profile shots

Lateral face photographs

Profile shots are photographs or images showing a subject from the side, capturing the outline of facial features from forehead to chin.

The term appears most often in photography, film, and law enforcement contexts: The casting director asked for headshots and profile shots.

Mugshots traditionally include both a frontal view and a profile shot.

Related

good side · sharp angles · camera · posing · jawline · bone structure · facial features · contour · shadow · photography · mugshot · face · nose · chin · outline · studio · lighting · model

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Opposites
camera angle relative to face

profile shotspassport photo

Official travel document image

body part visibility

profile shotswide shots

Distant framing in film

long shots · establishing shots

camera angle/facial orientation

profile shotsthree-quarter view

Diagonal facial angle

mug shots · passport photos · rear view

Family

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Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G