The Engineer Headshot, in the Cold Aisle
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.
A photoreal tech-professional headshot generated by AI, styled in a blue fleece inside a data centre's cold aisle. The nine vary in crop, expression and light, so there are real choices, not nine identical files.
/cold-aisle-blue · professional · 3 scenes
The Engineer Headshot, in the Cold Aisle
6–20 photos of yourself · we email you when your model is ready
More of the winter of the screens
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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 register: the machine room as a cathedral
The Engineer in the Cold Aisle pack borrows a data centre's cold aisle: eighteen degrees all year, blue status lights down both sides to a vanishing point, a blue fleece because it is always winter in here. A nave of blue points converging behind one warm face — the infrastructure team's portrait.
Photographically the register is cool overhead light with blue bounce from every surface and a touch of warm fill, fleece pile against perforated steel, chest-up and tight-headshot framing throughout. The converging racks stay soft behind — the aisle is felt, not toured.
The output is a photoreal tech-professional headshot — built for an infrastructure team page, an engineering blog author photo, or a LinkedIn profile.
How to photograph yourself for an engineer headshot
A winter professional headshot starts with a clear source photo.
- Even, soft lightFace a window with indirect daylight. A flat, well-lit selfie gives the clearest face to build from.
- Front or three-quarter angleCamera at eye level, not from below or above.
- Face fully clearNo hats, hair off the face; glasses are fine if you normally wear them.
- A calm, quietly proud expressionThis register favours understated confidence over a stiff studio pose.
- Current clothing doesn't matterThe pack replaces it with the blue fleece entirely. A plain background just helps it focus on your face.
Frequently asked questions
- Will this actually look like a real photograph?
- Yes. The output is a photoreal engineer portrait in a blue fleece — not an illustration.
- Can I use this for my company's engineering blog or team page?
- Yes — it's built for exactly that: an engineering blog author photo, a team page, or a LinkedIn profile.
- Is this pack built for men or women?
- The styling in this pack is built for men. Narcis has other creative and tech-adjacent packs styled for women.
- Can I use it for LinkedIn or a conference badge?
- Yes — a tone on tone winter professional headshot works well on LinkedIn, a conference badge, or a blog byline.
- 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 the engineer headshot fits
- An infrastructure or platform team's page
- An engineering blog's author photo
- A LinkedIn profile for anyone in software or systems engineering
- A conference speaker badge or bio
- A CV headshot for an engineering role
- A company newsletter or all-hands photo
- A GitHub or technical profile photo
- A gift for an engineer who has never had a proper portrait taken
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