Comparison · Updated May 7, 2026

A barrister-grade likeness without the Collins Street appointment

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Feature MyPhotoAI Traditional Melbourne studios
Sitting fee ✓ $15 floor, $35 Pro, $65 Premium AUD $300 to $800 plus retouching
Likeness training ✓ Trained on 5 to 15 reference photos One sitting, one set of expressions
Reshoot policy ✓ Watermarked preview before payment Reshoot rates apply on most contracts
Turnaround ✓ Can take over an hour; depends on the shoot and queue Two to three weeks including retouch
Wardrobe range ✓ Multiple suit and backdrop variants per session One outfit per booked hour, typically

02What a Victorian Bar profile actually requires

Members of the Victorian Bar and firms registered with the Law Council of Australia tend to publish portraits in a narrow visual register. Backdrops sit dark and even, lapel pins read clean, and the jaw line is set above a knotted tie rather than an open collar. The Supreme Court directory and most Owen Dixon clerks expect a portrait that would pass a chambers re-print without retouch notes. Soft-light naturalism reads junior; harder rim lighting reads senior counsel.

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03How the AI route handles a chambers brief

MyPhotoAI ships a Profession sub-category whose Legal preset matches the visual register described above. You feed five to fifteen reference frames through MediaPipe-driven quality screening, then watch a preview render across multiple suit cuts before unlocking a single file. Because the Profession option lives inside the wider Headshots category, you can also export a parallel Office Close-Up frame for LinkedIn without paying for a second sitting. The Australian Institute of Professional Photography recognises portraiture standards that this output meets at the file-fidelity layer.

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04What a Melbourne practitioner actually saves

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