setting are the costume, you are the sitter.
- Is this pack built for men or women?
- The wardrobe and world here are built for men -- the palette, the cut, and the three settings are cast for that frame. The house's sibling pack, Oslo Opera White, carries the same winter register for the other side.
- Can I use this for LinkedIn or my company's page?
- Yes -- that's the pack's own use case. The three birch-slat-wall, plywood-studio, and window-in-snow settings read as a genuine executive portrait for LinkedIn, a company team page, a speaker bio, or a press kit, not a holiday snapshot dressed up.
- Can I use the photos commercially, on a company website or in print?
- Personal professional use like this is fine -- a LinkedIn profile, a company team page, a speaker bio, a press kit, a printed business card. It isn't licensed for resale of the images themselves.
- Do I need the actual aalto birch wardrobe in real life?
- You don't need any of it in your closet; that's what the photoshoot supplies.
- Will the photos look like me?
- Every photo looks like you, well photographed. If one is nearly right, say what to change, in your own words.
- Do I have to write a prompt?
- No. There is nothing to write: you pick a pack, and it is ready in seconds.
- How many photos of myself do I add?
- Between six and twenty, from different days and in different light, with your face clear. We check each one when you add it.
- What happens to the photos I add?
- They are used only to create your model, on our own servers in the European Union. They are not shared and not sold.
When Aalto Birch fits
- A LinkedIn profile photo for a designer, maker, or studio founder
- A studio's own 'our people' or about page
- A speaker bio for a design or craft industry event
- A portfolio site's own author photo
- Personal branding built around warmth and craft
- A profile photo for a studio launch or product release
- A gift for someone who just opened a design studio
- An email signature photo with real Nordic winter light in it
- A recruiter-facing profile for industrial or furniture design
About narcis
Most AI photo tools put every pose, job, era, and style in one giant catalog. The photos all look like every other AI photo on the internet — a glaze over a stock face. Narcis goes the other way. One job: photos of you that look like photographs. You add at least 6 photos of yourself, and we create your AI model from them. Your photos are ready in a few hours, and we email you when they are. Then this pack and every other pack on Narcis can be made with your face. Each pack is curated against real references — paintings, photographers, places — and tested on real faces before it goes live. Built and run by one small team, on our own servers.
All images are AI-generated. By using this service, you confirm you are 18+, that any face photo you upload is your own or used with explicit consent. Full Terms