AI Founder Photoshoot

The founder's Singapore register

This is the founder's Singapore on point, not the postcard. The heritage shophouse office is where the startups actually sit — pastel timber shutters, exposed brick, long desks under dark roof trusses, the five-foot-way glowing at the end of the room. From there the pack moves to the biophilic tower, the green-wall atrium and sky garden of ferns and trailing vines that the city built into its architecture, then to the river quay at blue hour, where a row of lit pastel shophouses faces the financial towers across the black water. It is the polished, cosmopolitan register the city carries: sharp tailoring, an easy confidence, the crew held to Singapore's own mix — Chinese-Singaporean, Malay, South-Asian, the occasional expat.

In photographic terms: half-length and three-quarter framing, a palette that tracks the room — navy, white and teal shutter with warm timber in the shophouse; white, black and fern green in the tower; charcoal, shophouse amber and tower silver on the quay at dusk. Smart tailoring throughout — a slim navy suit over a tee, a white blazer, a charcoal suit with an open collar at blue hour — lit by tropical daylight through shutters and canopy, then the deep cool blue of the river hour with warm amber spilling from the shophouse row.

The output is a photograph, not an illustration — real photography of you in a real Singapore setting, with none of the AI gloss. Three registers, nine portraits: the shophouse office, the biophilic tower, and the river quay at blue hour.

How to photograph yourself for an AI founder photoshoot

One clear selfie is enough to see your free preview in seconds. To unlock the full pack you train your own model on 12-20 photos — that is what makes every portrait truly you rather than a lookalike.

1. Use soft, directional daylightStand near a window with indirect daylight on your face from one side — the same soft, directional light the pack uses. Avoid overhead lighting and phone flash; they compete with the register.
2. Shoot at eye level, front or three-quarterCamera at eye level, face front-facing or turned slightly. The pack frames you half-length, so a clean straight-on selfie for AI portraits works best — no selfie-stick uplook, no overhead angle.
3. Keep the background plainA plain wall lets the AI place the shophouse office, the green wall, or the quay behind you cleanly rather than fighting a busy backdrop.
4. Dress smartThe pack renders sharp tailoring — a blazer, a slim suit, a crisp collar. Starting from similar attire in your source photo keeps the portrait consistent with the polished founder register.
5. Upload 12-20 varied photos to train your modelOne photo covers the free preview. For the full pack, upload 12-20 photos — different angles, different light. That set is the best photo input for AI headshots and is what holds the likeness across all nine.

Frequently asked questions

What does the output actually look like — is it photorealistic?

Photorealistic. It reads as a real photograph of you in a Singapore setting — a heritage shophouse office, a biophilic green-wall tower, or the river quay at blue hour — not an illustration and not the plastic AI look. The free preview streams in seconds so you can judge the likeness before committing.

How does it work, and how long does it take?

Drop one selfie and a free preview streams in seconds — close, not fully you yet. To unlock the full pack you train your own model on 12-20 photos; it trains in the background and we email you when it's ready. After that every one of the nine portraits renders from your model in about ten seconds.

Can I use these as LinkedIn headshots or on a team page?

Yes — that's the core use. Full-resolution, portrait-ratio, no watermark. The three registers give you variety so a team page doesn't read as nine copies of one shot, and a single polished frame carries your LinkedIn headshot or professional dp.

Is the register senior enough for a founder or C-suite profile?

Yes. The quay-at-blue-hour and shophouse-office registers read as composed and established — sharp tailoring, a confident stance, the financial towers behind you. It fits a founder, a C-suite leader, or a board profile without tipping into stiffness.

What if my only photo is a casual selfie?

One good selfie is enough for the free preview. If the likeness is off, the prep tips above fix it fastest. The full pack trains on 12-20 photos, which absorbs any single weak input.

How is this different from HeadshotPro or Aragon?

Same family, different shape. Those tools train a model per shoot — pay first, upload, wait, one delivery. Narcis gives you a free preview before you commit, then trains your model once. That one model renders this pack, every other pack, and the portrait Studio at about ten seconds a portrait, and it stays yours to retrain or delete.

How is this different from generating a 'founder' image in Midjourney or Stable Diffusion?

Text-to-image tools produce a person who fits a description — not you. This pack anchors the identity to your own uploaded photos, so the output is a portrait of you in the founder's Singapore, not a convincing stranger in a shophouse office.

Can I use the portraits commercially, and what happens to my photos?

The output is yours — LinkedIn, company site, press, decks, business cards, no restriction (see the terms). Your photos are processed on European servers; preview photos are deleted within 24 hours, training photos train only your model, and we do not share them.

When the founder photoshoot fits

• A LinkedIn profile that reads as a Singapore founder with the city's polish
• A startup team page or about-page founder portrait
• A pitch deck team slide or investor-update headshot
• A press or media-kit photo for a funding round or launch
• A conference or fireside speaker bio
• A company website or leadership-page executive headshot
• A professional profile picture or professional dp across work channels
• A Crunchbase, AngelList, or accelerator-directory founder profile photo
• A board or advisory-role portrait
• A refreshed headshot when your old one predates the company's current stage

About narcis

Most AI portrait tools ship every pose, profession, era, and aesthetic in one giant catalog. The output looks like every other AI photo on the internet — a glaze over a stock face. Narcis goes the other way. One tool, one job: turn photos of you into portraits worth keeping. Drop a selfie and your free preview streams in seconds — a quick sketch: close, not you yet. For portraits that are truly you, train your own model on 12 to 20 photos; it trains in the background, and we email you when it is ready. Train once, render everywhere — this pack, every other pack, and the Studio all come out of that one model, about ten seconds a portrait, and it stays yours to retrain or delete. Each pack is hand-curated against actual references — paintings, photographers, registers — and tested on real faces before it ships. See a free preview before you pay, not after. Packs are one-time — no subscription to buy one; Studio, the unlimited composer, is optional at €12/month and every pack includes 30 days of it. No template generator. Built and run by one team, on our own infrastructure.