This month’s headshot tip isn’t a tip at all. It’s a short film that I ask all of my clients to watch before their shoot. It’s short and sweet and worth the watch.

In one of the most famous Dove films, Real Beauty Sketches explores the gap between how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves.

Each woman is the subject of two portraits drawn by FBI-trained forensic artist Gil Zamora: one based on her own description, and the other using a stranger’s observations.

The results are both surprising and inspiring. Have a look…