How to Take Selfies That Produce the Best AI Couple Photos

Every AI couple photo starts from the selfies you upload, and the quality of the output tracks the quality of the input almost perfectly. Couples who take ten minutes to shoot new selfies by a window get photos that look like them. Couples who upload a five-year-old group photo cropped to one face do not. This is the checklist, in the order that matters.

Light: one window, no lamps

Stand facing a window, or with it slightly to one side. Turn off ceiling lights so there is one colour of light on your face. Avoid direct sun (harsh shadows) and avoid night-time bathroom lighting (orange, from above, unflattering). Overcast daylight is ideal.

Angles: give the model your whole face

Take at least four per person:

1. Straight on, neutral expression.
2. Straight on, natural smile with teeth if that is how you smile.
3. Turned about 30 degrees left.
4. Turned about 30 degrees right.

Add one from slightly above and one slightly below if you want to be thorough. The side views are what let the model keep your likeness in three-quarter poses, which is most couple poses.

Distance: head and shoulders, not a full body

The face should fill about a third of the frame. Close enough that the eyes are sharp, far enough that the lens does not distort the nose. Use the back camera if someone can hold the phone; if you are alone, the front camera at arm’s length is fine.

Consistency: be the same person in every photo

• Glasses on in all of them or off in all of them.
• Everyday makeup, not a full look and not none if you normally wear some.
• Current hair. If you are changing it before the wedding, upload after the change.
• No hats, no sunglasses, no masks, no other people in frame.

What to avoid

• Beauty filters. Even the subtle default on some phones. The model will faithfully reproduce the filtered face, which is not yours.
• Screenshots and re-saved images. Compression softens the details the model needs.
• Mirror selfies. They are flipped, and the phone is in the frame.
• Old photos. The output will look like the you in the photo, not the you now.

How many to upload

Four to six good ones beat fifteen mixed ones. Services differ: TwoShotPro uses up to several selfies per person and puts the most weight on the sharpest, best-lit faces, so quality matters more than count.

Then check before you spend

Use a service that shows you the likeness first. TwoShotPro makes a free three-frame identity sheet from your selfies. Look at it on your phone at normal distance. If it is you, approve it and pick scenes. If it is not, retake the selfies with the checklist above and try again; it costs nothing.